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The King marked his first Trooping the Colour as sovereign with a Buckingham Palace balcony appearance where a boisterous Prince Louis stole the limelight yet again.Charles and the Queen acknowledged with a wave the thousands of well-wishers in The Mall who sang the National Anthem and gave three cheers after the King's official birthday was celebrated with a display of pomp and military pageantry.

The King has received the official birthday wishes of the nation during his first Trooping the Colour ceremony as monarch.Pomp and pageantry were on display during the military spectacle where the most prestigious regiments in the British Army honoured their Colonel in Chief by parading to mark his anniversary.

P rolific street artist Pegasus has given the King a Sex Pistols twist in his pop art Coronation tribute unveiled in north London.The artwork, created over the course of three hours outside the N7 collective in Highbury and Islington, draws inspiration from the Sex Pistols' original God Save The Queen artwork and Jean-Michel Basquiat's crown motif.

The PA news agency's Jane Barlow has become the first photographer to win the coveted journalist of the year award at the Scottish Press Awards for her moving last public pictures of the Queen before her death.Ms Barlow, who also won news photographer of the year at the 44th annual awards, was praised by judges for her stunning portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.

The Queen's coronation gown, designed by Bruce Oldfield, is a tailored ivory, silver and gold coat-like dress embroidered with delicate garlands of British wildflowers.Motifs of daisy chains, forget-me-nots, celandine and scarlet pimpernel from fields and hedgerows, representing the King and Camilla's affection for nature and the nation's countryside, are among the embellishments.

A giant replica of the crown that will be used in King Charles's coronation on Saturday has gone on display at Marble Arch.The 16ft replica crown weighing 300kg and incorporating 36 different coloured glass stones will remain in place until Thursday (May 11).It is also adorned with lights which create an illuminated nighttime display.

A touching tribute to the King's father Prince Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, is to feature in the coronation.The Greek Choir has been invited to sing a psalm during the service to remind Charles of Philip's influence and life of service.Lambeth Palace said the moment had been specially commissioned to reflect the King's paternal heritage.

The funeral and lying-in-state of Queen Elizabeth II cost taxpayers an estimated 161.7m, official figures show.In tribute to her 70 years on the throne, the monarch's coffin was paraded through Scotland from Balmoral to Edinburgh before it lay in Westminster Hall for four days prior to her funeral on 19 September.

Did you know that woolly mammoths were still roaming the Earth as the pyramids were being built?Or that civil rights activist Rosa Parks could have seen the first two Shrek movies in theaters before she died in 2005?Yup, it's true.Pretty wild to think about, right?Believe it or not, there are many more strange timeline overlaps like this going viral on TikTok, and each one is more mind-blowing than the last.

The sun shone for crowds at Windsor Castle for the Coronation Concert with cheers lasting as the day turned to night during the star-studded show.Cheers filled the air as the royal family arrived at the beginning of the concert and continued until the very last song.Host Hugh Bonneville's joke dubbing the King the artist formerly known as prince won laughs, as did his set with an amorous Miss Piggy.

King Charles III built his own empire long before he inherited his mother's: He spent half a century turning his royal estate into a billion-dollar portfolio and one of the most lucrative moneymakers in the royal family business.While his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, largely delegated responsibility for her portfolio, Charles was far more deeply involved in developing the private estate known as the Duchy of Cornwall.

TORONTO Despite his status as Canada's head of state, only modest festivities have been planned this weekend for the coronation of King Charles III in the country's capital, Ottawa, and turnout is predicted to be much lower than is typical for other Canadian public celebrations.Last May, Charles's most recent visit to the country drew scant news media attention and crowds by the hundreds rather than thousands.

LONDON There is a piece of furniture so famous and so important to British history that it sits in its own chapel at Westminster Abbey, behind an iron gate so that onlookers may gawk at it but never touch it.The item, the Coronation Chair, was commissioned by King Edward I of England to accommodate the Stone of Scone, which was captured from the Scots in 1296.

