Charles III of not-so-great-anymore Britain, for instance, has mastered virtue signalling over decades as an 'environmentalist' and plant and animal lover. With twee optics such as banning foie gras from all Windsor palaces, using animal cruelty-free coronation oil during his coronation, and as patron of the Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts, the Bonnie King Charlie has come across as an anti-speciesist, treating all living things (except plebs) as equal.