Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield have shared their support for the King, after a viral clip showed his run-in with a leaky pen, and a subsequent outburst.

King Charles III was taking part in a signing ceremony during his visit to Northern Ireland yesterday when his fountain pen suddenly burst, and he wasn’t too happy about it – perhaps a sign of the pressure he has been under this past week and the whirlwind of public events and duties he has upheld since the death of his mother.