King laughs at British comedian’s impression of Donald Trump at Royal Variety

The King seemed amused arsenic helium laughed astatine British comedian Matt Forde’s content of President-elect Donald Trump connected the signifier of the Royal Variety Performance.

Charles attended the amusement astatine the Royal Albert Hall successful London for the archetypal clip arsenic patron of the Royal Variety charity, pursuing successful the footsteps of his mother, the precocious Queen Elizabeth II.

In a connection from Buckingham Palace, helium said: “The charity’s important enactment successful assisting those who person fallen ill, had an mishap oregon deed hard times is arsenic indispensable present arsenic it ever has been.

“I would similar to convey each of those who person worked truthful hard to signifier this year’s accumulation and privation everyone a precise enjoyable evening.”

The show saw governmental comic Forde notation the unfounded claims Mr Trump repeated during his statesmanlike statement against Democrat campaigner Kamala Harris earlier this year, that amerciable immigrants from Haiti were eating locals’ pets successful the tiny Ohio metropolis of Springfield.

Forde exclaimed successful the president-elect’s voice: “They’re eating the cats, they’re eating the dogs!”

He past turned to code Charles from the stage, saying successful Mr Trump’s voice: “Your Majesty King Charles, you’re named aft a spaniel – beryllium precise careful, they’ll devour you alive.”

The King was seen laughing successful effect to the gag from the royal box.

Charles appeared astatine the lawsuit without the Queen, who insisted the “show indispensable spell on” aft pulling retired of attending the show connected Friday evening arsenic doctors advised that she should prioritise rest.

A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: “Following a caller thorax infection, the Queen continues to acquisition immoderate lingering post-viral symptoms, arsenic a effect of which doctors person advised that, aft a engaged week of engagements, Her Majesty should prioritise capable rest.

“With large regret, she has truthful withdrawn from attendance astatine tonight’s Royal Variety Performance. His Majesty volition be arsenic planned.”

A royal root said the Queen was “naturally disappointed to miss the evening’s entertainments and sends her sincere apologies to each those involved, but is simply a large believer that ‘the amusement indispensable spell on'”.

“She hopes to beryllium backmost to afloat spot and regular nationalist duties precise soon,” the root added.

The Royal Variety Performance volition aerial connected ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player successful December.

Money raised from the amusement volition spell to assistance radical from the satellite of amusement successful request of attraction and assistance, with the Royal Variety Charity launching an inaugural to assistance those with intelligence wellness issues this year.