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King Charles finds out he's on Santa's nice list during visit to Christmas market

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8th December 2023
It must have been reassuring for King Charles to learn that he’s at the top of Father Christmas’s nice list.The King heard the news during a visit to the Ealing Broadway Christmas Market, and told Father Christmas, in his typical dry humour, “Well you never know, you can try.”The performer underneath the red suit spoke with the Daily Mail after the King left, and said that he…
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The king who was crowned on Christmas Day

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7th December 2023
For almost a thousand years, coronation services have taken place at Westminster Abbey, in times of peace and strife. The sovereign sometimes arrives at the Abbey a popular figure; sometimes, they’re deeply unpopular.More often than not, they’re crowned by birthright…
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The history of the Royal Christmas Day speech

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6th December 2023
For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth II was a staple of Christmas Day, appearing on television, radio and on the internet throughout her reign to deliver her annual Christmas Message. Now, it is King Charles who speaks to country and Commonwealth on Christmas Day. But this tradition is very much a Windsor one. It began with His Majesty’s great-grandfather, King George V, and continued through…
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Is the new Royal Family Order one step closer?

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5th December 2023
For seasoned royal watchers, there’s really only one mystery left to wrap up King Charles III’s accession to the throne: his Royal Family Order.Given out as a personal gift from the Sovereign to female members of the Royal Family, the Royal Family Order has been a…
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Prince William helps homeless by selling Big Issue on London streets

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5th December 2023
Blink and you might have missed him, but the Prince of Wales has been out on the streets helping sell the latest edition of Big Issues magazine with his friend, Dave.Kensington Palace shared a snap of the two together with the caption: “Great to be back with Dave, selling the latest edition of the @BigIssue once again!” as the prince was found outside Tesco in Hammersmith selling with his…
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King Charles on shortlist for Time Person of the Year

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4th December 2023
It was a banner year for King Charles: his first full year on the throne, not to mention the global spectacle of his coronation earlier this May, and now, as the year winds to a close, he finds himself on Time magazine’s shortlist for Person of the Year.Time announced their shortlist on Monday morning, and the King has stiff competition against the likes of Barbie, Taylor Swift, the striking…
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