Prince Charles is no more. In the English-speaking world, we’re now getting used to calling the former Prince of Wales “King Charles III”. As the King has chosen to keep his birth name as his regnal title, the change isn’t too difficult. But in other languages, things are more complicated.
Looking at leading foreign press outlets, Charles’s name is translated in a variety of ways. His title of king is usually translated as French roi, Spanish rey, German König, Russian король (korol), Finnish kuningas, Czech král, Polish król, Bulgarian крал (kral).
For the Germans, this marks a change. Queen Elizabeth II was most often referred to using her English title – die Queen –, rather than with the German word for queen, Königin.
