It has been a difficult year for King Charles. After an operation at the start of 2024, he discovered he had cancer and has been receiving treatment ever since. It altered the way he worked for several months but his return to public engagements has clearly brought him contentment and his work remains undimmed. While there have been difficulties, the King has also had many positive moments in a…
After a year of difficulties, what will 2025 bring for the Royal Family?
29th December 2024
It has been a difficult year for the Royal Family with serious health issues for King Charles and the Princess of Wales. That left room for other royals to step up and show their support as well as take on new roles and that is something we could continue to see in the new…
How King Charles broke with tradition with latest Christmas speech
24th December 2024
For his third Royal Christmas Broadcast as Monarch, King Charles has made a major change to the beloved tradition.Â
Instead of delivering his speech from Buckingham Palace in London, or one of the other royal residences such as Windsor Castle or the Sandringham estate…
In December 2022, King Charles III gave his first Royal Christmas Broadcast. With his mother’s passing on 8 September, his reign was still very new. His first Christmas speech was a heartfelt and touching address to all of his subjects.
King Charles gave his first Christmas address from St. George’s Chapel at Windsor, a poignant family setting. His Majesty said ”I am standing…
Each of the four monarchs who have given Christmas addresses have had their own approach. Today we see a monarch’s love for the environment.Â
King Charles III gave his second annual Royal Christmas Broadcast in 2023.
Notably, His Majesty’s coronation was…
One is the most famous royal residence in the world and the other is one of the oldest. And they are about to do a swap. The £369m renovation to London’s Buckingham Palace means that State Visits will be relocated – well for a few years, anyway.
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Charles III followed in the footsteps of several kings when he attended this year’s Royal Variety Performance.
The King, now patron of the Royal Variety Charity, became the first male Monarch to attend the show in over 70 years.
King Charles chats to Sir Elton John at the Royal Variety Show(Royal Family/ X still/ fair use)
However, he had to go on his own after Queen Camilla…
King Charles recalls his own training as he visits Royal Marines
16th November 2024
King Charles took a step back in time when he visited the Royal Marines base where he trained.Â
The King was in Devon to visit at the Commando Training Centre in Lympstone where he underwent instruction in 1974. He completed three days there during his military…
King Charles serenaded as he marks his birthday by showcasing Coronation food hubs
14th November 2024
The King marked his birthday at a cause close to his heart as he officially opened the first two Coronation Food Hubs.
King Charles III opened one virtually and then another one in person. His 2024 birthday, his 76th, also marks the first anniversary of the Coronation…
It is a moment for the history books, the birth of a boy who would be king. On 14 November 1948, the future Charles III was born. As the first child of the soon to be Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, his path to the throne was clear. But the baby who arrived on that November day had another claim to fame. For he is most likely the last Monarch who will be born in a very historic…