GLOUCESTER, England The coronation of King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, on Saturday will involve many of the same ancient traditions that have been followed for nearly a thousand years.But some things will be new: The royal horse-drawn carriage will have air-conditioning.There will be an official coronation emoji issued by Buckingham Palace.

Prince William made an unannounced trip to Poland on Wednesday to personally thank British and Polish troops supporting Ukraine's armed forces as part of a two-day visit intended to highlight Britain's support for Ukraine.William arrived in Warsaw and then traveled to the southeastern city of Rzeszow, roughly 50 miles from Poland's border, where he told troops that everyone back home thoroughly supports you.

Heavy bursts of rain are set to fall during the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla today, in a ceremony expected to be bookended by thunderstorms.Crowds have flocked to the capital to catch a glimpse of the monarch at a 1.3-mile procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey.

Royal superfan Margaret has been collecting memorabilia since the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.As the years have gone on, she's filled her north-west London home with thousands of royal souvenirs including mugs, plates, teapots and even a bust of King Charles III.Ahead of the Coronation, she's been adding even more items to her collection.

Events are being held across Scotland on Saturday to celebrate the coronation of the King but there will also be protests against the monarchy.The coronation ceremony will be beamed from Westminster Abbey on to a big screen in Edinburgh's West Princes Street Gardens, and Glasgow Cathedral will also show proceedings live.

Celtic probably shouldn't have been there.They had finished eighth in the league and gone out of the Scottish Cup in the fourth round.Their on-pitch credentials to be one of the top eight sides in Britain in the summer of 1953 were questionable at best.Yet, an invitation to join Rangers, Hearts, Hibernian, Arsenal, Manchester United, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur in a tournament celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II landed on the Parkhead doormat.

Afternoon sunbeams stretched across the vast floor inside a palazzo that occupies an entire New York City block.A clock without hands overlooked the empty drill hall, time forever suspended.It was a rare moment of stillness for the 142-year-old Seventh Regiment Armory on Park Avenue, also known as the Park Avenue Armory.

The coronation will give people around the world the chance to witness history with a ceremony that reflects the national character of modern Britain, the Culture Secretary said.Lucy Frazer said the King's coronation on Saturday marks the beginning of a new chapter in our national history.She urged people to get involved through street parties, watching on one of 57 big screens across the country or volunteering to help mark the event.

A controlled explosion was carried out by police Tuesday at Buckingham Palace after a man was arrested on suspicion of having a weapon.London cops said the suspect approached the palace gates and tossed items believed to be shotgun cartridges onto the grounds.The police also found a bag in the man's possession which they deemed suspicious, although they said it was not being treated as a terrorism-related threat.

An artist renowned for depicting royals with moose as a form of affectionate mischief has recalled the giggling response he received from the King when he presented him with a postcard of Queen Elizabeth II riding one of the long-antlered mammals.Canadian Charles Pachter, 80, who lives in Toronto, has produced an entire collection featuring moose alongside royalty over the course of five decades and even presented his creations to the late Queen and King Charles.

The Prince and Princess of Wales have visited the Welsh village of Aberfan, the site of the 1966 disaster in which 144 people, including 116 children, were killed.William and Kate were led through the Aberfan Memorial Garden on Friday to pay their respects to those who died when a colliery spoil tip collapsed and sent tonnes of ash slurry onto the village below.

When King Charles III is crowned on May 6, the world will witness, for the first time since his mother's coronation in 1953, a ceremony that packs more than 1,000 years of British pomp and pageantry into a single day.But for some people, one day might not be enough.Britain teems with castles that offer travelers a chance to walk the same halls and sleep in the same quarters as monarchs of days gone by.

The Stone of Destiny is returning to England for the first time in more than a quarter of a century, where it will play a key role in the coronation, amid tight security.At Edinburgh Castle on Thursday a special ceremony was held to mark the legendary stone which has become a symbol of Scottish nationhood but for 700 years was housed in Westminster Abbey starting its journey south.

Queen Consort Camilla has paid tribute to the queens who came before her while attending a State Banquet in Berlin to honour her and King Charles III's state visit to Germany.Camilla pinned a brooch with a portrait of her late mother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth II, onto her black evening dress for the occasion on Wednesday (29 March).

