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The King has been seen around the world asking where his umbrella had gone to as he was soaked in an unexpected downpour while on tour in the Caribbean. But while some have attacked him for his rather obvious call for shelter, the only overarching sentiment after seeing him battle the conditions has to be sympathy. King Charles and Queen Camilla were watching a military parade as part of…

She was the queen who tried to save her dynasty with nothing more than a bouquet of flowers. Maria Amelia saw her husband and eldest son mortally wounded at close range in an assassination that would hasten the demise of their dynasty. She had done all she could to save the monarchy she married into but it would all come to nothing as she watched another son lose his throne just years after the…

King Charles is among just three royals in the world who can travel internationally without a passport. The King is joined by Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, who benefit from special arrangements allowing them to travel overseas without the documents required by ordinary travellers. Picture: “New Passport has arrived” by Chris Fleming, CC BY-SA 2.0 While passports…

The discovery of Uranus in 1781 transformed our understanding of the Solar System, but the planet could have carried a very different name – one honouring a British king. When astronomer William Herschel identified the previously unknown planet, he proposed calling it Georgium Sidus, meaning “George’s Star”, in tribute to King George III. The suggestion reflected the close…