Following a failed attempt to create traditional German cheese, King Charles may have taken on too much.
During his first trip abroad as a king, the King visited Brodowin Farm in Brandenburg, Germany, and was left in a fit of laughter.
But it appears that there is a knack to manufacturing cheese that the monarch was unable to quickly learn.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier Charles, farm owners Ludolf and Katja von Maltzan, and others were given the chance to try manufacturing the cheese.
The King quipped ‘I’ll do my best’, but as the cheese curd mixture started quickly pouring he was left laughing while frantically pushing it into the moulds.
Charles joked: ‘I need longer arms,’ as he tried to make the traditional German sliced cheese, coloured naturally with carrot.
He was dressed in a white lab coat coat with plastic overshoes inside the cheese factory.
The King had also planned to see some of the farm’s calves living in special igloos which are more hygienic and prevent the spread of illness – but a heavy storm sent Charles rushing indoors instead.
There he was presented with a cake, shaped like a crown on a purple cushion, which took chef Antje Neumann 21 hours to bake.
Charles tasted a slice of the huge white chocolate and Victoria sponge cake, which weighed 10 kilos, saying: ‘This is brilliant, it must have taken you weeks. This is seriously good cake.’
Since his arrival in Germany on Wednesday King Charles has visited Berlin, Hamburg and Brandenburg.
Yesterday he addressed the Bundestag, the German federal parliament, in a speech in both English and German.
And on Wednesday one absolute whopper tried to crown the King with a paper Burger King crown during a walkabout in Berlin.