'Charles was seen as bonkers - but he was a man ahead of his time,' says royal expert

Camilla’s ex-husband has been handed a new Royal role – attending a funeral on behalf of the Queen Consort. Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles, 82, represented his ex-wife at the funeral of John Bowes-Lyon – second cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II – at Brompton Oratory in Knightsbridge, London.The move was revealed in the Court Circular, the official record of royal engagements. It said: “The King was represented by the Earl of Rosslyn at the Funeral of Mr John Bowes-Lyon.

crowned sovereign of the United Kingdom, King Charles III will finally get his day in the sun.Following her death last month, Charles, 73, became the new monarch and his own coronation is set for May 6, 2023.The date is also the day that his grandson Archie — the son of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — will turn 4 years old. Queen Elizabeth was ordained as ruler on June 2, 1953, and her coronation was full of pomp and circumstance.However, Charles’ ceremony is reportedly set to be a scaled back and more modernized celebration.“The king has stripped back a lot of the coronation in recognition that the world has changed in the past 70 years,” a source recently divulged to the Mirror.The three-hour service at Westminster Abbey will be pared down to just 60 minutes.As for guests who earned a coveted spot on the invite list, the amount has been chopped down from 8,000 to 2,000.It is expected that peers will wear formal coronation robes, however, the need for the uniform choices may be modified.Operation Golden Orb, which is the code name for the planning of the coronation, was first speculated to be held on June 3.

The King is to guest star in a special episode of The Repair Shop as part of the BBC’s centenary celebrations. In the programme, Charles will meet with the show’s host Jay Blades and his expert team of craftspeople to explore their shared passion for preserving heritage craft skills.

After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, many Royal fans are wondering: when is King Charles III’s coronation? 

her death. Fans, however, have been heartened by the new king’s hire, with an insider telling the Sun on Thursday, “His mother adored having her piper. It’s a lovely tradition.

King Charles III’s heir — he’s also now his landlord.The 40-year-old Prince of Wales will be earning about $785,800 in rent from his father, thanks to a home he’s inherited in Cornwall that has long been one of the new monarch’s favorite places to stay, The Sun reported. Wills got the property, which is part of the Duchy of Cornwall’s $387 million portfolio, when the 73-year-old Charles ascended to the throne upon the Sept.

King Charles III is expected to pay his son Prince William up to £700,000 a year in rent for his Highgrove estate, following William’s inheritance of the Duchy of Cornwall, it has been revealed. In becoming the new Prince of Wales, William, 40, has gained control of the Duchy and its £345 million property portfolio along with it, which includes his father’s favoured Gloucestershire home.

The official coin effigy of King Charles III has been unveiled by the Royal Mint. People will start to see the King’s image in their change from around December, as 50p coins depicting Charles gradually enter circulation to meet demand.

Queen Consort Camilla and Princess Beatrice have been given important new royal roles under King Charles III’s reign. Charles formally became King on September 10, just two days after Her Majesty the Queen’s passing.

King Charles is said to be optimistic that the relationship between the Royals and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex is repairable. After stepping down from royal duties two years ago and relocating to the US, Prince Harry, 38, and Meghan Markle, 41, have had a some-what estranged relationship with the royals – in particular between Harry and his brother Prince William. However, following the pair’s trip to the UK and them coming together as one with the rest of the family in the wake of Her Majesty the Queen’s death, it’s said there were “flickers of hope” that their relationship is salvageable.

King Charles III gave royal fans a wave as he ventured out in Balmoral with Camilla, Queen Consort. The new King, 73, and his wife, 75, made their way to a Sunday Service on the estate, both still wearing black as the royal mourning period carried on until today, a week after Queen Elizabeth II 's funeral.

With the release of Netflix’s fifth season of The Crown in a matter of weeks, sources close to the new King suggest the palace is moving to protect the monarchy from the dramatisation. Over the weekend, streaming giant Netflix released a trailer for the upcoming fifth season of The Crown, which showed Princess Diana and Prince Charles preparing for TV interviews about their relationship.

A royal expert has says it is "too early" to say whether or not The Queen's death and funeral has healed the rift between Prince William and Prince Harry. Prince William, 40, and Prince Harry, 38, reunited at Windsor Castle days after the death of their grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, in what is believed to have been their first meeting since they unveiled a statue in honour of their late mother, Princess Diana, in July 2021.They were seen together again as they followed the coffin of Queen Elizabeth during Monday's funeral at Westminster Abbey.

King Charles III has shown he is "determined" to heal the rift between his sons Prince William and Prince Harry since becoming the monarch, a royal expert has claimed. Charles became King on September 8 after the sudden passing of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who died at the age of 96.

It looks like Harry and Meghan departed back to the U.S. without securing the dream reality of sorting out their roles within the royal family. As you will recall, the duo arrived in PR fanfare on a flying visit to the U.K.