Speaking at Mansion House, where he attended a glittering white-tie dinner with Queen Camilla to recognise the work of City of London civic institutions and Livery Companies, the King urged the public to rise above "rancour and acrimony" during online debates.
He said: "The instinct to co-operate wherever and whenever possible is deep within us
"Even in the most fractious times – when disagreements are polished, paraded and asserted – there is in our land a kind of muscle memory that it does not have to be like this; that the temptation to turn ourselves into a shouting or recriminatory society must be resisted ... especially in the digital sphere, where civilised debate too often gives way to rancour and acrimony."
The King continued: "These instincts come together in perhaps the deepest of all our reservoirs: the one that irrigates our crucial sense of responsibility, both individual and collective, that enables us to fulfil our duties as good citizens who understand, without having to write down or formalise them, the decencies on which our institutions and our constitution depend, as well as our relationships."
Speaking of writing things down, Charles had a little fun at his own expense, recalling his famous mishap with a fountain pen that was caught on camera just days into his reign in September 2022. Take a look below.
It comes just a week after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex urged social media companies to reduce the amount of harmful content children can see online to protect their mental health. Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan appeared at a mental health awareness festival organized by the non-profit organization Project Healthy Minds in New York on October 10th.
Speaking at a panel discussion hosted by the couple's Archewell Foundation, Mr. Herr, a father of two, urged technology company leaders to "stop sending their children content they don't want their children to see. I want it,” he called out.
Meghan and her husband are focusing on what can be done behind the scenes to make social media use "safer, better and more positive," and she has spoken to tech executives on the issue. She said she had talked to him.
She added: "People are hurting and people are dying, especially children."
"A year ago, we met some, but not all, families. I couldn't help but cry at that time, because I think many people heard these stories today."
"As parents, our kids are really young – they’re two-and-a-half and four-and-a-half – but social media is not going away.
"I think by design, there is an entry point that is supposed to be positive, in creating community and something has devolved, and there is no way to hear that and not try to help these families have their stories be heard."
Harry has been advocating for change on social media platforms for years, and in an opinion piece for Fast Company in 2020, he wrote: "It shouldn’t be seen as a coincidence that the rise of social media has been matched by a rise in division amongst us globally.
"Social media’s own algorithms and recommendation tools can drive people down paths towards radicalism and extremism that they might not have taken otherwise."
King Charles may have a lot of different hobbies but there's one thing the monarch likes to indulge in - and it's quite a "dangerous" one too, according to a royal expert.
Former butler Grant Harrold, who worked for Charles from 2004 to 2011, has given an insight into the pastimes of the royal.
He revealed the King's love for hedgelaying but added that he finds the hobby "a little dangerous". Hedge laying is a method of constructing a fence by laying a hedge.
The former royal butler explained on behalf of Spin Genie: He “has to cut the hedge branches and weave them together.”
"There are pictures and videos of Charles doing it, but not much is known about it."
She added: "He's either been a judge in a national hedge-laying competition, or I think he's been in it."
"I don't think people know that the king has that love."
Harold continued that the king also had an interest in agriculture and wildlife in general.
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