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 British kings are known not to wear crowns on coins
that feature their portraits. However, if one were to go back
through coins…
In November 2022, King Charles III will
host the first State Visit of his reign. His Majesty, along with
Queen Camilla, will welcome the President of South Africa, Cyril
Ramaphosa, to Buckingham Palace as he starts a three day visit. It
is a moment of history for the new…
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…
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 stipulates that only children
born in lawful wedlock and only those born in the direct line of
descent from the last reigning…
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…
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…
Removal of floral tributes for Queen Elizabeth II under way at the Royal Parks
27th September 2022
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth
II, thousands left floral tributes at Royal Parks and residences
across the nation. With the official mourning period over, it is
now time to remove the tributes and “return things to normal.” The
Royal Parks have begun to remove tributes at the dedicated sites at
Green Park and Hyde Park as the official mourning period comes to
an end. The…
The accession of King Charles III made
history for many reasons. The longest serving heir in British
history began his reign under the gaze of billions as TV cameras
were allowed into the Accession Council for the first time. And as
royal mourning for Her Late Majesty ends…
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…
The first stamps of King Charles III's reign are issued - but is his head on them?
27th September 2022
The first stamps of the reign of Charles
III have been issued but the King’s head isn’t on them. The four
stamps are memorial editions, marking the death of Queen Elizabeth
II. They all feature famous portraits of Her Late Majesty and, for
that reason, there is no profile of a Monarch on them. Usually, UK
stamps have a silhouette of the Monarch’s head in the top right
hand…
