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The Prime Minister met His Majesty Sultan Haitham Bin Tarik Al Said of Oman in Downing Street this afternoon.
Thailand’s foreign ministry denied on Thursday that French President Emmanuel Macron knelt before the country’s king during his state visit to Paris this week, after an AI-generated picture circulated online. King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida’s trip was the first official visit by a Thai monarch to France since 1960, marking the 170th anniversary of formal diplomatic r
Queen Camilla is facing criticism from transgender rights activists after the British royal family posted a photo of her meeting with "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling at the tail end of Pride month.
A GOV.UK notice dated July 1 stated that the King has approved the appointment of Professor James Maynard FRS, Professor of Number Theory at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, as Regius Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford. He takes the chair in succession to Professor Sir Andrew Wiles.
Royal Central reported on July 1 that King Charles and Prince William appeared together at the annual Order of the Thistle service at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh during Royal Week. According to the report, the King was also joined by the Queen at the centuries-old ceremony.
Royal Central reported on June 30 that King Charles oversaw the Ceremony of the Keys, which the outlet described as one of the oldest and most unusual royal traditions. The report framed the ceremony as the opening of an important week for the royal family.
Royal Central reported on June 29 that the King has approved the appointment of Eve Samson as the 53rd Clerk of the House of Commons. According to the report, she makes history as the first woman to hold the post, described as one of Parliament's most senior constitutional offices.
The Guardian reported on June 26 that King Charles has become the first monarch in modern times to reveal how much tax he pays on his private income, put at £24.6 million over the last two years. The disclosure follows years of calls for the monarch to be more open about royal finances. In the Guardian's accompanying segment, Lucy Hough speaks with the paper's European financia
Royal Central reported on June 25 that King Charles has become the first British monarch to reveal how much tax he pays, disclosing a payment of £12.9 million to HM Revenue & Customs for the 2024-25 financial year. The outlet described the move as unprecedented, and its headline indicates Prince William was part of the disclosure alongside the King.
Royal Central reported on June 25 that Clarence House is to become the King's official London residence, a change the outlet characterised as one of the most significant constitutional shifts of Charles's reign. According to the report, the move ends nearly 190 years in which Buckingham Palace served as the monarch's principal London residence.
The Guardian reported on June 12 that Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, the eldest child of Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn, has died aged 47, according to the palace. Known in Thailand as Princess Bha, she had been in hospital since December 2022, when heart problems suffered while training her dogs left her gravely ill, and she spent nearly four years in a coma. Her death
The Prince of Wales used London Tech Week at Olympia on June 10 to launch the Homelessness Data Lab, a national collaboration of more than 25 organisations convened by his Royal Foundation Homewards programme with Salesforce and LandAid. Corporate partners include Bloomberg, VodafoneThree, Accenture and NatWest Group; homelessness-sector members include Centrepoint, Crisis, the
Leaders and deputy leaders of both chambers of Japan's Diet presented their draft proposal on securing Imperial Family numbers to a general meeting of all 13 parties and parliamentary groups on June 9, with House of Representatives Speaker Eisuke Mori reporting that seven parties — including Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's ruling Liberal Democratic Party — "generally agreed" to
German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife Elke Büdenbender opened a three-day state visit to the Netherlands on June 9 at the invitation of King Willem-Alexander — the first state visit by a German head of state in 19 years. The King and Queen Máxima received the couple with a 21-gun salute on Dam Square in Amsterdam before a joint visit to the National Holo
King Charles III, Colonel-in-Chief of the Grenadier Guards, presented two new Colours to the regiment's 1st Battalion in the Buckingham Palace Garden on June 9, in a ceremony attended by Queen Camilla as Colonel of the regiment, guardsmen, officers and their families. The battalion formed up at Wellington Barracks with its Old Colours before marching to the palace, where the Qu
Jordan marked the 27th anniversary of King Abdullah II's accession to the throne on Tuesday, June 9, with the Royal Hashemite Court paying tribute to the monarch who assumed constitutional powers on June 9, 1999, and Crown Prince Hussein publicly wishing his father "health, wisdom, and strength." State and local media framed the reign as one of state modernisation: institutiona
King Charles III received President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in a private audience at Windsor Castle on June 8, as Kyiv worked with European allies to revive efforts to end Russia's war. The meeting came a day after Zelensky travelled to London for talks with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and E3-format discussions with the leaders of the United Kingdom, France and Germany on
Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene presided over the podium ceremony of the 83rd Monaco Grand Prix at the Circuit de Monaco on June 7, with the Sovereign Prince presenting the winner's trophy to 19-year-old Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Charlene handing the runner-up trophy to Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton. Antonelli's chaotic-weekend victory made him, by RaceFans' c
