The conversation around King Charles’ fingers has been around for years, but really took off following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. As Charles made more public appearances, people took notice of the king’s large and swollen hands, and many said his fingers resemble sausages. Photos of his hands went viral, as people dubbed Charles “sausage fingers”. One user on X, formerly Twitter, joked about how difficult it must be to get one of Charles’ rings that he was wearing off his swollen hands. They wrote, “Whoever can pull that ring off his finger will become the next king like Arthur with that sword in the stone.” The criticism got so bad that in 2022, a butcher even began selling sausages inspired by the king’s fingers, per the New York Post.
There have been countless remarks about King Charles’ fingers, but it doesn’t seem to get to him. The monarch jumped in on the jokes in a BBC documentary leading up to his coronation, per Page Six. In the video, Prince William is seen helping his father clasp a robe around him. William joked that, on the actual day, the robe probably won’t clasp, but Charles hilariously responded, “No, you haven’t got sausage fingers like mine.” While people have been glad to see Charles join the banter about his sausage fingers, many have also raised concerns as to what has caused them to look so swollen.
