Irish seagull shits on King Charles III

On a visit to Northern Ireland, King Charles III received an indifferent gift from one of the locals. "At least it didn't land on my head," he said, after a seagull shat on his jacket.

Charles was visiting the southeast coastal town on the second day of a three-day visit with Queen Camilla. The queen was spared the spectacle because she was making a separate visit to Royal Hillsborough, where she tried her hand at pouring a pint of Guinness at a pub.

The king seemed to foreshadow his fate earlier in the day during a visit to a food pantry when he picked up a roll of toilet paper and said, "very important."

Here's some news coverage of this important event, showing the "souvenir" in footage but not the moment of deposit. It reportedly landed mostly on nearby media.

Seagulls are a ubiquitous presence on the British and Irish coasts, and renowned for applying both ends to the job of harassing human visitors. The ones in Scotland have especially fine comic timing.