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.
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.