King Charles III

Man detained by police after eggs thrown at King Charles in York..

Several eggs were thrown towards King Charles and the Queen Consort as they arrived at Mickelgate Bar in York.

The royals were being welcomed by city leaders when a person threw several eggs, all of which missed before Charles and Camilla were ushered away.

Booing could be heard before loud cheers and cries of "God save the King" erupted from the crowd.

A man has since been detained by police in connection with the incident.


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King Charles will receive a special honour to mark his first birthday as king Today..

To mark the notable occasion, the King is set to receive a special honour in light of the day.

It’s tradition for British monarchs to celebrate their birthday twice in one year: once on their actual birthday, and another on their official one.

Buckingham Palace notes: “Official celebrations to mark the Sovereign’s birthday have often been held on a day another than the actual birthday, particularly when the actual birthday has not been in the summer.

Of course, Queen Elizabeth II was known to keep her annual celebrations in line with this tradition, as her birthday fell on 21 April in the spring.

Typically, the Queen celebrated her actual birthday privately at Windsor Castle, where it was marked by gun salutes, or would otherwise see an appearance from the sovereign herself during a brief walk if it was a big birthday.

King Charles III, however, is also thought to be in keeping with tradition as his 74th birthday, which takes place on 14 November, couldn’t be further from the summer.

The celebrations are set to begin at 11am on Monday, with the band of the Household Cavalry at Buckingham Palace, where Charles was born in 1948, performing 'Happy Birthday' for the King.

That performance will be followed at midday by a 41-gun royal salute from the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery in nearby Green Park. The Band of the Scots Guards will then perform another rendition of 'Happy Birthday.'

Also at midday, the Honourable Artillery Company will fire a 62-gun salute at the Tower of London, his Majesty's Royal Palace.

As per the British Army, such salutes are usually reserved as a sign of respect or a welcome. Salutes with an open hand were used in history to demonstrate that there were no concealed weapons, while firing a cannon in a salute shows that the chamber is empty.

These days in the UK, gun salutes are fired on significant royal events, like the King’s first birthday as the monarch.

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Well, I shan`t stop whatever I`m doing, to watch.
Not that I ever did.

King Charles' first Christmas speech reflects cost-of-living crisis..

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King Charles has used his first Christmas message to reflect on the cost-of-living crisis.

He spoke of the "great anxiety and hardship" for those struggling to "pay their bills and keep their families fed and warm".

There were images of food banks and help for the homeless alongside the speech, recorded by the King in St George's Chapel, Windsor.

He paid tribute to his mother Queen Elizabeth, who is buried in the chapel.

The late Queen pioneered the televised royal Christmas Day address, and used what was to become her final message last year to speak of "passing the baton" to the next generation.

The themes of the King's speech touched on some of his causes and beliefs - concern for the disadvantaged, the importance of public service and supporting a multi-faith approach to religion.

Only "working royals" appeared on screen in the King's broadcast, including the Queen Consort, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Earl of Wessex and the Princess Royal.

That meant that Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, were not mentioned. The Duke of York was also not included.

At a time of industrial strife and financial pressures, the King's message focused on those supporting people in need.

"I particularly want to pay tribute to all those wonderfully kind people who so generously give food or donations, or that most precious commodity of all, their time, to support those around them in greatest need," said the King.

The message was accompanied by pictures of charities giving food to the homeless and volunteers helping at a food bank.

Buckingham Palace has said funds donated after the death of the late Queen were being given to a charity helping those unable to pay energy bills.

The King has gathered with other senior royals at Sandringham, Norfolk, for Christmas, and earlier attended the traditional Christmas Day service for the first time as monarch.

The King praised the emergency services who "worked tirelessly to keep us all safe", teachers and health and social care staff.

Last year proved to be the late Queen's last Christmas message, and the King remembered the "love and sympathy" that followed her death in September.

"Christmas is a particularly poignant time for all of us who have lost loved ones. We feel their absence at every familiar turn of the season and remember them in each cherished tradition," said the King.

Standing "close to where my beloved mother, the late Queen is laid to rest with my dear father", he spoke of his mother's faith in God and also her "faith in people".

