Banana etiquette expert William Hanson insists bananas demand cutlery, not fingers, upending 40,000 Instagram users’ breakfast routines. In London, the etiquette coach demonstrates slicing both ends, scoring the skin, and forking each bite—“Don’t eat like a monkey,” he quips.

Hanson’s banana protocol, echoing Queen Elizabeth II’s own cutlery technique, left followers incredulous: “I’m not doing extra dishes for a banana, William.” Instagram’s 40,000 comments prove etiquette, fruit, and forks make for a surreal, slippery spectacle.

Queen Elizabeth II famously sliced bananas with a fork and knife, never peeling by hand.