After schmoozing with Berlin's political elite in the morning, King Charles III plans to head to the German countryside for a down-to-earth afternoon visit at an organic farm, where Britain's monarch will help make an orange-colored cheese with a crown imprint.We heard that the king is a great lover of cheese, Katja von Maltzan, who with her husband runs the Brodowin farm 80 kilometers (50 miles) northeast of Germany's capital.

02:09 King Charles III spoke in German as he addressed a banquet in Berlin during his first state visit to the country as monarch.Over all these years, and in so many ways, I have been struck by the warmth of the friendship between our nations and by the vitality of our partnership in countless areas, the King said.

13 minutes ago13 minutes ago Britain's King Charles III is set to address the Bundestag on his first trip abroad since becoming monarch.He is the first monarch to speak to lawmakers in the German parliament.King Charles met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin ahead of his speech to Germany's lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, on Thursday.

Prime minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer are among the mourners attending the funeral of Baroness Betty Boothroyd, the first-ever woman elected speaker of the Commons.Baroness Boothroyd, a former Labour MP, died in February at the age of 93.Her funeral is taking place at a church near her home in Cambridgeshire on Monday afternoon.

Oh I see.Dreaming of days off eh? Well honestly who could blame you?The good news is that, in addition to the usual bank holidays, we have King Charles III's coronation ceremony taking place at Westminster Abbey in May this year to give us a well-earned extra date.As for what else there is to look forward to in 2023 following from a nightmare year that began with Omicron and the Ukraine war and brought a brutal cost of living crisis and sweltering summer heatwave, the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the disastrous 44-day premiership of Liz Truss there is the summer music festival season and plenty of major sporting events to look forward to in the coming months.

Oh I see.Dreaming of days off eh? Well honestly who could blame you?The good news is that, in addition to the usual bank holidays, we have King Charles III's coronation ceremony taking place at Westminster Abbey in May this year to give us a well-earned extra date.As for what else there is to look forward to in 2023 following from a nightmare year that began with Omicron and the Ukraine war and brought a brutal cost of living crisis and sweltering summer heatwave, the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the disastrous 44-day premiership of Liz Truss there is the summer music festival season and plenty of major sporting events to look forward to in the coming months.

A senior Belfast police officer has been given a rare royal honour for his role in the operation following the death of the Queen last year.Chief Superintendent Davy Beck is one of only a few police officers from across the UK who have been made a member of the Royal Victorian Order, which recognises distinguished personal service to the monarch.

Officials in France are concerned that the three-day State visit of Britain's King Charles III could become a target for pension reform protesters.Published: 22 March 2023 12:54 CET Security will be high for the monarch's first official trip abroad following his accession on the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, last September.

Striking workers in France are refusing to provide red carpets for King Charles's first overseas trip as monarch amid protests over rises to the pension age.French trade union CGT announced this week that its members at Mobilier National, the institution in charge of providing flags, red carpets and furniture for public buildings, would not help prepare a reception for the king upon his arrival in Paris on Sunday.

The Prince of Wales has echoed his late grandmother the Queen by laying a wreath at a monument dedicated to soldiers in Poland.William, on the second day of his surprise trip to the country, placed down the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw on Thursday morning.Queen Elizabeth II and the late Duke of Edinburgh did the same during their state visit to Poland in 1996.

Chef Darren McGrady has cooked for queens and princesses.For 15 years, he held court in the kitchen of Buckingham Palace during Queen Elizabeth II's reign and served as Princess Diana's personal chef.Now, he's hawking fish and chips out of a Vancouver, Washington food cart.Former royal chef McGrady, whose distinguished culinary career started at London's luxe Savoy Hotel, opened Winston's British Fish N Chips in early March, serving fried cod, chicken wings, and smoked fish chowder out of a church parking lot.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Oh I see.Dreaming of days off eh? Well honestly who could blame you?The good news is that, in addition to the usual bank holidays, we have King Charles III's coronation ceremony taking place at Westminster Abbey in May this year to give us a well-earned extra date.