Among the thousand plus well-wishers gathered to greet King Charles and Queen Camilla at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Monday was Hephner, a nine-year old alpaca in a suit with a crown perched atop his fluffy white head.

The King was left in “disbelief” after an alpaca dressed in a crown and waistcoat with a golden bow tie sneezed on him as he went to say hello. Nine-year-old Hephner spectacularly fluffed his lines when he was introduced to the King outside the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.