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“It’s quite clear that the public find the fact that he lives in this enormous house extremely irksome,” says Robert Hardman, author of “The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy.”

“He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in.”

But what makes that introduction to the world of “Holland” particularly irksome is not just that it’s mistrusting of its audience, but that it’s also mistrusting of the film itself.

Swallowing up the sand, blocking ocean views and turning the shore into an irksome maze, is a sea of large beach tents, called cabanas in Australia.

For some people, it's strangers' habits that are most irksome, while for others, it's loved ones.