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, accompanied by Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofia, received Pope Leo XIV at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport on Saturday 6 June 2026 and hosted a formal welcome ceremony at the Royal Palace of Madrid, opening the pontiff's six-day apostolic visit (6-12 June) and the first papal trip to Spain in 15 years. Roughly 130,000 people packed the rou
On Saturday 6 June 2026, senior members of the British royal family gathered at All Saints' Church in Kemble, near Cirencester in Gloucestershire, for the marriage of Peter Phillips — son of the Princess Royal (Princess Anne) and Captain Mark Phillips, and the eldest grandchild of the late Queen Elizabeth II — to Harriet Sperling. It was the second marriage for both; Phillips h
Peter Phillips, 48, the eldest grandchild of the late Queen Elizabeth II and son of the Princess Royal (Princess Anne), married NHS paediatric nurse Harriet Sperling on Saturday 6 June 2026 at All Saints Church in Kemble, Gloucestershire, in the Cotswolds. It was Phillips' second marriage; the couple met at a children's sporting event in early 2024, and he proposed on 1 August
The House of Commons Library published an updated research briefing on the Finances of the Monarchy on 5 June 2026 (author David Torrance), consolidating figures from the Royal Trustees' report of 24 March 2026. It confirms the Sovereign Grant for 2026-27 is set at £137,900,000, up from £132,100,000 in 2025-26 — an increase of roughly £5.8 million. The Grant is now calculated a
The House of Commons Library published its updated 'Finances of the Monarchy' research briefing (CBP-9807) on 5 June 2026, authored by David Torrance and Lorna Booth, confirming the UK Sovereign Grant rises to a record £137.9 million in 2026-27, up from £132.1 million in 2025-26. The Grant is set at 12% of Crown Estate profits, with the calculation linked to the Crown Estate's
In a last-minute protocol change announced on 5 June 2026, King Felipe VI will personally bid farewell to Pope Leo XIV at Tenerife Norte-Ciudad de La Laguna Airport on 12 June, replacing his mother, Queen Sofia, who had originally been scheduled to lead the official send-off that closes the pontiff's Spanish trip. Sources from the Zarzuela palace specified that the King himself
Queen Camilla presided over the annual Founder's Day parade at the Royal Hospital Chelsea on June 4, paying tribute to the 'courage, discipline, loyalty' of the Chelsea Pensioners as dozens of the scarlet-coated Army veterans marched past her on the hospital's grounds. Before the ceremonial events began, Camilla visited the infirmary to spend time with residents too frail to ta
Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan delivered a keynote address at the SXSW London 2026 conference in Shoreditch, East London, on 3 June 2026, calling on audiences to build the strength and resilience needed to meet humanity's shared challenges and warning that avoiding hard tasks erodes the collective capacity to confront them. She framed climate change, wealth inequality, the d
King Charles III and Queen Camilla hosted a reception at St James's Palace on June 2 marking the 125th anniversary of Cancer Research UK, joined by the Princess of Wales in the first joint cancer-related engagement by the King and Kate since both disclosed cancer diagnoses in 2024. The King is patron of the charity, and the reception launched its 125th-anniversary year with exh
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh opened a three-day official visit to Portugal on June 1, beginning at the Portuguese National Archive in Lisbon, where they unveiled the first display of the original English and Portuguese copies of the Treaty of Windsor side by side — the first time the two documents have been brought together since the treaty was sealed in 1386. The visit ma
Emperor Naruhito and his daughter Princess Aiko visited Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on May 31 to watch the storied Waseda-Keio fixture in the Tokyo Big6 Baseball spring league — the first time in 32 years that a Japanese emperor has watched a game of the university league live. The Imperial Household accepted the league's invitation as part of celebrations mark
Princess Leonor, 20, the heir to the Spanish throne, made her debut at Spain's annual Armed Forces Day (Dia de las Fuerzas Armadas, DiFAS26) on 30 May 2026 in Vigo, appearing alongside King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia at the waterfront ceremony. Leonor wore the cadet uniform of the General Air and Space Academy in aviation grey, displaying insignia indicating fourth-year status
Denmark's former monarch, Queen Margrethe II, 86, was discharged on 30 May 2026 from Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet after surgery to treat a large blood clot in her hip, the second hospitalization within roughly a fortnight for the queen who abdicated in January 2024 after 52 years on the throne. She had been re-admitted on 25 May 2026 after a CT scan revealed a significant accumu
On 30 May 2026, King Felipe VI, Queen Letizia and their elder daughter Princess Leonor, the Princess of Asturias, presided over the parade marking Spain's Armed Forces Day (Día de las Fuerzas Armadas, DIFAS) in Vigo, in the province of Pontevedra, Galicia. On arrival they were received by the President of the Xunta de Galicia, Alfonso Rueda Valenzuela, Defence Minister Margarit
The Norwegian Royal Court announced on May 29 that Crown Prince Haakon will shorten his official visit to Japan because of the worsening health of Crown Princess Mette-Marit. Haakon will keep the Tokyo leg of the programme from June 1 to 3 — built around security policy, technology, trade and ocean industries, with two cabinet ministers and a broad business delegation — but can
The Dutch Royal House announced on May 28 that the independent investigation into objects with a colonial background in the Royal Collections of the Netherlands is complete. The inquiry, run by a special committee established in 2022 under the royal collections foundation chaired by Queen Máxima, examined the provenance of roughly 1,000 objects held by the royal family. Researc
Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant and heir apparent to the Belgian throne, graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School with a two-year master's degree in public policy, with commencement festivities centred on 27-28 May 2026. King Philippe and Queen Mathilde travelled to Boston for the ceremonies; People reported a moment in which the King photographed his wife and daughter.
