stepping down as her county’s monarch, handing over the reigns to her son, Crown Prince Frederik. In the week since, many people have speculated that King Charles, 75, could soon do the same — but one expert said it’s simply not happening.
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In a heartwarming moment from rehearsals for his Coronation, King Charles can be seen making jokes about his so-called "sausage fingers" sending his son Prince William into fits of laughter. The king's so-called 'sausage fingers' have drawn much attention from eagle-eyed royal watchers over the years - and now the monarch has been seen to joke about them himself.
A new BBC documentary about the King, set to air on Boxing Day, reveals a lighthearted moment when Charles joked with William about his swollen hands, while they were rehearsing for the Coronation ceremony.
The rehearsal for the coronation will be aired in Charles III: The Coronation Year, which shows Prince William using his hands to close a small clasp holding a lavish robe around his father. When William was filmed closing the clasp on his father's robe, he made a cheeky quip to his dad.
He said: "On the day, that’s not going to go in." Charles replied with a smile as he said: "No, you haven't got sausage fingers like mine." In previous years, Charles has poked fun at his large digits he dubbed 'sausage fingers', which have often gone viral online if they have been prominent in a photograph. Charles has also joked in the past about having "sausage fingers" following a flight to Australia in 2012.
And then again, his hands were seen to be swollen while he pulled a pint at the Prince of Wales pub in South London in 2021. But it's clearly been something the King has learned to contend with over the years as even in a letter to a friend after William was born, Charles reportedly wrote: "I can’t tell you how excited and proud I am.
stepping down as her county’s monarch, handing over the reigns to her son, Crown Prince Frederik. In the week since, many people have speculated that King Charles, 75, could soon do the same — but one expert said it’s simply not happening.
Michelle Keegan has revealed she'd met King Charles and Queen Camilla during her time on Coronation Street, with the Royal pair paying the ITV soap a visit back in 2010. Actress Michelle, 36, starred on Corrie as Tina McIntyre from 2008 until 2014, and during her time on the soap she got to meet Camilla, 76, and Charles, 75, as they visited the set in Manchester to mark Coronation Street's 50th anniversary. She discussed her Royal encounter on The Graham Norton Show on Friday, 5 January.
Jeffrey Epstein document dump, according to a report.The disgraced Duke of York has resided at the royal residence, located on the grounds of Windsor Castle, since 2004 after signing a 75-year lease agreement the year prior.The Royal Lodge previously belonged to the Queen Mother until her death in 2002. Andrew currently shares the 31-room Royal Lodge mansion in Windsor with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson.But sources told the Daily Mail that the latest developments in the Epstein document unsealing could indeed “crystalize” King Charles’s determination to solve the “Andrew problem.”“When it comes to any public role for his brother, there is no way back,” an insider told the outlet.“There has always been an agreement that Andrew would be permitted to attend private and family events, as is his right.”“But not public or official ones.
Back in January 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made the very public decision to step down as senior royals.The couple, who had married in a lavish ceremony only two years earlier, released a statement revealing that they intended to split their time between the UK and North America. "After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution," the couple shared.
revealed in her New Year’s speech on Dec. 31 that she would be stepping down on Jan.
“Rebel Prince” writer told Closer Magazine that Prince William’s wife, Kate Middleton, “has everything she wants,” as reported by the Express.However, upon joining the royal family in 2018 after her wedding to Harry, 39, Markle had hoped to do things “her way.”He noted: “There’s only one way and that’s the royal way.”“Kate is glowing, Kate is successful, Kate is popular — everything that Meghan wanted,” Bower said.The “Spare” memoirist is currently fifth in the line of succession to the British throne — a place that Markle allegedly “doesn’t want to be [in].”Since heading to the West Coast, Markle and Harry signed a $100 million deal with Netflix and another contract with Spotify worth millions.But according to Bower, everything that Markle tried to do “undermined her status.”These moves seemingly eroded away her A-list status, and “instead of going back to the privacy she said she needed,” whenever “she steps out into the spotlight, she loses a bit more.”“She just cannot win,” Bower explained. The Post has reached out to the Duchess of Sussex for comment.Since dropping out of the Windsor clan in 2020, a heated feud has gone among between Middleton, 41, William, 41, the Sussexes and King Charles.But the tension may simmer down in the new year, with the Invictus Games founder and the former actress hoping to reconcile with the monarch, 75.Royal expert Ingrid Seward claimed that the couple desire to reunite with Charles in 2024.“Obviously King Charles wants to see his son and his grandchildren, and last summer he apparently invited them to Balmoral, which they turned down,” Seward told GB News, per the Mirror.
