The countdown is on for King Charles III's coronation, which will see him officially crowned as monarch.
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Queen Consort Camilla’s crown for the Coronation has been revealed by Buckingham Palace. The 75 year old royal will wear the Crown of Queen Mary, which was removed from the Tower of London on Tuesday to be reset with the Cullinan III, IV and V diamonds - in a tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, who had the jewels in her personal collection and often wore them as brooches. The Queen Consort will wear an existing crown at the Coronation, rather than a newly commissioned piece, for the first time in recent history, Buckingham Palace said.
It was said to be a decision made in the interests of sustainability and efficiency. Meanwhile, St Edward’s Crown, which will be used for the coronation of King Charles III, has returned to public display at the Tower of London following modification work Camilla and Charles will be crowned side-by-side at Westminster Abbey on 6 May - with government ministers promising the event will "showcase the very best of the United Kingdom". Meanwhile the King, 74, is said to be working hard to make sure his coronation is more “inclusive, relevant and less archaic”.
The crown the Queen Consort will wear was made for Mary of Teck - wife of King George V and Queen Elizabeth II’s grandmother - in 1911. It was placed on the Queen Mother’s coffin during her 2002 funeral and has since been on public display in the Tower of London. The news comes after it emerged Camilla had been struck down with Covid for a second time.
The countdown is on for King Charles III's coronation, which will see him officially crowned as monarch.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have received their invitation to the coronation of King Charles III.
after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.WATCH: World leaders pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth IIOn the call, Biden shared his "condolences on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II," and "recalled fondly the Queen’s kindness and hospitality, including when she hosted him and the First Lady at Windsor Castle".The president "also conveyed the great admiration of the American people for the Queen, whose dignity and constancy deepened the enduring friendship and special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom".The close relationship was on view in December 2022 when 74-year-old Charles' son Prince William met Biden ahead of the 2022 Earthshot Prize Awards in Boston. Video footage showed the two warmly talking outside the library, with Biden wrapped up warm in the freezing temperatures.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have now been issued an eviction notice from Frogmore Cottage which might have come down to a cruel insult lobbied at Queen Consort Camilla.
King Charles went ‘directly against the Queen’s style’ and made a ‘big mistake’ by evicting Harry and Meghan from Frogmore Cottage, a royal expert said. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex this week confirmed that they had been asked to vacate their UK home on the Windsor estate - which was gifted to them by the late Queen Elizabeth II after they tied the knot in 2018.
King Charles has sent an emotional message to the President of Greece to express his sorrow over an “appalling” train crash in the country. More than 40 people died after a passenger train and freight train collided near the city of Larissa in northern Greece, in one of the country's worst rail accidents.The first four carriages of the passenger train were derailed and the first two caught fire, leaving them almost completely destroyed.
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King Charles III makes his official ascent to the throne, but the afterparty is shaping up to be anything but epic.According to reports, a long list of British A-listers, ranging from Elton John and Ed Sheeran to Harry Styles and Adele — even the Spice Girls — have declined invitations to perform at the big bash.And while John and Styles are said to have declined due to scheduling conflicts, as the Sun reported on Feb. 25, experts say it’s no wonder so many others have given firm no’s to The Firm.
King Charles III was given no other option but to evict Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — at least in the eyes of one royal expert.
The upcoming coronation of King Charles could finally put to bed the ongoing feud between the Sussexes and Windsors, according to an ex-friend of Meghan Markle.
King Charles III wants Meghan Markle and Prince Harryto move our of Frogmore Cottage before his coronation this May, it's been reported. Incase you've been hiding under a rock for the past two-and-a-half months, the California-based Sussexes have caused a royal ruckus - the likes of which we've never seen - thanks to their Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan and the former's incendiary memoir Spare, which hit bookshelves back in January.The Sun now reveals that the "stunned" couple's UK residence of Frogmore Cottage (which the late Queen Elizabeth II gave them) is being handed over to the 74 year old monarch's brother Prince Andrew, who officially no longer serves The Firm, before his older sibling's history-making ceremony.
Several British stars have turned down the offer to help ring in King Charles III’s coronation. Multiple reports claimed that Harry Styles, Elton John, Robbie Williams and the Spice Girls have all declined to perform at the coronation concert on May 7 on the grounds of Windsor Castle.The king and his wife Camilla, queen consort, are being crowned on May 6. It was previously reported that Adele and Ed Sheeran also said no to the historical gig.
rather than “queen consort.”Christopher Anderson, author of “The King: The Life of Charles III,” claimed that 74-year-old Charles “hammered away relentlessly at the late queen for 17 years, pleading with her to endorse Camilla as queen and not merely consort.”“Toward the end of her life the queen did just that, quite reluctantly I’m told, and it was a shock to Diana’s sons,” he told Fox News. The Queen died in September 2022, and just months before her passing, she expressed her “sincere wish” that 75-year-old Camilla — Charles’ former mistress — should be known as queen consort.It was reported on Feb.
King Charles’ “constitutionally unwise” meeting with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has angered unionists as Rishi Sunak seeks their support over the new post-Brexit deal on Northern Ireland. Leading Conservative Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg said it was wrong to involve Charles in the “immediate political controversy” on the day the Prime Minister will sign a new agreement with her.
With just two months to go until King Charles in formally crowned, plans for the Coronation already appear to have hit a snag as several musical celebrities invited to perform at the high profile ceremony have already turned down their invitations. A host of musical heavyweights including Elton John, Harry Styles and The Spice Girls have already reportedly turned down the change to perform at His Majesty’s big Windsor Castle concert on May 6, just hours after the official ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey.
With the coronation of King Charles III just two months away, reports are emerging that the event is having a difficult time lining up entertainment.
King Charles III is continuing to show his support for Ukraine and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The 74-year-old British monarch shared a message marking the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.«It has now been a year that the people of Ukraine have suffered unimaginably from an unprovoked full-scale attack on their nation,» he wrote.
King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be crowned on May 6 coronation.
The King has held an audience with the president of the German parliament. Charles, who is expected to become the first British monarch to address the Bundestag during a state visit to Germany later this month, welcomed Barbel Bas to Buckingham Palace on Wednesday afternoon.
Charles Rae spoke to Slingo about their secret monikers, Fred and Gladys, which have been public knowledge for years thanks to Princess Diana’s tell-all book by Andrew Morton.But Rae claimed he knows what inspired the pair’s seemingly random pet names for one another.Rae noted that “Fred” and “Gladys” were names they both used before their 2005 wedding, since Charles, 74, and Camilla, 75, infamously had a relationship dating back to the 1970s — while they were both married to other people.It turns out, Rae revealed, that they pulled the names from “The Goon Show,” a British radio show broadcast between 1951 and 1960.“These are names they used before their marriage and chose them from characters in ‘The Goon Show,’ of which they are both fans,” Rae explained.He also disclosed how the late Princess Diana had once found a bracelet engraved with the initials, F and G, the “pair’s secret nicknames.”This event was even depicted in Season 4 of Netflix’s hit royal drama, “The Crown,” in which a young Diana (Emma Corrin) confronts Charles (Josh O’Connor) just before their 1981 wedding after finding the jewelry — a real-life event noted in Morton’s book, “Diana: Her True Story.”“[Charles and Camilla] also have other nicknames for each other, including ‘darling’ and ‘mehbooba,'” Rae said.“Camilla has been heard using the nickname ‘mehboob’, which means ‘my beloved’ in Urdu, for Charles on a number of occasions including back in February when she was giving a speech at the British Museum,” he continued.Rae also disclosed the nicknames that Diana had for her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.She had often referred to William, now 40, as “Wombat” when he was a young child.