King Charles has “sausage fingers,” which have been an offbeat trait associated with not only him but his offspring as well since it turned out to be a hereditary feature found in the Royal Family.
His hands are often observed to be swollen after spending long hours in warmer climates or having taken long flights.
Two famous sightings were when Your Majesty visited a Sikh temple upon landing in New Delhi around 5 years back, then enjoyed a drink at the Prince of Wales bar in 2021.
And he still had those signature puffy fingers during his coronation last year that didn’t go unnoticed.
This is however not something that happened with time, as Queen Elizabeth II had noted King Charles’ inflated fingers when he was just an infant.
According to The Mirror, she once said, “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.”
Cut to 1982, those sausages became a part of Prince William.
Commenting on his hands, King Charles wrote a letter to friend, as narrated in Charles, The Man Who Will Be King by Howard Hodgson.
He expressed, “I can't tell you how excited and proud I am. He really does look surprisingly appetising and has sausage fingers just like mine!”
Although the cause behind his trademark characteristic has never been revealed, doctors say that it could be a serious health condition, such as arthritis, Oedema, or hypertension.
