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On Saturday 6th May King Charles III will become the 39th monarch to be crowned in Westminster Abbey since King William I's coronation on Christmas Day 1066. As has been the case for centuries, the new monarch will receive his Crown, Orb and Spectre whilst seated on the ornately decorated...

A week after the Coronation of its new monarch, the United Kingdom will be hoping that it will win the Eurovision Song Contest for the sixth time (one of the most successful Eurovision nations) and the first time since 1997, with the song "I Wrote A Song" by Mae Muller. The UK is the host...

The King and Queen Consort have joined Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK Vadym Prystaiko and his wife Inna in Liverpool to mark the twinning of the city’s Central Library with the Regional Scientific Library in Odesa. Their Majesties were greeted on arrival by brass band EuroBrass, before unveiling...

The King and Queen Consort (who will be titled as the Queen after her Coronation on Saturday next week) have visited the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool where the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest is to be held a week after their coronations. The UK is hosting the Eurovision Song Contest for the first...

A chocolate bust of King Charles III has been created ahead of his Coronation by American company Mars Wrigley. King Charles III's Coronation, the first British coronation in most people's lifetimes, is on Saturday next week. The Coronation will see an extra Bank Holiday Monday this month in...

Photos have been released by Buckingham Palace to mark the 5th birthday of Prince Louis, the youngest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales. The King's grandson was born on 23rd April (St George's Day) 2018. He is the fourth in line to the Throne after Prince William, Prince George and...

Pete & Bas - "Dents in a Peugeot" (2019) Pete heard his granddaughter playing hip-hop on his car radio. He enjoyed it so much he told his friend Bas about it. As a result, they released their debut single "Shut Ya Mouth" on YouTube and they've become more successful since.

You've got to love the fact that a group of guys (Australian band Midnight Oil), who are descended from British convicts, convicts who did their nefarious deeds when Australia was a vast British penal colony, wrote a song which basically ponders: "Why are we here in Australia?" Maybe they...

The rebellious Scots should remember that the King's grandmother - Queen Elizabeth - was a Scot who was born at Glamis Castle. King Charles III was said to have been closer to her growing up than he was to her daughter and his mother Queen Elizabeth II. The now King Charles III described his...

The hit that was removed from the King's Coronation playlist of British artists... The Proclaimers - "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (1988)

Proclaimers removed from King's Coronation playlist 23 April 2023 BBC News The Scottish rock duo's hit was removed from the UK Government's Coronation playlist The Proclaimers have been removed from an official King's Coronation playlist after they were criticised for their anti-royal views...

Both the twins are still alive. And they've just fallen out of favour with the King.

Pet Shop Boys - "The Lost Room" (2023) The video features scenes from the 1966 West German movie "Young Törless".

The RAF's new Jackal drone is the work of Flyby Technology, a UK startup founded by former RAF and Royal Navy fighter pilot Jon Parker.

How to make Coronation Quiche Just like the for the previous monarch's coronation in 1953, a new dish has been invented to mark the occasion The King and Queen Consort have personally chosen a recipe for "Coronation Quiche" in celebration of the Big Lunches set to be staged to mark their...

By the way, Camilla is currently titled Queen Consort. Upon being crowned two and and half weeks from now, she will henceforth be titled Queen. The Coronation is two weeks this Saturday.

And fat Yanks.

If you’re having a get-together or helping plan a street party for the King's coronation, you might want to put quiche on the menu. It was hand-picked by King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla to be the official party food for the coronation next month. The recipe includes spinach, broad...

6000 armed forces members in the 2023 coronation. 45,000 armed forces members in the 1953 coronation. It just shows how much the British military has shrink in 70 years.

That would be cool. I don't think anyone beats the British at pomp and pageantry.