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    The King pays tribute to his mother on first Commonwealth Day of his reign

    The King received a traditional New Zealand Maori Hongi greeting of touching noses as he arrived at Westminster Abbey today King Charles III today paid tribute to his mother Queen Elizabeth II on the first Commonwealth Day of his reign. The new Head of the Commonwealth addressed dignitaries at...
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    The King makes Prince Edward the Duke of Edinburgh on his 59th birthday

    King Charles grants Prince Edward Duke of Edinburgh title BBC News Friday 10th March 2023 Prince Edward paid a visit to Edinburgh after his new title was announced By Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Prince Edward has been named as the new Duke of Edinburgh, Buckingham Palace has announced...
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    Britain bans asylum for those arriving in small boats

    The UN is TRIGGERED by Britain's migration ban "Who are the UN to 'urge' Britain to change its mind? Who elected the UN? Our Common Law should reign over international law" British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has triggered the United Nations - so she must be doing something right.
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    Britain bans asylum for those arriving in small boats

    How very quaintly British: The Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle berating naughty MPs by telling them to get a strong cup of tea.
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    Britain bans asylum for those arriving in small boats

    "If you come here illegally you will be detained and swiftly removed!": British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defends his Government's new immigration policy during the weekly Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, during which Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer questioned the new policy
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    Britain bans asylum for those arriving in small boats

    Domestic law trumps international law. If the opposite were true, then unelected bodies in foreign countries would have primacy over democratically elected governments. We in Britain have democratically elected those politicians we want to make our laws and they should be paramount over...
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    ULEZ opponents jeer and heckle London Mayor after he calls them Far Right

    During a recent People's Question Time, where London's 9.6 million citizens have the opportunity to ask the Mayor and the London Assembly questions - this particular one being at Ealing Town Hall in West London - the Left-Wing Mayor of London Sadiq Khan was loudly jeered and heckled by the...
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    The Princess of Wales dons khaki as she pays a visit to the army

    The new Princess of Wales donned the uniform as she visited British soldiers on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire Catherine braved freezing conditions as she visited 1st Battalion Irish Guards for the first time since the King appointed her the regiment's honorary colonel. The future Queen Consort...
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    Sacred coronation oil will be animal-cruelty free

    So you think the British monarch should still be ruling over the USA.
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    The King receives his first Privileged Bodies

    The Privileged Bodies have affirmed their allegiance to the new monarch The Privileged Bodies are a group of 27 organisations that have historically been allowed to personally address the British monarch, and King Charles III has received the Privileged Bodies at Buckingham Palace in order for...
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    Britain bans asylum for those arriving in small boats

    A new law which will make it illegal for people who crossed the Channel in small boats to claim asylum in the UK is set to be introduced by the government on Tuesday. The Channel crossers will be deported to Rwanda. They will also be banned for life from applying for the right to stay in the UK.
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    King and Queen's first State Visits will be to France and Germany

    The King and Queen visiting Bolton Town Hall in Greater Manchester last month The King and Queen Consort’s first state visit of their reign will be to France and Germany between 26th and 31st March. King Charles III and Queen Camilla will travel to Paris, Bordeaux, Berlin and Hamburg and meet...
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    Sacred coronation oil will be animal-cruelty free

    Ahhhh, the Jacobites. The people who supported the restoration of an Absolute Monarchy who were soundly defeated by Government troops in 1745. You support Absolute Monarchy over Constitutional Monarchy.
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    700-year-old Coronation chair is being restored for King Charles III

    Luciano's next to Bolton Wanderers' University of Bolton Stadium is a great place to go if you want a scone of stone.
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    Sacred coronation oil will be animal-cruelty free

    Zadok the Priest will also be performed at Charles III's coronation. It was composed by the British composer Handel for the 1727 coronation of King George II and has been performed at every coronation since then. The lyrics of the piece are biblical, being a distillation of 1 Kings 1:34-45...
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    700-year-old Coronation chair is being restored for King Charles III

    The Stone of Scone (pronounced "scoon"), aka the Stone of Destiny, is placed under St Edward's Chair during coronations.
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    700-year-old Coronation chair is being restored for King Charles III

    The 700-year-old oak chair, upon which King Henry VIII, Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II were all crowned, is being restored for the crowning of King Charles III on Saturday 6th May. As is traditional, the Stone of Scone will be brought down from Scotland to be placed in the gap under the...
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    Sacred coronation oil will be animal-cruelty free

    The chrism oil which will be used to anoint His Majesty The King on 6th May 2023 has been consecrated in Jerusalem. The ceremony took place in The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The oil has been consecrated by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, and...
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    Sacred coronation oil will be animal-cruelty free

    Also known as rapeseed oil, because it's cultivated from rapeseed. Rapeseed takes its name from the Latin "rapum", meaning "turnip", because rapeseed is related to turnips, swedes, cabbages, Brussels sprouts and mustard.