Queen Consort Camilla Receives a Burger King Crown From Royal Family Fan: ‘It Was a Last-Minute Gift’
09.03.2023 - 22:27
/ usmagazine.com
A cheeky gift! A fan presented Queen Consort Camilla with an unusual present during her and King Charles III‘s recent visit to the U.K. town of Colchester.
A woman named Liberty Williams presented the former Duchess of Cornwall, 75, with a paper crown from Burger King as Camilla was greeting onlookers on Tuesday, March 7. “Just met the royals,” read the caption of a TikTok video of the incident. “Charles was on the other side. We were all wearing Burger King hats and she loved it.”
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Overlaid text on the clip added, “POV: you just met Camilla and gave her a Burger King hat x.”
As Williams gave the royal her own crown, she told the U.K. native that “it was a last-minute gift.” A smiling Camilla accepted the gag present and replied, “Oh, lovely, that’s very nice of you. Burger King!”
One commenter on the TikTok video noted that Camilla’s acceptance of the crown means that her husband, 74, now has a new title. “Charles is now canonically the Burger King,” joked the social media user.
Camilla, who married Charles in 2005, gained her new title, Queen Consort, immediately following Queen Elizabeth II‘s death in September 2022. The moniker is traditionally given to wives of reigning monarchs. Before Camilla, the last woman to hold the title was Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, who was the mother of Elizabeth II and married to the late monarch’s father, King George VI. The Queen Mother died in 2002 at age 101.
Shortly before her death, the queen confirmed that she wanted Camilla to have the title Queen Consort when Charles assumed the throne. “When, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have