Man offers Burger King crown to King Charles in Germany. Here’s how UK monarch reacted

Britain’s King Charles, during his maiden international trip since succeeding to the monarch’s throne, was in for a surprise coronation when a royal fan offered him a Burger King crown made of paper.

While greeting spectators who came out to see him and Queen Camilla in Berlin, 74-year-old Charles turned down the crown that plenty of onlookers had donned in the crowd on the streets.

Videos of the funny exchange were shared widely on Twitter. As seen in one clip, the British King was shaking hands with well-wishers when a man offered to give him a Burger King crown. “This is for you if you want it,” the royal fan said with a smile, to which, King Charles replied with a smile, “No, I am alright.”

Charles declined the paper crown with the American fast-food chain’s name printed on it and moved ahead to greet others. The man who had offered the paper crown, however, did not lower his morale and laughed instead.

King Charles arrived in Germany on Wednesday for his reign’s first overseas visit and was given a ceremonial welcome by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Frau Elke Budenbender at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate.

Highlighting the “generosity of spirit of the German people”, the British monarch paid tribute to the nation’s hospitality in hosting more than one million Ukrainian refugees.

The longest-serving member of the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, breathed her last on September 9, 2022. A prince at the time, Charles acceded to the British throne shortly after.