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Royal news: King Charles adds park ranger to royal duties
King Charles III had a lot to celebrate this week including turning 74 and being appointed in a post previously held by his late father Prince Philip.
King Charles III. Picture: Twitter
In this week’s royal update, we look at how King Charles III turns 74, his extra royal duties, Meghan Markle on continuing her activism as a royal and separating fact from fiction in The Crown season five.
This week’s royal news:
King Charles turns 74
King Charles III turned 74 on Monday, with ceremonial gun salutes booming across the British capital to mark his first birthday as monarch.
The former Prince of Wales has thrown himself into his new role following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on September 8.
His birthday fell a day after Remembrance Sunday when he led a sombre tribute to Britain’s war dead at London’s Cenotaph for the first time as monarch.
Liveried troops fired salutes in London parks and from the Tower of London on the banks of the River Thames.
A military band played “Happy Birthday” at the daily Changing of the Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace. Charles did not schedule any public appearances for his birthday.
But he was pictured in a new photograph wearing a tweed jacket and corduroy trousers posing by an ancient oak tree to mark his appointment as Ranger of Windsor Great Park, west of London.
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“She said to me, ‘I know that your life is changing but please don’t give up your activism, don’t give up because it means so much to women and girls.’ And I kept doing the work for women and girls because it matters. But also, she encouraged me to do so…There’s safety in numbers but there is also strength in numbers.”
Markle would also touch on the buzzwords “woke” and “feminism” that has dominated social conversation online and offline. These two words are often used against women who hold strong opinions.
Explaining her point of view, she said: “I know I’m saying ‘woke’, I fully realise I am spoon-feeding the clickbait but here’s why. Because ‘woke’ by definition means ‘alert to injustice in society especially racism’.”
Remembrance day
The royal family gathered on Sunday to mark Remembrance Sunday, a day to remember all those who have served and continue to serve the British nation and the Commonwealth.
It is marked on the second Sunday of the month of November every year and commemorates the contribution of the Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and other conflicts.
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