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The secrets behind Charles III first coin portrait

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4th October 2022
With the royal mourning period following the death of Queen Elizabeth II over, the United Kingdom is transitioning into the reign of King Charles III. Amid that transition is the distribution of currency featuring His Majesty The King.The Royal Mint has released a memorial coin collection to honour Her Late Majesty. These coins are the first to feature The King’s official coinage…
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Why British monarchs don't wear crowns on coins

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4th October 2022
As the United Kingdom prepares to start issuing coins with His Majesty King Charles III, one might notice a key feature you think would be a staple: the monarch wearing a crown.This isn’t the first time a monarch hasn’t worn a crown on a coin. Previous…
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The Laws of Succession in...Belgium

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3rd October 2022
King Philippe is nearing the end of his first decade as King of the Belgians, and the line of succession to the throne includes Belgium’s first queen regnant.The laws of succession are very straightforward in Belgium. The country introduced absolute primogeniture—the first-born child, regardless of sex, inherits the throne—in 1991, towards the end of King Baudouin’s reign. The…
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The Laws of Succession in...Norway

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2nd October 2022
King Harald of Norway has comfortably reigned for 31 years and his succession is shored up by his son Crown Prince Haakon and granddaughter Princess Ingrid Alexandra.The succession to the Norwegian throne is set out in the country’s constitution, in Article 6, which…
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Another royal first for Princess Delphine

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2nd October 2022
Princess Delphine had a royal first at her niece’s wedding on 10 September.The royal wedding of Princess Maria Laura to William Isvy was the first royal wedding that Princess Delphine – a half-sister to Maria Laura’s mother, Princess Astrid – was…
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The Laws of Succession in...Denmark

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1st October 2022
Queen Margrethe of Denmark has been celebrating her Golden Jubilee throughout the year, but it’s only thanks to the updated laws of succession that she was able to inherit from her father.In 1953, King Frederick IX was comfortably on the Danish throne but the succession was anything but sorted. The king’s children were three young girls: Princess Margarethe, born in 1940, Princess…
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After shock, sadness and mourning, the reality of a new reign begins to appear

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27th September 2022
It’s less than three weeks since the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the accession of King Charles III and yet, despite the air of sadness still hanging over the House of Windsor, the reality of a new reign is beginning to take shape.One of the first official portraits issued of the new King showed him at work on his red boxes. It was a very public declaration that, despite his personal…
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