On 27 May 2026, Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako welcomed Philippine President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo's Eastern Court, formally opening Marcos's state visit to Japan. The welcome ceremony featured both national anthems and a guard of honour, and was also attended by Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Pr
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King Frederik X of Denmark marked his 58th birthday on May 26 with the traditional balcony appearance at Frederik VIII's Palace at Amalienborg, greeting crowds alongside Queen Mary and two of the couple's four children, Prince Vincent and Princess Josephine. Crown Prince Christian, 21, and Princess Isabella, 19, did not appear on the balcony. The Royal House released new offici
Jordan marked the 80th anniversary of its independence from the United Kingdom (25 May 1946) with ceremonies on 25 May 2026 led by King Abdullah II and Queen Rania at Al Husseiniya Palace, attended by almost the entire Hashemite family — Crown Prince Hussein and his wife Princess Rajwa, Prince Hashem, and Princess Salma, among other royals and senior officials. In his address t
Princess Leonor, the 20-year-old heir to the Spanish throne (Princess of Asturias), reached the final and most demanding phase of her three-year military formation during the window. According to Hola! (21 May), she began basic parachute instruction in late May at the Méndez Parada Military Parachuting School in Sangonera la Seca, part of Alcantarilla Air Base in Murcia — a two
On 21 May 2026, King Willem-Alexander, Queen Máxima and their three daughters — Princess Amalia (the Princess of Orange and heir apparent), Princess Alexia and Princess Ariane — appeared for the Dutch royal family's annual spring photo session, held in the Dutch Garden at the Clingendael Estate in The Hague. The garden, characterised by boxwood hedges and flower beds, dates to
King Felipe VI of Spain undertook an official three-day visit to Canada, 19-21 May 2026, his first stop being Rideau Hall in Ottawa where Governor General Mary Simon received him on 19 May (per the Governor General's official notice) and where Prime Minister Mark Carney also met him; Carney posted that it was 'an honour to welcome His Majesty King Felipe VI to Ottawa,' citing '
Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia advanced their golden (50th) wedding anniversary commemorations during the window. On 20 May 2026 the couple visited the exhibition 'Gold! Together for Sweden for 50 Years' in the State Apartments of the Royal Palace in Stockholm — a retrospective of photographs, wedding gifts, clothing and objects spanning their 1976 marriage and
Japan's cabinet finalised on 12 May 2026 that Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will make state visits to the Netherlands and Belgium in June, following invitations from King Willem-Alexander and King Philippe. The couple are to arrive in the Netherlands and then travel to Belgium, with the overall European itinerary spanning roughly 13-26 June; it will be the imperial couple
On 11 May 2026 King Charles III visited Guy's Cancer Centre in London to mark the 300th anniversary of Guy's Hospital, in an engagement publicised by Buckingham Palace via royal.uk on 8 May. The King met chemotherapy patients, doctors and nurses, toured the King's College London Innovation Hub — which combines cancer research and bespoke patient treatment, including AI-assisted
The Guardian reported on 8 May 2026 that King Charles III features in a surprise film tribute marking Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday. The whimsical production depicts a relay of animals carrying a centennial birthday card from Balmoral Castle to the naturalist in London. The gesture continues the long association between the King and Attenborough on matters of the natu
The Guardian reported on 8 May 2026 that Alex Jenkinson, 39, of Suffolk, pleaded not guilty to threatening Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Duke of York. He is expected to stand trial in July, with the former duke expected to give evidence. The Daily Express carried a corroborating report the same day referencing the court appearance. Mr Jenkinson denies the charge; the a
The Guardian reported on 7 May 2026 that the United Arab Emirates' ruling Al Nahyan family has benefited from more than €71m in European Union farming subsidies. According to the report, the family's control of farmland in Europe entitles it to a proportion of the payments made to those farms under EU agricultural support schemes. The finding places a Gulf ruling house among th
The Daily Express reported on 7 May 2026 that President Donald Trump spoke of praise he had received from King Charles III in remarks to guests at the White House on the Monday prior, following a US state visit. The available material does not detail the substance of the King's reported remarks.
On 6 May 2026, Oslo District Court judge Hans Nikolai Førde rejected a request to release Marius Borg Høiby — the 29-year-old eldest son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, from a relationship predating her 2001 marriage to Crown Prince Haakon — keeping him detained while the court prepares its verdict. According to News in English, the judge ruled after a 15-minute delibe
The Daily Express reported on 6 May 2026 that King Charles III and Queen Camilla were due to undertake a joint evening engagement in London the following week. The report gave no further detail of the occasion; particulars of the engagement were not specified in the available material.
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