Did King Charles III give official notice that he has revoked U.S. independence, effective immediately, will reign as monarch and that "The nincompoop you've elected as President will go to gaol", as social media posts claim? No, that's not true: There was no official statement to that effect from the British monarch. No such statement appeared on Buckingham Palace social media accounts, which announce Charles' schedule and public utterances. There was no news media reporting of such a statement, which would be leading news worldwide if the King had said it. Though not labelled Satire, the post included clues, such as a whimsical refusal to take back North Dakota with the rest of the states and an order to Americans to stop playing baseball and (American) football.
The supposed royal decree appeared in multiple social media posts, such as this March 18, 2025 Facebook post, which included the supposed statement under the heading "To the citizens of the United States of America (and specially the Trumpists) from His most Sovereign Majesty King Charles III:" It opened:
In light of your failure to nominate a competent candidate for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately ... The nincompoop you've elected as President will go to gaol
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Fri Mar 21 at 20:24:14 2025 UTC)
On March 21, 2025,the website of The Royal Family (archived here) held no copy of a revocation of American independence:
(Source: Royal.uk screenshot taken on Fri Mar at 21:13:08 2025 UTC)
A Google search for the declaration (archived here) found no public record or evidence-based reporting of such a statement by King Charles.
Lead Stories manually searched the Buckingham Palace X, Instagram and Facebook accounts for March 18, 2025, the day on which the post appeared, and found only announcements of an official visit later in the year to The Vatican.
(Source: Facebook.com screenshot taken Fri Mar 21 at 21:16 2025 UTC)
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