GB News panellist Emma Woolf wasn’t happy with King Charles’ behaviour after a report about Highgrove Gardens
King Charles was slammed by one GB News star (Image: Getty)
A GB News panellist hit out at King Charles over allegations of “bullying behaviour” after 11 out of 12 top gardening staff have quit their jobs at Highgrove since 2022. The Sunday Times reports that two staff members walked out earlier this year, and most full-time staff employed since 2022 have now left their positions.
Panellist Emma Woolf was keen to have her say on the reports, explaining on GB News: “The king likes to take his daily walks when he’s at Highgrove, he likes to take his daily walkabout and give feedback to the staff, he likes to quiz them. In recent years, things have got very unhappy with the head gardening team at Highgrove. They have lost 11 out of the 12 gardeners – including head gardeners – since March 2022. That is a lot of staff.”
She went on: “You don’t turn down or chuck in a job at Highgrove if you are a gardener. I don’t imagine there are lots and lots of wonderful gardening jobs going up in beautiful royal gardens or venues.
“Let me just read you what happened when he was doing a walkabout… he was talking to a probationary gardener, so presumably a young lad or a trainee gardener. The gardener made a factual error about a flower and you know what King Charles said? ‘Don’t put that man in front of me again.’”
Her co-stars chimed in to ask if she was “joking”, as Emma went on: “It’s really bullying behaviour, and I’m not an anti-monarchist at all, but this actually catalogues really unpleasant behaviour actually, from King Charles.”
Emma Woolf insisted ‘I’m not an anti-monarchist’ (Image: GB News)
Sources at the King’s Foundation, however, said the gardener “failed to meet expectations and was not up to the job”, according to The Telegraph.
Another gardener launched a formal complaint against management in 2023, claiming the gardening team was overwhelmed and struggling to fulfil requests set out by the monarch – alleging staff had even been injured trying to keep up with demand.
