King Charles fans 'sob' over 'sweet' moment he broke protocol for hug

King Charles enjoys hug from New Zealand women's rugby team

Royal fans were near "sobbing" aft the "sweet" infinitesimal King Charles III broke protocol to hug members of the New Zealand women's rugby squad — with galore saying helium "needed it".

The peculiar infinitesimal occurred erstwhile a women's rugby subordinate from New Zealand amazed King Charles III by asking for a hug during a reception astatine Buckingham Palace connected September 11. Black Ferns winger Ayesha Leti-I'iga and her squad were stunned by the monarch's cheerful response.

"Why not?" helium cheerfully said, earlier uncovering himself surrounded by a radical of players giving him an affectionate hug, cheering and giggling. Afterwards, the 75-year-old King joked that "it was similar being flattened by a scrum."

A clip of the incidental was shared to the team's authoritative societal media channels, gaining much than 1.1million likes. "Kicking our feet King Charles," they added successful the caption.

Many fans were stunned that the King had agreed to beryllium hugged arsenic galore radical believed to beryllium against royal protocol. When greeting a monarch, it is contented for men to bash a cervix bow from the caput only, portion women bash a tiny curtsey.

King Charles III fans were successful tears aft the heartwarming infinitesimal went viral (Image: Aaron Chown/PA Wire)

Royals tin licence a hug — though this is antithetic — starring immoderate fans to speculate that the King "really needed it". It has been a pugnacious twelvemonth for the Royal family, with some the King and his daughter-in-law Kate, the Princess of Wales receiving crab treatments.

Some fans besides commented connected the timing of the hug arsenic it is astir the day of the decease of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who passed distant connected September 8, 2022. One TikTok idiosyncratic wrote: "Anniversary of his mums passing truthful helium needed that too."

Another added: "Aww, helium genuinely feels similar a grandpa," portion a 3rd commented: "Whyyyyyyy americium I crying? helium looks similar he’s been needing that for decades." A 4th said: "I'm really sobbing. This is truthful sweet."

Meanwhile, idiosyncratic other penned: "He astir apt doesn’t get hugged oregon adjacent touched often. Such a elemental quality motion to a antheral that has everything and look astatine the grin connected his face. Priceless."