Posts miscaption old photo of King Charles III wearing jacket
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- Published on September 20, 2022 at 17:37
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- By Bill MCCARTHY, AFP USA
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"First day without his mom, look at the buttons on his suit jacket," says a September 17, 2022 tweet, which received tens of thousands of interactions.
Numerous posts sharing the same photo with similar captions spread across Twitter and other platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Reddit.
"I'm speechless," says a widely shared Facebook post.
Members of the British royal family follow dress codes and are expected to live up to high standards in public appearance.
While the picture of Charles is authentic, it was taken on November 1, 2018 -- almost four years before the queen's death on September 8, 2022.
The photo shows Charles, then the Prince of Wales, alongside his wife Camilla at the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Fajara, The Gambia. The cemetery is for World War II casualties.
Photos of Charles from September 9, 2022 show him wearing a suit in a different color.
Charles is 73 years old -- not 74, as several of the social media posts claim. He turns 74 in November.
AFP has debunked other misinformation about Charles following the queen's death here.
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