It is. King Charles tries, and there is some self-deprecating charm, but they are all linked to these other countries and they should be able to speak their languages convincingly. That wasn't convincing.
But it's of a piece with people of his age and education - posh youngishsters who've been to top schools who think it's mildly amusing how bad their language skills are.
I suppose it goes back to the trashing of modern languages in the 80s? But you would have thought his school would have maintained standards? I know an ex-head of modern languages from there. I doubt he's a happy bunny this morning.
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