New York | The deed for the purchase of a more than $US6 million ($9 million) condo was made out to “His Majesty the King in Right of Canada”.

So, of course, in New York’s closely watched real estate world, reports quickly emerged that Britain’s King Charles III had bought the lavish pied-à-terre. It wouldn’t be the first time that a suggestive name on a deed led to unfounded reports that a royal had bought a piece of Manhattan real estate.