Coronation guest finally speaks out after Meghan disguise claim

Award-winning composer Sir Karl Jenkins has broken his silence after photos of him attending King Charles’s III Coronation last weekend went viral.

With his distinctive look many were convinced that his shock of grey hair and his impressive moustache were fake, and quipped that it was in fact Meghan Markle in disguise.

One, using the handle @bobbicee wrote on Twitter: “[Meghan], you’re not fooling us…”

Another @edwardderuiter said: “I don’t know much about the #Coronation but I do know this is obviously a disguise and 100 per cent they’re going to try and steal the crown jewels.”(sic)

Now the man himself has taken to his personal Tik Tok to express surprise to his 106,000 followers that people thought he was actually undercover.

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Clearly taking it all in his stride, he said: “I was quite surprised that some people thought I was Meghan Markle in disguise.”

As the clip showed some of the online commentary from the occasion, he laughed heartily at one comment in particular.

“Someone wrote I was there, whoever I was, to steal the crown jewels,” he stated.

Just yesterday his fellow composer Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber also made light of that comment.

Retweeting the original post which featured an image of him sat beside Sir Karl, he wrote: “I can confirm it probably wasn’t MM and had no jewels on his person as far as I could see – ALW.”

Referring to his now famous moustache Sir Karl smiled saying “my moustache has been referred to in The Times as well”.

As an image of him in his younger days flashed on screen, he explained: “I’ve had the moustache since I was 18. It was very trendy then!”

Clearly amused he concluded the video by stating: “So that’s me. And there’s nothing sinister about it or surprising at all.”

Sir Karl had the honour of having one of his works performed during the historic ceremony on Saturday.

The movement, Tros y Garreg, which translates as Crossing the Stone and is based on a Welsh folk song, was performed by the Coronation orchestra, joined by royal harpist Alis Huws.

The piece is part of a concerto commissioned by the King more than two decades ago when he was Prince of Wales.

At the time the Prince was reintroducing the role of the royal harpist and Catrin Finch, who first held the reinstated role, played Sir Karl’s work.

He recently told the BBC he was “honoured” to have a part in the Coronation.

Sir Karl, 79, said: “It obviously sums up Welsh culture — the harp — and he [King Charles III] has always supported Welsh music.

“I don’t know whether he chose it, but he was happy to have it there. I know he likes it, otherwise he wouldn’t have asked me,” he added.