King Charles

Shocking crimes, royal illness and Labour’s landslide: The eight big moments that defined 2024 for Britain

Winds of change howled across Britain in a year when a Labour election victory ended 14 years of Tory rule

Paul Mescal’s response to meeting King Charles was a masterclass in diplomacy

Gladiator II star said meeting the English king at the film’s British premiere was ‘not on the list of priorities’

Coronation of King Charles cost at least £72 million

Cost `obscene’ and waste of taxpayers’ money, claims campaign group

‘Unspeakable’ Birmingham pub bombings remembered 50 years on

Explosions, widely blamed on the IRA, killed 21 people in the city in November 1974

In Washington, the peaceful transfer of power surprises a city boarded up for violence

Planet Business: Royal private estate income, data-hungry air fryers and the companies keen for it to be Christmas already

King Charles acknowledges Commonwealth’s ‘painful’ history amid growing calls for slavery reparations at summit

African and Caribbean nations are advocating for reparations over the UK’s role in the slave trade, as 56 countries meet in Samoa

Australian senator heckles King Charles in Canberra

Outburst from elected representative takes place as Charles makes first visit to Australia as King

A climate change paradox: instead of worrying about not being seen as moral enough, politicians don’t want to appear too moral

A study among UK MPs found many feared being seen as zealots - but has an Irish TD found a better way?

I always liked Enniskillen. It was the same as Cavan only different in an Alice in Wonderland kind of way

My mother once told me women marching in white were Orangewomen, making me fear there was something deeper I could not see

Perhaps it’s time to scrap the playing of national anthems at football grounds

Given the prevalence of fans disrespecting national anthems in football grounds, is it time to abandon the tradition entirely?

Britain’s princess Kate says she is ‘cancer free’ after completing chemotherapy course

Kate was diagnosed with disease in March and is expected to undertake handful of engagements in gradual return to public duties

‘Meanderthals’, ‘humaning’ and ‘moving the needle’. Never stop hating corporate twaddle

Empty, deceptive jargon is so pervasive we no longer notice it

Labour promises to ‘take brakes off Britain’ with up to 40 Bills promised in king’s speech

‘Fiscal lock’ tax and spending Bill promised, as well as ban on smoking and a new regulator for football clubs

‘I’m absolutely shattered but it has been worth it’: Things only getting better for Starmer’s supporters

New British prime minister and Labour’s election win greeted with enthusiasm by tourists and party followers outside Downing Street

Kate Middleton makes first public appearance since cancer diagnosis

Princess of Wales rides in covered carriage with three children before watching ‘Trooping the Colour’

Why is British PM Rishi Sunak calling a general election now and what will happen next?

Sunak granted permission to dissolve parliament from King Charles with campaigning to take place over coming weeks up to July 4th

‘We have glamorous weddings. We don’t treat death any differently’: Ireland’s first Traveller funeral director

He has met President Michael D Higgins and King Charles but Ian McDonagh (22) gets nervous approaching bouncers in pubs and clubs

Michael D Higgins: ‘What I had was a form of mild stroke. It didn’t affect my cognitive abilities’

The President reveals details of his ‘little episode’ and holds forth on everything from the failures of EU migration policy, the future of Manchester United’s manager, King Charles’s prostate, and the fact that he will never stop speaking out

Britain’s King Charles ‘frustrated’ by cancer recovery pace, says nephew

Comments from Peter Phillips follow recent announcement Princess Kate is undergoing preventive chemotherapy

Kate Middleton’s Photoshop fail: Trouble began when the royals confused themselves with celebrities

Recouping the sense of quiet dignity the late Queen afforded the institution - after this communications failure - will not be easy

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