It was the royal event of the year: the
Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on 6 May in
Westminster Abbey. After a lifetime of service and decades of
waiting for the throne, finally, the King was crowned in a
glittering ceremony. Though it lacked much of the state and
ceremonial pomp from Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in June 1953,
it was still a special day steeped in…
The King and Queen have chosen to use
their Coronation portrait for their Christmas card this year. The
photographs were taken in the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace by
Hugo Burnand. King Charles and Queen Camilla are not the first
royal couple in the House of Windsor to…
How has royal Christmas changed since Charles III took the throne?
11th December 2023
With the Royal Family’s holiday break
fast approaching, many are asking how The King will mark the
season. While he did carry on many of his mother’s traditions for
the first Christmas of his reign, King Charles has been making
changes to royal holiday…
King Charles finds out he's on Santa's nice list during visit to Christmas market
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…
Another major change is coming next year,
this time within the Royal Collection Trust. On 4th December, the
Trust announced that in 2024, The Queen’s Galleries at Buckingham
Palace and the Palace of Holyroodhouse will become The King’s
Galleries, reflecting the new…
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…
Carriage rides and pageantry mark start of Korean State Visit
21st November 2023
The King and Queen welcome the President
of South Korea and his wife for a State Visit on 21 November King
Charles and Queen Camilla welcomed President Yoon Suk Yeol and his
wife, Kim Heon Hee, at Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall for a
formal ceremony. The Prince and Princess of Wales also attended the
ceremony where The King and the President inspected the Honour
Guard…
As King Charles reaches a milestone birthday, how do Europe's other monarchs match up age wise?
14th November 2023
King Charles III has marked a milestone
birthday that only five other British monarchs have ever reached:
his 75th birthday. But even though he’s among the oldest within his
own dynasty, where does he compare to his fellow European monarchs?
Let’s take a look. Here is…
King Charles is now 75 - but how many other British monarchs have lived longer than him?
14th November 2023
As he celebrates his 75th birthday, King
Charles joins an exclusive rank of longest-living British monarchs:
only five are—so far—longer lived than our current king.Here are
the monarchs who’ve lived longer than King Charles III, in order.
Queen Elizabeth II — 96…
King Charles lays a wreath on behalf of the nation on Remembrance Sunday
12th November 2023
King Charles III laid a wreath on behalf
of the nation, bearing a handwritten card with the message “in
everlasting remembrance” . His Majesty took part in the Remembrance
Sunday service with the Royal Family at the Cenotaph. The King wore
the greatcoat uniform of the Marshal of the Royal Air Force for the
solemn service, and was joined by the Prince of Wales, the Duke of
Edinburgh and…
