I’m sorry, but we’re doing this.

Prince Charles is not everyone’s favourite royal.

There was that funny business with Diana a couple of decades back and, let’s face it, as a young person he had the charisma of cottage cheese.

That didn’t stop the paparazzi from snapping pics of him in his swimming trunks, and you can take some comfort in the fact that some things never change.

The Prince and Camilla are touring Barbados at the moment, soaking in some sun and sea while Theresa May singlehandedly destroys Britain with Brexit.

According to the Daily Beast, pics of royals in their swimsuits are pretty rare, so the internet is very excited about the paparazzi snaps of the prince in his board shorts.

First, a retrospective. Here he is in Sydney back in 1981:

And here he is in 1978:

Fast forward to 2019, and here he is in all his dad bod glory:

He is animated dough personified.

Commentators had insightful things to say about the prince, like:

Perhaps the only slightly off note aesthetically was an abundance of wayward hair on the shoulders which danced lightly on the Caribbean breeze; but it is worth noting that this is nothing that a quick bit of manscaping wouldn’t solve.

Twitter was also a little divided:

If this is your thing, and you want to see more, here’s a tip:

Make sure you don’t accidentally Google “Prince Albert pics”, or you could end up seeing things that can never be unseen.

[source:dailybeast]