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Charles III will be crowned king of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realm nations on Saturday in a ceremony imbued with religious and national symbolism. Yet some significant changes to protocol aim to bring the normally extravagant ceremony down to earth – while retaining some royal mystique.

Queen Charlotte captured viewers’ attention in the Netflix series Bridgerton as the snuff-sniffing, gossip-greedy, biracial wife of the “mad king” George III.

Editorial: Many are open to ideas about a better system for a head of state. It is surely time to properly debate them

Britain doesn't need kings and queens, we should go the whole hog and elect our head of state, says Paul Routledge

The Prime Minister met with the Rwandan president to discuss plans to send migrants arriving in Britain unlawfully to Kigali.

Prince William and his wife Kate took a trip by Tube to a London pub on Thursday and told locals that preparations are still being nailed down for his father King Charles III's coronation, the most significant royal event in a generation.

The coronation is an event of huge significance for Britain’s history and economy, but also raises questions about whether the new monarch will bolster the nation’s soft power on the global stage.

Debates over funding and leadership are vital, but let’s first decide what the corporation is for and what we want it to do, says former BBC director general Tony Hall

When George III died in 1820, he was the longest-reigning monarch in British history, with 60 years on the throne. Public mourning was adopted across Britain.

But some of those who took on the challenge and fought the Ripper ended up being carted to hospital as he refused to back down from a fight.

More than half of all adults in Britain are likely to have seen some of the coverage.