Charles III, Current Events Part 2: December 2024-


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King Charles received Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Hilary Benn at Buckingham Palace today, March 17:


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Earlier this month, he already had a meeting with the then prime minister of Canada. This was his first meeting with Mark Carney as prime minister of Canada.
 
Carney is on his way to a bunch of European meetings. It makes sense for the King to receive him. If there’s a change in government after the next election, he’ll see another PM then.
 
I’m sure they’ve met already, considering he used to run the Bank of England.
 
And to be fair Liz Truss was a lot worse!
 
Here's a video of the meeting with the Prime Minister of Canada:


He’s telling him his Order of Canada pin broke and fell on the tarmac, “which is proof”… but I can’t make out whatever the punchline was.

Methinks Carney is going to have to get used to being a politician, fast.

On listening again, first he characterized it to the King as “a disaster”, then he said that it fell on the tarmac in France as proof that the French were one of the founding peoples of Canada… I think, imho.

So perhaps his political instincts are a bit cannier than I initially credited him for.
 
He’s telling him his Order of Canada pin broke and fell on the tarmac, “which is proof”… but I can’t make out whatever the punchline was.

Methinks Carney is going to have to get used to being a politician, fast.

On listening again, first he characterized it to the King as “a disaster”, then he said that it fell on the tarmac in France as proof that the French were one of the founding peoples of Canada… I think, imho.

So perhaps his political instincts are a bit cannier than I initially credited him for.
The follow-up: Apparently His Majesty generously offered the PM his own Order of Canada pin (he was wearing it, Carney wasn’t)… and Carney had to politely inform him that they hold different ranks, so they’re different pins, so it wouldn’t work (so he had a very good excuse not to take the King’s…), but thank you.
Mr. Carney will have to get in touch with the official jeweler/supplier to get it fixed or replaced, I am informed.
 
Today at Hillsborough Castle, The King Charles III received the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland.

 
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Today at Hillsborough Castle, The King Charles III received the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland.

According to royal reporters on twitter the King greeted the First Minister in Irish which was seen as a nice gesture
 
Today, the King Charles III received the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United Kingdom and France at Windsor Castle.


 
Delighted for Sir Stephen and I know all the things mentioned mean a great deal to him… but surely that’s not where his greatest contribution’s been? Or has he already received other honors for being an entertainer?
 
Here's a video from the "Soil: The world at our feet" exhibition at Somerset House
 
King Charles is back to work after his stay at hospital - he held an Investiture Ceremony at Windsor Castle today, April 1:


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On April 11 King Charles as Patron of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Regimental Association planted a commemorative tree on the Balmoral Estate to mark the dedicated service of The late Queen as Colonel-in-Chief of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) :


 
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