King mistaken for drug smuggler by Spanish police

Spain were facing a diplomatic nightmare after police officers managed to confuse the King of Morocco with a drug smuggler. The monarch wasn’t too pleased when his entourage was stopped by Spanish civil guards while sailing near the country’s Ceuta district, in northern Africa, Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported.

When asked for his credentials, King Mohammed VI reportedly responded with a question of his own: ‘Do you know who I am?’

After taking off his hat and sunglasses the men immediately noticed who he was and were forced to make an embarrassing climb down.

This wasn’t enough for the monarch who reportedly got straight on to the phone with Spain’s King Felipe VI, according to the Telelgraph.

On hearing the news the royal sent the chief of the civil guards to apologise in person.

King Mohammed was reportedly still not happy but conceded the officers made an honest mistake while patrolling the notorious drug trafficking route.