Cruel bullies ‘pulled’ King Charles’ ears in school, classmate reveals

King Charles’ former school chum Johnny Stonborough believes that the monarch will be a “kinder” sovereign due to his years of being “mercilessly bullied.”

Stonborough claimed that the former Prince of Wales hated his time at Scotland’s Gordonstoun School in the 1960s, and the traumatic experience has made him a more “empathetic” individual.

He said Charles was “painfully shy” as a teen, and bullies would target him because of his ears and his position in the royal family.

Charles’ ex-classmate wrote an essay for the Telegraph recently in which he alleged that it was “common knowledge” at the school that the young prince, now 74, was being picked on.

There was one instance where Stonborough — who met him when the royal was 13 — recalled seeing the actual taunting take place at a rugby game.

“A couple of the boys decided it would be funny to ‘do’ him. This meant punching him, pulling his ears, all out of sight in the scrum,” he wrote for the British outlet.

“[Charles] never said a word. He just got on with it. Never complain, never explain,” he added.

Stonborough also suggested that Charles was afraid to speak up and hit back at his haters due to the school’s famous French motto: “Plus est en vous,” which roughly translated to English means, “There is more in you than you think.”

Stonborough claimed that Charles’ “only friend” at school was his bodyguard, Sergeant Green, as it was difficult for the royal to make pals with the other males since bullies would also often mock anyone who went near Charles.

However, when Charles was just 14, Green was discharged from his post after he allowed the Duke of Cornwall to slurp a cherry brandy one evening.

Aside from Charles’ physical features being the topic of discussion among his trolls, he was even teased for not having the correct kind of coat when the weather would become frigid.

As he reached his late teens, Charles became more comfortable with himself and decided to take a stab at student theater, according to Stonborough, who said that allowed Charles to “let his guard down” and talk with his fellow peers.

“Gordonstoun gave him his love of the natural world and his empathy with people from all walks of life,” Stonborough said of the school’s effect on the young royal.

“It might even give some solace to countless British children to know their king was bullied and survived,” he added.

Stonborough previously opened up about Charles’ high school experience in an interview with “Good Morning Britain” last year.

He suggested that although Charles was a “bright” man with a “sense of humor” at school, he was also “isolated.”

“We felt pretty sorry for him even at the time, but the problem was that even trying to be friends with him meant that you then got bullied for being one of the king’s friends. It was a pretty harsh environment,” Stonborough claimed.