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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Rachael Bletchly

'Like the last King Charles, our monarch has his own civil war to deal with'

Our new King is said to have thought long and hard before choosing the regnal name Charles III.

He had toyed with becoming George VII in tribute to his grandfather and briefly considered using another of his middle names.

Because Charles has not been the ­luckiest of monickers in the history of the British monarchy.

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