[ad_1] The king and the queen consort will be anointed behind a specially created screen of fine embroidery, held by poles hewn from an ancient windblown Windsor oak and mounted with eagles cast in bronze and gilded in gold leaf, Buckingham Palace has announced. The anointing screen has been blessedContinue Reading
[ad_1] After a frustrating and stultifying opening to the new Formula One season, Ferrari finally have a moment to savour. How much it meant was clear as Charles Leclerc climbed from his car having taken pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix and vigorously pointed to the prancing horse logoContinue Reading
[ad_1] Chris Booth spent much of Tuesday morning supervising the installation of a crown 4.2 metres wide on the stone columns at the front of Nottingham’s Council House. The crown had been brought out of a council depot (where it is stored alongside a vast goose that appears annually forContinue Reading
[ad_1] Direct ancestors of King Charles III and the royal family bought and exploited enslaved people on tobacco plantations in Virginia, according to new research shared with the Guardian. A document discovered in archives reveals that a direct ancestor of the king was involved in buying at least 200 enslavedContinue Reading
[ad_1] Yusuf Islam, the musician formerly known as Cat Stevens, has addressed King Charles III ahead of his coronation with a 10-point list entitled Manifesto for a Good King. “Even if you are a King, you are still a servant of God”, the list begins, and goes on to includeContinue Reading
[ad_1] Queen Elizabeth II personally threatened Rupert Murdoch’s media company with legal proceedings over phone hacking only for her efforts to be undermined by the then Prince Charles, the high court has heard. Prince Harry said his father intervened because he wanted to ensure the Sun supported his ascension toContinue Reading
[ad_1] The only Australian to play an official role in the coronation of King Charles III lives in the small Victorian town of Wangaratta – but most in the town have never heard of him. Simon Abney-Hastings, the 15th Earl of Loudon, is one of 13 people appointed to playContinue Reading
[ad_1] London: Invites for the May 6 coronation of the UK’s King Charles III have been issued by the Buckingham Palace. Along with the ornately illustrated invitation from “King Charles III and Queen Camilla”, a new photograph of the royals which was taken last month in the Blue Drawing RoomContinue Reading
[ad_1] United Kingdom.- The Royal Institution of the British Commonwealth (CHOGM), led by the King Charles III and founded by the late Queen Elizabeth II, officially expelled her son and wife, the Dukes of SussexHarry and Meghan Markle. This association is made up of just over 50 independent and semi-independentContinue Reading
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in London to meet the U.K. prime minister and King Charles III as Britain announces new training programs for fighter pilots and marines. Zelenskyy’s surprise trip includes a visit to see UkrainianContinue Reading