Charles

2022 - 9 - 9

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Charles Becomes King of England as the Face of a Nation Changes (Bloomberg)

Elizabeth II's death at the age of 96 marks the start of a tumultuous 10 days for the UK that will see a queen buried, a nation mourn its longest-reigning ...

King Charles to address nation as period of mourning for Queen ... (The Guardian)

Prime minister to meet new monarch as floral tributes are placed outside Buckingham Palace and elsewhere.

A large union flag in tones of black and grey has been pinned to the right flank of the gates, while police officers kept a crowd back from the main gates further to the left. King Charles will be formally announced as the new sovereign on Saturday when the accession council meets at St James’s Palace. She will also be among senior ministers and politicians expected to attend a public service of prayer and reflection at St Paul’s Cathedral in central London at 6pm. Truss is expected to lead tributes in the Commons, which were scheduled to continue until 10pm. He has declared that a period of official royal mourning will be observed from Friday lasting until seven days after the Queen’s state funeral. For the King, there will be very little time for private mourning.

King Charles to address nation after death of Queen (Financial Times)

Tributes paid from around the world as UK mourns death of its longest-serving monarch.

She became the longest-serving monarch in British history in 2015, surpassing her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria. The Queen’s personal popularity was an important factor in maintaining support for the monarchy in the UK in recent years. Sporting fixtures scheduled for Friday have been cancelled, including horseracing, the England-South Africa cricket Test match and fixtures in the English Football League.

As King Charles III takes the crown, here's how he may focus his reign (NPR)

Throughout her 70 years as queen, Elizabeth II sought to maintain strict political neutrality. While Charles has been careful not to tread too publicly, ...

[Prince's Trust](https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/), which he founded in 1976. [an interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmEHJxWkvPg&t=112s) posted to the Royal Family's website in 2020, he recalled how as a teenager he began to feel increasingly alarmed by "the destruction of everything ... ](https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/prince-charles-calls-uks-rwanda-migrants-policy-appalling-reports-2022-06-11/) Following the asylum policy kerfuffle earlier this year, Michael Cole, a former royal correspondent for the BBC, said in The letters addressed everything from the U.K.'s involvement in the war in Iraq to the availability of herbal alternative medicines. That will present serious constitutional issues." Thatcher rebuffed his efforts to get her to meet with leaders from a community program that Charles helped found. [an interview](https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1632127/prince-charles-news-royal-heir-political-views-extraordinarily-careful-vn) that as king, Charles will need to be "careful" with voicing political opinions. [controversial new immigration policy](https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/commentaries/qa-the-uks-policy-to-send-asylum-seekers-to-rwanda/) from the government of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson that sends all asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing. In his [Easter message in April](https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/951030-prince-charles-highlights-suffering-of-innocent-victims-of-conflict-in-easter-message), Charles referred to the "unutterable tragedy" of those who've been "forced to flee their country and seek shelter far from home," saying they are "in need of a welcome, of rest, and of kindness." [The Sunday Times](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/charles-wont-be-prince-charming-if-he-keeps-on-meddling-say-ministers-bnz0n00bs) said: "Prince Charles is an adornment to our public life, but that will cease to be charming if he attempts to behave the same way when he is king. [speaking at the opening ceremony of the COP26 climate summit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCSWSpRaXfM) in Glasgow, Scotland, he warned that the time for addressing climate change had "quite literally run out."

An outspoken prince, King Charles may have to bite his tongue (Reuters)

Throughout his long wait to ascend the throne, King Charles stood out for his outspoken views on everything from climate change to architecture.

Then, he is bound by the conventions relating to advice. It is, I think, absurd to think he is unaware of this," constitutional historian Professor Vernon Bogdanor said in a 2017 lecture. "Perhaps I should not have been surprised that so many people failed to fathom what I was doing. "That will present serious constitutional issues." In 2013, it was revealed Charles had held 36 meetings with government ministers in the previous three years. Supporters and many of its residents say it is radical and successful. Charles said it would have been criminally negligent of him to ignore such issues. They are a long way from being persuaded of Charles's evolving view: that campaigning and kingship can be synthesised." His speeches and acts are then those of his ministers. He himself acknowledged his views have courted controversy. "He has a view of the world and he wants to impose his view of that world, so in every way he doesn't want to conform to expectations, so that makes him a rebel," said Tom Bower, who wrote a biography of Charles to coincide with his 70th birthday. "You are accused of being controversial just because you are trying to draw attention to things that aren't necessarily part of the conventional viewpoint," Charles said in a magazine interview to mark his 70th birthday.

Elderly King Charles III faces 'testing times' (The Business Times)

Trained from childhood to be king, Charles III has endured the longest wait for the throne in British history. Read more at The Business Times.