Sparking discussion across the globe, King Charles’ puffy fingers are an internet sensation. But it seems he might not be the only of the late Queen’s descendants with large digitsâ¦
King Charles’ fingers have been compared to “sausages” and have gained much social media attention over the years – and it turns out it may run in the family.
The King has regularly been pictured with puffy fingers and swollen feet, often after a long-haul flight or a period in a hot country. Snaps of him at a Sikh temple in New Delhi in 2019, sinking a pint at the Prince of Wales pub in Clapham Old Town in 2021, or even at his own coronation earlier this year have sparked discussion on what the cause may be.
It is no recent development, with Queen Elizabeth II famously noting her eldest son’s large fingers when he was just a baby. In a letter to her music teacher after Charles’ birth, the late Queen wrote: “The baby is very sweet and we are enormously proud of him. He has an interesting pair of hands for a baby.
“They are rather large, but with fine long fingers quite unlike mine and certainly unlike his father’s. It will be interesting to see what they become.”