King Charles III joked that “(his) fingers look like sausages” – a topic that has attracted huge media attention and many internet memes in recent years – in a behind-the-scenes documentary about the British royal family’s preparations for his coronation, AFP reports Agerpres.

As his eldest son Prince William struggled to fasten one of his ceremonial robes, King Charles told him not to worry as he did not have “fingers like sausages” like his own, the 74-year-old sovereign said. cameras, the BBC quotes.

British tabloids have published numerous articles on the subject, ranging from lengthy explanatory editorials to more humorous pieces, focusing on Charles’ fingers in the days leading up to the historic ceremony earlier this year.

Some even included the opinions of doctors who were invited to weigh in on whether there was real cause for concern about the new monarch’s chubby fingers. The assumptions ranged from swelling and arthritis to infections and allergies.

On the eve of Charles’ coronation in the UK, Google searches took the first place in the Google search engine

According to data published by Google Trends, the number of Internet searches for the phrase “sausage fingers” reached a peak in the run-up to the coronation ceremony on May 6 in Great Britain.

The 90-minute documentary, which gained access to private areas of the royal residences to capture aspects of the first year of the new sovereign’s reign following Queen Elizabeth II’s death in 2022, will be broadcast on the day after Christmas, or Boxing Day, a public holiday in Great Britain is called.

The film also has a scene with Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion worldwide, who forgets his lines during rehearsal.

“I probably have as good a memory as our cocker spaniel, in other words, zero memory,” said Justin Welby, referring to the fact that he forgot the words he was supposed to say during the ceremony.