King Charles III Declines to Accept Burger King Crown From Fan: ‘I’m Alright’

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Have it your way — or don’t. King Charles III wasn’t interested when a fan offered him a paper Burger King crown as a gift.The monarch, 74, was greeting onlookers during a walkabout in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday, March 29, when one person tried to give him one of the fast food chain’s famous paper crowns. “That’s for you, if you want it,” the fan said after shaking the king’s hand, in a Twitter video shared by a Daily Mail reporter.“I’m alright,” the U.K.

native said with a smile as he continued down the line.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesEarlier this month, Charles’ wife, Queen Consort Camilla, was given her own Burger King crown during a visit to the U.K.

town of Colchester, but unlike her husband, she accepted the unusual present. “Oh, lovely, that’s very nice of you. Burger King!” the former Duchess of Cornwall, 75, replied after receiving the gag gift.A viral TikTok video captured the moment Camilla accepted the crown from Liberty Williams, who told her “it was a last-minute gift.” Williams and her friends were all wearing their own Burger King crowns for the occasion.“Just met the royals,” read the video’s caption. “Charles was on the other side.

We were all wearing Burger King hats and [Camilla] loved it.”One commenter at the time noted that Camilla’s acceptance of the crown means Charles is “now canonically the Burger King,” but Wednesday’s events may have put the kibosh on that theory.Burger King gag aside, the former Duke of Cornwall is set to be officially crowned in just a few weeks.