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May 3, 2023 · Great Britain's royal family turns the page on a new chapter Saturday with the coronation of King Charles III — a spectacle that echoes medieval times but featuring modern flourishes.
- Charles was born at 9.14 pm on Nov. 14, 1948, at Buckingham Palace, weighing 7lb and 6oz. His father, Philip, was playing squash with his private secretary at the time.
- Charles was close with his maternal grandmother — the Queen Mother — who encouraged his love of nature and art. At two years old, he would sit on her bed and play with her lipstick tubes, awed by the colors.
- She also encouraged kindness in Charles — including by sharing candy with other children and picking the weakest person first when choosing teammates for games.
- Charles became heir apparent at the age of three, following the death of his grandfather King George VI and his mother’s accession to the throne when she was 25.
May 3, 2024 · NEW YORK (AP) — The King's Trust celebrated its new name, an update of King Charles III's long-running charity The Prince's Trust, and the expansion of its work in the United States with a star...
Nov 14, 2023 · LONDON (AP) — At an age when many of his contemporaries have long since retired, King Charles III is not one to put his feet up. The king will mark his 75th birthday on Tuesday by busily highlighting causes close to his heart.
May 6, 2023 · LONDON — Britain’s Charles III was crowned king on Saturday, during an eighth-century ritual in a 21st-century metropolis with a handful of concessions to the modern age but the unabashed ...
Sep 9, 2022 · Charles, the longest-serving heir to the throne in British history, is now King. His apprenticeship as heir, lasting 70 years, has made him the best-prepared and oldest new monarch ever to...
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May 6, 2023 · Anointed with holy oil and enthroned on St. Edward’s chair, King Charles III was crowned on Saturday in a solemn ritual that stretches back more than a millennium but unfolded with multiple ...
