King Charles stepped out solo at the London premiere of “Gladiator 2” which also fell on his 76th birthday. On the carpet, the monarch shook hands with the film’s director Ridley Scott as well as its stars Pedro Pascal,

Awkward! On Wednesday, November 14, Denzel Washington, 69, fumbled his introduction with King Charles, 76, at the Gladiator II premiere in London. The Malcolm X star and the monarch met at the movie showing alongside Washington’s co-stars Paul Mescal,

Paul Mescal previously revealed to Entertainment Weekly that a forehead kiss he gave Pedro Pascal was also scrapped from the film.