The coronation of King Charles III is underway — and his “sausage fingers” have made their debut.
Charles was formally crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey — the first coronation Britain has had since the late Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne on June 2, 1953.
As he took the Coronation oath, he said, “I, Charles, do solemnly and sincerely in the presence of God profess, testify, and declare that I am a faithful Protestant, and that I will, according to the true intent of the enactments which secure the Protestant succession to the throne, uphold and maintain the said enactments to the best of my powers according to law.”
The 74-year-old monarch made his oath, and avid royal watchers were excited to see his infamous sausage fingers placed on the Bible.
“I name you King Sausage Fingers the first… #Coronation,” one snarky viewer tweeted, alongside a snapshot of a “That’s So Raven” episode where Raven-Symone had swollen hands.
Another person quipped: “So much faffing about for what basically amounts to “Hello, Sausage-Fingers, here’s your shiny hat.”
“Sausage fingers are giving zoidberg’s mouth,” one added, referencing “The Simpsons” character with the big long, wiener-esque mouth.
One social media watchdog noticed when Charles touched the Bible: “Omg the sausage fingers #Coronation.”
“Show us Charles sausage fingers! We could throw those things straight on the BBQ, they look quite juicy,” someone guffawed.
Another Twitter user added: “Sausage fingers is about the get his new hat and it only cost us £100 million!!!!” The hefty price tag for coronation is costing the United Kingdom roughly $125 million.
Viewers can’t get enough of the king’s infamous sausage fingers — his digits have been roasted online since he took the throne in September following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
Some royal fans even made a celebratory snack to commemorate the sausage fingers.
The “sausage finger” sandwich boasts sliced cherry tomato cufflinks and even a cheese signet ring.
“Just woke up to this absolute beauty mum spent most of the night creating, pretty sure it’s the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen. He even has a ring on one of his sausage fingers!” a Twitter user bragged Friday. “We’ll be making our way to London today to camp out over night hoping to get a glimpse tmrw.”
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“Sausage fingers” was even the seventh most-searched term on Google at one point.
Keen observers have noticed the king’s hands are nowhere to be seen in portraits shared before his coronation — joking that Charles has been “bullied” into hiding his fingers for photos.
A doctor recently gave insight into the potential cause of the King’s swollen fingers — and even shared that there’s a technical name for the condition.
According to GP Chun Tang, Medical Director at Pall Mall Medical in Manchester, UK, there are many reasons that someone could have “sausage fingers.”
“Often puffy fingers are a symptom of water retention which can be caused by numerous health conditions,” Tang told the Daily Mail.
“This condition arises due to inflammation and can be a result of arthritis, multiple bacterial infections or even TB,” he continued.
“Other possibilities include high salt levels, allergic reactions, medicinal side effects, injury and autoimmune diseases.”
The official name for sausage fingers is dactylitis.
Fortunately, the king’s swollen hands — and his pen — are working just fine.
King Charles looked relieved as he signed the Coronation oath with no mishaps from his fountain pen. However, he did seem to have trouble screwing the top back onto the pen, seemingly grimacing while trying to do so.
The monarch made headlines last September when he was at a signing ceremony at Northern Ireland’s ust a few days after his ascension to the throne and his pen started to leak ink.
“Oh God, I hate this,” he said at the time, handing the pen to his wife.
“Oh look, it’s going everywhere,” Camilla replied.
“I can’t bear this bloody thing what they do, every stinking time,” the King said, before storming out of the room.
Charles had yet another writing utensil moment go viral in the first moments of his monarchy, just before signing the Accession Proclamation, involving a pen box and an inkwell. The items were seemingly in the way, and the King frantically asked his aides to move them.
But the King is apparently in on the joke, making a wisecrack as he signed a guest book in October at a council meeting in Scotland and then handed the pen to his wife, Camilla, Queen consort, a video showed.
