King Charles III went viral when he embraced the New Zealand Women’s Rugby Union team after the girls asked for a hug during a reception at Buckingham Palace.
On September 11, the king hosted a special reception in the Bow Room where he met the women’s rugby team, nicknamed the “Black Ferns,” ahead of their upcoming match against their English counterparts, the “Red Roses,” Newsweek reported.
“We all wanted a hug, but only if that’s OK with you?” one person on the team asked Charles in a video posted on the team’s TikTok.
In response, the King looked a bit surprised before he replied, “A hug? Why not!”
In the video, we see the girls swarm the King as they cheer that he was open to the embrace. It is hard to determine after the hug who seemed more pleased — the members of the team or the royal head who had a huge grin on his face afterward.
Each girl then got a…
