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High Jet Fuel Cost Forces King to Visit US Remotely

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Andy Borowitz
Apr 26, 2026
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LONDON (The Borowitz Report)—In an eleventh-hour change of plans, King Charles III of the United Kingdom announced on Sunday evening that rising jet fuel costs had forced him to visit the US remotely.

“The energy crisis caused by the Strait of Hormuz’s closure has made air travel too rich for my blood,” Charles to…

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