The message highlighted the community work of faith groups, and the King, as well as asserting his own Christian belief, extended this to other religions.

He spoke of the "heartfelt solidarity" shown by "churches, synagogues, mosques and gurdwaras".

The King described how moved he had been to go to the birthplace of Christ in Bethlehem: "It meant more to me than I can possibly express to stand on that spot."

The King's speech continues a tradition going back 90 years, with the first royal Christmas broadcast delivered on the radio in 1932 by George V. The first televised broadcast was presented by Elizabeth II in 1957.

In terms of changes in style, the King delivered his first message standing up, rather than a formal address from behind a desk, and his themes addressed more current social issues.

But there was much that was traditional. This was a Christmas Day message delivered in a chapel with a choir singing, touching on themes of faith, hope and the importance of serving others.

The choir finished, as it had last year for the Queen's last message, singing the carol O Little Town of Bethlehem, with the King highlighting its message of "light overcoming darkness".

King Charles to divert Crown Estate windfall to 'public good'..

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King Charles has asked for a surge in profits from six new offshore wind farms on the Crown Estate, worth £1bn, to be used for the "wider public good", rather than the Royal Family.

The Royal Household's public funding is based on 25% of Crown Estate profits.

But King Charles wants to reduce this percentage so that more is kept by the Treasury to be used for public spending.

The King spoke of the pressures of the cost-of-living in his Christmas speech.

In his Christmas message, King Charles highlighted the pressures of the cost-of-living crisis - and he seems to be taking action to avoid what could have been an awkward surge in income for the royals.

The Crown Estate is an independently-run, commercial business, whose profits go to the Treasury - but those profits are used as the benchmark for the level of public funding for the Royal Family, known as the Sovereign Grant, which last year was worth £86.3m.

These profits are now expected to be significantly boosted by deals to develop six new offshore wind farms, collectively worth £1bn per year for at least three years in fees from firms buying the rights to build wind farms on Crown Estate offshore sites.

This would have produced a very significant increase in the amount going into the Sovereign Grant, which could have proved embarrassing against a backdrop of financial pressures on the public.

Buckingham Palace says in light of the "offshore energy windfall", the King wants to reduce the slice of profits used to calculate the grant.

At present, the Sovereign Grant is based on 25% of Crown Estate profits - a temporary increase on the usual 15% - with the extra funding used for repairs and renovations for Buckingham Palace.

The grant is used for paying for the costs of working royals, such as travel for official engagements, and for the upkeep of royal palaces.

A review of this percentage of Crown Estate profits going into royal funding is currently under way with the Treasury, with a decision expected in the next few months.

Sir Michael Stevens, the Keeper of the Privy Purse, has written to the prime minister and chancellor to propose an "appropriate reduction".

But anti-monarchy campaigners, Republic, have rejected the move as "cynical fool to pre-empt a government decision to reduce the percentage".

The group's chief executive Graham Smith said the King's statement "reflected an arrangement he had no power to change".

Three of the new offshore wind farm locations are off the North Wales, Cumbria and Lancashire coast, and three are in the North Sea off the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire coast. Once developed, the ambition is for them to generate enough electricity for seven million homes.

This will add to the existing 36 operational offshore wind farms on Crown Estate sites off the coasts of England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Dan Labbad, chief executive of the Crown Estate, hailed the benefits of this "next generation of projects".

"They demonstrate the far-reaching value that our world-class offshore wind sector can deliver for the nation - home-grown energy for all, jobs and investment for communities, revenue for the taxpayer, clean energy for the benefit of the environment, and a considerate, sustainable approach which respects our rich biodiversity," he said.

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Meanwhile, 22000 dead in Syria & Turkey.

As a republican, absolutely.
But what I find objectionable is the relentless propaganda, perpetuated on here by Bluetornados.

And other inane comments.
Ffs.

Oh the irony. I

It Is no surprise that you are a republican. You seem to love always being in the minority.I

Why do you feel it is correct to have a pop at bluetornados? Why are you the one to always get 'personal' with your comments?