A picture of King Charles III with his coat buttoned wrongly is being circulated on social media, claiming that it was taken after his mother Queen Elizabeth II passed away on September 8, 2022.
The Facebook post reads: The first day .. without mom … and see the coat buttons of King Charles!!
Here’s the link to the above post.
FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the post, and found it to be old.
The same picture had been shared in Reddit post in November 2018.
The same image had been also uploaded on the stock photo website Alamy with a caption: “Britain’s Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visit the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Fajara, Gambia November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Luc Gnago/Pool.”
The same image had been shared on Getty Image with a caption: Britain’s Prince Charles (C), the Prince of Wales and Camilla (L), and the Duchess of Cornwall visit the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Fajara on November 1, 2018. (Photo by LUC GNAGO / POOL / AFP) (Photo credit should read LUC GNAGO/AFP via Getty Images)
Thus, it can be concluded that the picture is from 2018, and is shared with a false claim.
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