Forget about his sausage fingers — he’s a “sandwich” now.
Russell Myers, the Daily Mirror’s royal editor, recently revealed that he believes that King Charles’ reign is just acting as a stall for time — a “sandwich” between the late Queen Elizabeth II’s monarchy and the future king William’s.
The topic was brought up on last week’s episode of the “Pod Save the King” podcast, as Myers and the show’s host, Ann Gripper, were discussing Joe Biden’s recent visit to England, where he met with Charles, 74, at Windsor Castle.
Myers mentioned that he was a bit “disappointed” that there was no press conference after the meeting, while Gripper compared it to Biden’s last visit while the queen was still alive.
“But do you think Joe Biden’s a little bit stung as when he was over last time and then he came out and started chitchatting about what him and the queen had been chitchatting about, and that was really not the done thing,” Gripper commented. “Does it feel like it actually is the done thing now that you could chat a bit more freely about what you talked about with Charles?”
“Charles is a king, monarch — he deserves the reverence and respect of the late queen in the same job almost, if you see what I’m saying, but it just doesn’t feel like that, does it — because we know this guy, we know what he’s like,” Myers admitted.
“It’s almost like, OK, well he’s just sort of … I don’t want to say, filling in, it’s sort of the sandwich between the queen and Prince William, the filling,” he continued. “It has been said before, hasn’t it?”
The Post reached out to reps at Buckingham Palace for comment.
Last September, Queen Elizabeth passed away at the age of 96 after a 70-year reign.
She died at Balmoral Castle, her beloved summer residence in Scotland, making Charles the new king immediately as he was the next in line for the throne.
In May, he was officially crowned as monarch in a grand coronation ceremony, which was held at Westminster Abbey. It marked the official transfer of power to the king after his mother’s death.
Since taking the throne, King Charles has participated in a number of royal engagements. In 2022, he undertook 181 royal engagements, per People.
“The one thing we can say about Charles is that he’s the best-trained monarch-in-waiting — he’s had half a century of training,” Joe Little, managing editor of Majesty magazine, told The Post last September.
“He’s been Prince of Wales since 1958 and he’s the longest-serving Prince of Wales ever.”
However, one body language expert, Judi James, recently noted that King Charles’ monarchy looks quite disjointed compared to Queen Elizabeth’s, perhaps a result of his philosophy of having a “slimmed-down monarchy.”
James explained that the differences especially stuck out while the family posed together on the balcony during King Charles’ 75th birthday celebration, known as Trooping the Colour, last month.
“Instead of a smaller, tighter, loyal group it looks like five factions in apparent conflict: Anne and Tim stand awkwardly at one end; William and Kate pose in a glittering but slightly cordoned-off family group; Charles and Camilla take all the goodwill from the crowds in the middle; Edward and Sophie try hard to create some sociable links with the Gloucesters at the other end,” James claimed to the Daily Express.
“Any ‘One united family group’ vibe seems to be totally lacking,” she added.
Currently, King Charles’ son, Prince William, 41, is next in line for the crown.
He will take the throne alongside his wife, Kate Middleton, 41.
