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The Prince of Wales has been pictured smiling with his three children in a photo released by Kensington Palace to mark Father's Day.The photograph shows Princess Charlotte and Prince George on either side of their father, smiling up at him, with the youngest sibling Prince Louis hugging William on his shoulders from behind.

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.

For more than 60 years, David Austin Roses has bred the world's most prestigious blooms.They are the Air Jordans, the Birkin bags, the Steinway pianos of roses, and have become what we know, smell and delight in as the modern English rose.And every year for more than 60 years, David Austin Roses has named one or two new varieties after historical British figures, including Queen Elizabeth II, Emily Bronte, Roald Dahl and Charles Darwin.

A British expat who participated in preparations for the late Queen's coronation in 1953 says worldwide interest in royal events shows that human beings love ceremony.Michael Vincent had been one of the test groups and had marched in a practice procession almost exactly 70 years ago when he was 18 years old.

They were once so close.And so it was striking, and a little sad, to see how far Charles's two sons Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and Prince William, the Prince of Wales have drifted apart in the past few years.William had an official role in Saturday's coronation, as the heir to the throne; Harry had none at all, except as a relative demoted to the third row of Westminster Abbey.

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.

T he 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.

Navy veteran Ernie Davies has said how happy he was to see so many people ahead of the 79th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, as the number of survivors able to attend memorial services dwindles.Mr Davies, 98, was among the 11 British veterans who travelled across the Channel to France to mark the anniversary of the historic military invasion, and met some old friends and had a few drinks along the way.

R ail union TSSA has suspended strike action planned for the Elizabeth line next week.The walkout of the union's members on Wednesday, May 24, has been called off after the union won a revised pay proposal from management at Rail for London Infrastructure (RfLI).The first anniversary of the opening of the Elizabeth line was to be marked by the strike.

The King has met the children of the men who became the first climbers to reach the summit of Everest.The occasion marked 70 years since Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the 29,028ft (8,848 metres) summit on May 29 1953.First attempted in 1921, Everest had repulsed at least 10 major expeditions and two solo attempts before the 1953 British expedition finally succeeded under the military-style leadership of Lord John Hunt.

Rolf Harris, the Australian-born entertainer whose decades-long career on British television ended in disgrace after he was convicted of sexually abusing teenage girls, died on May 10 at his home in Berkshire, England.He was 93.His family announced in a statement released on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after his death, that he had died peacefully and had been laid to rest.

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.

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.

Marble Arch may have waved goodbye to one of its more divisive installations, the £6 million mound, but now it's welcoming a new - albeit (intentionally) temporary - figurehead.As London gears up for the Coronation of King Charles III, the city has already welcomed a few in-your-face decorations to remind us that it is, indeed, happening.

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 King and Queen were given a thunderous three cheers as they took the royal salute in the Buckingham Palace garden on their return from the coronation ceremony.Standing before around 4,000 troops, the royal couple, wearing their crowns and dressed in full regalia, took shelter from a light drizzle under a white canopy on the palace's west terrace.

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.

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.

A trove of documents released this week by the F.B.I. reveal details about an assassination threat against Queen Elizabeth II before a trip that she and her husband made to the United States in 1983, as well as other security concerns linked to the Irish Republican Army.The documents were published on the F.B.I.'s website after a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

The King has said he is inspired by the way the Church of Scotland and other faith communities have provided care to the poor and asylum seekers.A letter from Charles was read out at the church's general assembly gathering in Edinburgh, the first time this has happened since the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

US anglophiles say the beautiful celebrations and ceremony surrounding the King's coronation in the UK shows that we still have some depth in our world.Californian locals arrived at Ye Olde King's Head in Santa Monica on Saturday to watch replays of the ceremony alongside British expats.Shirley Aconti, who lives in Beverly Hills, had arranged to have high tea and watch the coronation with her friends at the pub.

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.

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.

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.

The Coronation Concert on Sunday night was watched by an average audience of 10.1 million, according to overnight figures from the BBC.The star-studded event at Windsor Castle, which saw performances from Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Take That, had a peak viewership of 12.3 million, the broadcaster said.

King Charles III's coronation is taking place today in London, with millions expected to watch the ceremony in the U.K. and around the world.Crowds of thousands have gathered in central London to greet the King and Queen Consort Camilla on their journey from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, and to watch the ceremony on big screens.

This image from a video shows police leading a man inside a police van outside Buckingham Palace in London, Tuesday, May 2, 2023.London police said a controlled explosion was carried out as a precaution outside Buckingham Palace late Tuesday after a man was arrested there on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon.

Pupils from Hill House School in London, play on the grass in front of the now Saatchi Gallery, where Britain's King Charles III played sport as a pupil, Thursday, April 20, 2023.King Charles III hasn't even been crowned yet, but his name is already etched on the walls of Hill House School in London.

Downpours rained on King Charles's parade on Saturday, as thousands turned out in the streets of London and across the UK to watch the coronation.It became another unfortunate aspect inherited from previous monarchs, as rain has been seen on the previous four coronation days, including that of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in June 1953.

Watch live as King Charles and the Queen Consort attend a state banquet at Schloss Bellevue presidential palace in Berlin on Wednesday, 29 March.The royal couple are visiting Germany for the King's first overseas trip since he became monarch.His Majesty had been due to visit France, but this visit was cancelled due to ongoing protests over pension reforms.

King Charles will this week become the first British monarch to lay a wreath to the German victims of allied air raids in the second world war.The move is a departure from his mother's handling of the historically sensitive subject on previous royal visits to the country.At the end of his first state visit as monarch, Charles III is scheduled on Friday to visit Hamburg's St Nikolai memorial, a 12th-century church severely damaged during Operation Gomorrah in July 1943 and since preserved in its ruined state to commemorate its victims.

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.