Overview
- The Royal Family’s official X account shared a March 16 photo of King Charles III greeting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Buckingham Palace’s 1844 Room.
- Newsweek reported the palace post drew over 400,000 views on X, while a widely shared repost noting the illusion surpassed 200,000 views.
- Additional images from the audience show the apparent parrot was a detail on decorative vases behind the pair rather than a real bird.
- UK outlets noted the same optical quirk appeared in photos from the King’s March 17 audience with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Downing Street said Carney’s earlier meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer covered UK‑Canada cooperation on trade and defense, Middle East shipping security in the Strait of Hormuz, and continued support for Ukraine.