We have spotted several social media videos featuring audio that sounds like King Charles claiming that a leaked \u201croyal insult\u201d from Prime Minister Keir Starmer has caused political instability.<\/p>\n
The Facebook<\/a> and TikTok<\/a> videos allege that this insult to King Charles leaked from a Cabinet meeting and led to a meeting between the monarch and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage at Windsor Castle triggering \u201cthe fastest political collapse in modern British history\u201d.<\/p>\n But there is no evidence this occurred or that the audio of King Charles is genuine.<\/p>\n A Google News search for reporting<\/a> of any leaked \u201cinsult\u201d made by Mr Starmer about King Charles since July 2024, when Labour took office, does not produce any credible news reports.<\/p>\n Similarly, there are no credible<\/a> news reports of Reform UK leader Nigel Farage meeting King Charles at Windsor Castle since Labour took office, although Mr Farage was present<\/a> at a reception for MPs hosted by King Charles at Buckingham Palace in January 2025.<\/p>\n One video<\/a> also claims that education secretary Bridget Phillipson said of Mr Starmer that \u201cshe had never seen a leader so reckless with Britain\u2019s institutions\u201d. Again, there is no credible evidence<\/a> of Ms Phillipson saying this.<\/p>\n Join 72,953 people who trust us to check the facts<\/p>\n Sign up to get weekly updates on politics, immigration, health and more.<\/p>\n \nSubscribe to weekly email newsletters from Full Fact for updates on politics, immigration, health and more. The audio isn\u2019t King Charles<\/b><\/p>\n We strongly suspect that the audio in the clips is AI-generated\u2014although as we note in our guide<\/a>, it can be difficult to know for certain whether audio is AI-generated or made in another way, for example using an impersonator.<\/p>\n The audio in one of these clips<\/a> pronounces \u201cNumber 10\u201d as \u201cNo Ten\u201d, a mistake unlikely to be made by an impersonator, indicating the abbreviation \u201cNo. 10\u201d was put into a text-to-speech generator. It also features stiff and unnatural intonation and extremely even cadence, another indicator it has been made with AI.<\/p>\n There are also other clues that the audio is not genuine. In the clips, \u2018King Charles\u2019 refers to himself in the third person, instead of using personal pronouns like \u201cI\u201d, or \u201cme\u201d. Any discussion of \u2018leaks\u2019 from Cabinet meetings direct from the King would also breach the monarchy\u2019s convention<\/a> to remain politically neutral.<\/p>\n A reverse image search also reveals that footage used in one of the clips<\/a>, in which he is clearly saying different words to those in the audio, actually comes from his December 2024 Christmas address<\/a>, which did not refer<\/a> to either Keir Starmer or Nigel Farage.<\/p>\n As AI technology becomes increasingly sophisticated, it is harder to differentiate between real and generated content online. Our recent blog<\/a> delved into what clues to look out for if you suspect something may have been created with AI.<\/p>\n
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