Eat like a king, sleep like a queen: freebies on offer to namesakes
The Guardian|April 29, 2023
What's in a name? Well, if you're called Charles or Camilla and you live in the UK, probably a lot of tedious jokes and questions about whether your parents were royalists.
Zoe Wood
Eat like a king, sleep like a queen: freebies on offer to namesakes

But with the official ascension of your namesakes to the role of king and queen comes some long overdue benefits. The boon is thanks to the opportunism of marketing bigwigs who are trying everything in their power to cash in on next weekend's festivities by doling out a string of freebies and deals to anyone called Charles or Camilla.

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