Despite Charles' princely delivery, the royal forecast still amounted to rain, rain and more rain.
A screen capture from Prince Charles delivering the weather forecast Thursday over the BBC.Viewers of the BBC Scotland were undoubtedly surprised Thursday when the midday weather forecast was delivered by Prince Charles.
Charles, first in line to be king and one of the more recognizable faces in England if not the world, was touring the BBC facilities in Glasgow, Scotland when he stepped up, apparently on a whim, to give the weather report, according to an article published in The Telegraph of London.
The only indication that something was up was when host Sally Magnusson announced: “Let's take a look at the weather forecast now. I’m delighted to say we’ve got a new member of our weather team - let me hand over to him now. Your Highness...”
TheTelegraph reports that Charles seemed bemused by the little clicker that the weathermen use to change the background graphic but that in a matter of moments he seemed to hit his stride.
The script was apparently doctored for the occasion to have the Prince highlight properties in Great Britain owned by the royal family, a fact that did not escape Charles' attention.
At one point, when he read of “the potential for a few flurries over Balmoral”, he interrupted to exclaim: “Who the hell wrote this script?”
Despite Charles' princely delivery, the royal forecast still amounted to rain, rain and more rain. Perhaps aware that the weatherman always gets some blame for bad weather, Charles closed his spot by quipping "“Thank God it isn’t a Bank Holiday.”
A spokeswoman from Charles's London home, Clarence House to the The Guardian of London that the prince "spends a lot of time in Scotland so he's very interested in the weather."