Sartorially suave alpaca sneezes on King Charles

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 21, 2024 3:18 pm

CANBERRA — King Charles joked Monday about past encounters with Australia's formidable wildlife — brown snakes, leeches, funnel web spiders and bull ants. He did not mention being sneezed on by a nine-year-old suit-wearing alpaca named Hephner.

The 75-year-old British royal visited Canberra, the capital of his Australian realm, where he joked with lawmakers about his time at a rural grammar school called Timbertop.

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