News about HM The King and the monarchy

[Dropbear]

No, King Charles III won't pay any inheritance tax on his massive gain

Under a government agreement, King Charles III won't have to pay the U.K.'s standard 40% inheritance tax on the massive wealth he inherits from his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

www.npr.org

ole sausage fingers caught a nice break with this one.

 

[The Shooman]

The Queen's coronation

All the Kings present at the Queen's coronation

 

[Grand Potentate]

 

[Fwiffo]

 

[Fwiffo]

Frogmore Cottage: Harry and Meghan 'requested to vacate' property

It was earlier reported that the home, in Windsor, had been offered to Prince Andrew.

www.bbc.com

"It was earlier reported that the home, in the grounds of Windsor Castle, had been offered to the Duke of York."

Frogmore Cottage - to be known from now on as where Royals go to be exiled in shame like Napoleon's Elba.

 

[doghouse]

My wife told me about that last night. I cackled.

 

[Fwiffo]

King Charles grants Prince Edward Duke of Edinburgh title

King Charles III grants Prince Edward the title on the prince's 59th birthday.

www.bbc.com

"It was understood that Philip had wanted Edward, his youngest son, to take on the title, but the decision was left in the hands of King Charles."

The least scandalous and still married of all the children.

 

[Fwiffo]

Prince Harry to attend coronation without Meghan

Prince Harry will travel to the UK but Meghan will stay in California with their children.

www.bbc.com

I can't wait to hear the stories and the Netflix series on how he showed up stag to the coronation and was ignored by parts of his family.

There will probably be a story about him and William having a tussle or some imagined slight William made against him either verbally or by handing him two glasses of champagne to remind him of Meghan's absence. Maybe a royal dog will pee on him.

There will be a second edition of Spare - updated with thoughts after the coronation of my dad.

 

[Fwiffo]

Camilla had no end game to be Queen, insists son

Tom Parker Bowles says his mother, the Queen Consort, "just married the person she loved".

www.bbc.com

"Not really because she's still our mother. I say 'our' but not the royal 'we', speaking for my sister and me. She's our mother."

... She is. But she was also a wife cheating on her husband with a man who was also cheating on his respective wife.

It wasn't exactly like both marriages ended so let's renew our relationship prior to both our respective marriages.

 

[Fwiffo]

"Today we remember the incredible life and legacy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on what would have been her 97th birthday."

 

[Fwiffo]

Poll suggests most Canadians don't want Charles as King

"According to the poll, Prince William and his wife Catherine are seen more positively than Charles, but still fall short of the support Elizabeth garnered. Among Canadian respondents overall, 53 per cent have a positive view of William while that number is 56 for Catherine.

However, among those who said they don't support Canada continuing as a constitutional monarchy, support for the couple dropped to 36 and 41 per cent respectively.

Of note, though, is that among those who said they support Canada remaining a constitutional monarchy, far more have a favourable impression of William and Catherine (83 per cent support for each) than for Charles (62 per cent) or Camilla (43 per cent)."

Basically people don't like Charles.

 

[Fwiffo]

Prince William and Kate drop into a Soho pub

The Prince and Princess of Wales cause a stir by having a lunchtime drink in a historic London pub.

www.bbc.com

Looks like the Prince and Princess of Wales had a bottle of flat water to support the hospitality industry.

 

[Fwiffo]

I just realised there are a lot of royal names on my father's side of the family.

 

[Fwiffo]

Prince Harry and Meghan involved in 'near catastrophic car chase' with paparazzi in N.Y.

The incident happened after the couple attended an awards ceremony Tuesday in Manhattan. Meghan’s mom, Doria Ragland, also attended the event.

www.nbcnews.com

The police said it wasn't a big incident. The taxi driver said it was nothing. But I'm sure there will be a Netflix special show coming out directed by Jerry Bruckheimer.

 

[Fwiffo]

Harry and Meghan: Spotify ends podcast deal with couple

The couple's company and the streaming firm say the Duchess's series Archetypes has been cancelled.

www.bbc.com

That's $25M of income that evaporated. Maybe they can make a movie out of the recent high speed paparazzi chase in New York.

 

[Fwiffo]

French airport to be renamed after Queen Elizabeth II in tribute

Le Touquet says it has blessing from King to rename its airport after his late mother.

www.bbc.com

Tribute from across the channel.

 

[Dropbear]

That’s just bizarre

 

[Fwiffo]

Windsor intruder caught with loaded crossbow in late Queen assassination bid sentenced to nine years in custody

Jaswant Singh Chail, 21, was encouraged in his plans by an AI chatbot girlfriend, the Old Bailey heard, before he was stopped near the late monarch's private residence - where Elizabeth II and other family members were at the time.

news.sky.com

• Chail, who is of Indian Sikh heritage, formed a plan at the start of the year to assassinate the then Queen to avenge the Amritsar massacre of 1919
  
  
• Chail…said: "I believe my purpose is to assassinate the queen of the royal family."
  The AI chat bot Sarai replied: "That's very wise," and said: "I know that you are very well trained."
  
  
• "The defendant's key motive was to create a new empire by destroying the remnants of the British Empire in the UK and the focal point of that became the removal of a figurehead of the Royal Family," said prosecutor Alison Morgan KC.
  
  "His thinking was informed partly by the fantasy world of Star Wars and the role of what he describes of the Sith Lords in shaping that new world.”

Wait till ChatGPT v4 is publicly available.

 

[belinmad]

Wait till ChatGPT v4 is publicly available.

It already is

 

[Fwiffo]

King Charles to get 75th birthday call from Prince Harry

The King is making a food poverty project the centrepiece of events marking his milestone birthday.

www.bbc.com

I'd be wary of the phone call being recorded and turned into another Harry and Meghan Netflix special.

 

[Fwiffo]

King presents MBEs to K-pop stars Blackpink

The royal diplomatic courtship of South Korea continues with honours for K-pop superstars.

www.bbc.com

If you're just handing those out to anyone, I'd like one. My family has actually been in the Commonwealth and Empire for 4 generations.

I hope that's not the attire they wore to the white tie dinner.

 

[Fwiffo]

Omid Scobie royal book: More like Action Replay than Endgame

Looking for sizzling drama and untold intrigue? Our royal correspondent says you might be disappointed.

www.bbc.com

"In Scobie's book, Prince William is painted as emotionally volatile and manipulative, freezing out his brother. He's described as a 'company man - an institutional champion who's privately embraced the draconian tactics of an antiquated and often vicious institution'.

There are suggestions of tensions between his ambitions and the King's 'transitional' reign. Catherine, the Princess of Wales, in this version is 'cold', nicknamed 'Katie Keen', an almost silent figure trapped in endless photo-opportunities."

So damning...