On November 22, King Charles attended the 2024 Royal Variety Show, which was televised on December 15.

“Your Majesty King Charles, you are named after a spaniel,” he said.

“Be very careful, they’ll eat you alive.”

King Charles and president-elect Donald Trump attending a dinner at Winfield House

Charles reportedly lost it with laughter after hearing the joke.

“They’re eating the dogs,” Trump said (viaThe Associated Press).

“They’re eating the cats.

King Charles and president-elect Donald Trump at Buckingham Palace

They’re eating the pets of the people that live there.”

“Um can the people eating the pets c’mon stand up?”

one user jokingly asked onX, formerly known as Twitter, in a comment accompanied by laughing emojis.

“Eating the pets?”

“I wish they’d eat my neighbor’s dog.”