King Charles becomes star of Doncaster pub's infamous 'bizarre' viral video

The clip, shot at the Coach and Horses in Scot Lane five years ago, shows a colourful collection of characters dancing – and has been viewed millions of times across the globe.

Now some wag has dreamed up what King Charles would look like in the footage following his visit to Doncaster on Wednesday when he was just yards from the bar when he conferred city status at the Mansion House.

The video has taken on a life of its own, with music fans recreating the clip, an Australian fan flying 10,500 miles to visit the pub and TV and radio star Rylan Clark-Neal commenting on the clip.

The strange footage, which first surfaced several years ago, has been viewed millions of times on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter and shows a string of colourful characters dancing to music at the traditional bar.

The 23-second clip begins with a blonde-haired woman, clutching a bottle and shaking their head and bottom to the music as the camera focuses on them.

As the camera pans away, an elderly customer wearing a flat cap and what appears to be a football scarf shuffles into shot, seemingly bemused at the carryings on as he makes his way across the dancefloor using a walking stick.

The action then cuts to a man dressed in a green woollen hat, donkey jacket and jeans, marching solider-like to the music with a blank expression while the clip concludes with a little person wandering across the dancefloor.

The clip was originally posted on Twitter in 2017 by Football Away Days with the message: "Coach and Horses in Doncaster. Definitely calling in here next time I'm there on an away day," complete with four "crying with laughter" emojis.

The footage even provoked an Australian man to fly 10,500 miles to visit the pub.

Josh Sorrel from Melbourne flew to the UK after discovering the place where the karaoke clip was filmed was the local pub of his British friends – and wanted to check it for himself.

The footage was originally filmed by Di Marshall who said: “I was out with some friends and thankfully went in there.

“It’s the most hilarious day we’ve had. I find it quite amazing so many people think my video is as funny as we did.”

Last year, the video was given a fresh lease of life when TV star Rylan shared the footage.

The former X-Factor and Celebrity Big Brother star took to Instagram to share the clip – and simply captioned it “June 21st 2021” – the date then Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that all Covid lockdown restrictions in England could come to an end.

And earlirer this year, a group of friends recreated the video ahead of a concert by Paul Heaton and Jaqcui Abbott at the Eco Power Stadium.

Sharing their recreation on Twitter, user @pregnantfishes tweeted: “Great night in Doncaster and had to go in the famous Coach and Horses pub!”

You can watch the original video HERE