The Mirror. However, the scribe believes Harry and Markle will make a more concerted effort with the King in 2024.
“Charles III: The Coronation Year,” which aired on Dec. 26, Elliot gave her take on the royal couple’s marriage, calling her sister the king’s “rock.”“She’s somebody who is completely loyal and she isn’t somebody who has huge highs and lows,” the Queen’s sister said.
King Charles has reportedly adopted Prince Harry's role of jokester this year over the Christmas period.
Kate Middleton “is prepared to fight” for the crown, and it may be the very reason she has gotten so “close” to King Charles III.While assisting King Charles, 75, and Queen Camilla, 76, in hosting over 500 members of the diplomatic corps at Buckingham Palace’s annual reception on Dec. 5, the 41-year-old Princess of Wales dazzled in the historic Lover’s Knot tiara, a favorite of Princess Diana’s, and effortlessly hobnobbed with all of the dignitaries in attendance.“She hugely enjoyed that evening and looked really at home,” a royal source shared with People.
As another year draws to a close, King Charles has once again addressed the nation in his annual King’s Speech which traditionally is broadcast around the country on Christmas Day. This year, Charles focused much of his speech on the theme of community and praised the "selfless army of people” who he described as the “essential backbone of our society,” for their continued efforts to improve the areas in which they lived.
The King has praised the “selfless army” of volunteers serving communities across the country in his Christmas broadcast.
public service Monday in a Christmas message that he connected to the health of the planet and wars that are raging.In a prerecorded video shot with him standing beside a Christmas tree in Buckingham Palace, the king spoke of the message of Jesus’ life in serving those less fortunate as he honored the “selfless army” that forms the “backbone of our society” helping others.“My heart has been warmed by countless examples of the imaginative ways in which people are caring for one another, going the extra mile to help those around them simply because they know it is the right thing to do,” he said.It was the king’s second Christmas speech since he ascended the throne after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died in September 2022, but the first since his coronation in May when he was officially crowned in a medieval ceremony rich in pageantry and pomp.Charles, who has long campaigned for environmental causes and recently told foreign leaders at the COP28 Climate Meeting that achieving climate goals remain “dreadfully far off track,” said he was encouraged to see awareness growing of the need to protect the earth.“To care for this creation is the responsibility owned by people of all faiths and of none,” he said. “We care for the earth for the sake of our children’s children.”In his own gesture towards sustainability, the evergreen next to him was bedecked in natural decorations made from wood, dried oranges, pinecones and paper.
The royal family marked Christmas Day by attending the traditional festive church service on the King’s Sandringham estate.
The King and the rest of the Royal Family are set to return to the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk this Christmas and will take part in many of the fun and unique traditions that they enjoy year in, year out. Among these quirks that set members of the Firm apart from many of us in the UK are how they open their presents on Christmas Eve and buy one another joke gifts.
Following Buckingham Palace's release of King Charles and Queen Camilla's Christmas card, you may be wondering exactly how many people it will be sent to all over the world. Unbelievably, the image will be delivered to more than 750 people around to world - including to foreign diplomats, international leaders, Heads of State, friends, family and members of staff.
While they observe many of the festive traditions that a popular all over the UK, the Royal Family's Christmas is also unique and unexpected in many ways. From paying homage to their Germanic roots and opening their presents on Christmas Eve to taking part in a traditional Boxing Day hunt, some aspects of the royal Christmas hark back to their rich history.
The King will deliver the second Christmas message of his reign from a Buckingham Palace room decorated with a living Christmas tree. It is the first time a living tree has been used as part of the backdrop for Charles’ annual festive address to the nation and Commonwealth.
move to Montecito, Calif. in 2020 — but wife Meghan Markle doesn’t want to make amends with the Royals.
The royals have enjoyed spending Christmas at Sandringham for decades, and after creating so many special memories there with the late Queen, the King seems keen for them to keep making more. “Christmas at Sandringham has been absolutely central to the family for years, and that legacy looks certain to continue with Charles,” says royal expert Duncan Larcombe.