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King Charles III News & Latest Updates

Read all the latest updates & news about King Charles III from Vanity Fair.

Dynasty Podcast

For King Charles, His Reign Has Been a Test of Mettle

On this week’s episode of DYNASTY: The Royal Family’s Most Challenging Year, the hosts explore how the king’s decades of planning for his reign were derailed in a few short weeks, and how his wife helped him through crisis.
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King Charles’s Horse Bit a Tourist. (In Fairness to the Horse, He’s Also a Bodyguard.)

The steed, part of the Royal Guard, said “nay.”
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Queen Camilla Was a Literal Birthday Queen In Historic Crown of More Than 1,000 Diamonds

While King Charles III read the government’s speech to Parliament, his wife wore the sparkliest party hat.
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King Charles and Queen Camilla to Visit Australia in First Royal Tour Since Cancer Diagnosis

It will be Charles’s first visit to the Commonwealth realm since he ascended the throne.
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A Punchy King Charles Tells England Not to Raise Its “Collective Heart Rate”

The king and Prince William congratulated the nation's soccer team on their recent win with a personal callout to one player—and a plea for an early victory.
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Thanks to King Charles, You Can Now Smell Like Highgrove Gardens

This summer, historic London barber shop Truefitt & Hill launched a new cologne and shaving cream that capture the citrus and cedar notes at the king’s private home, with the proceeds going to the King’s Foundation.
Scooter Brawn

Prince William is One of Those Scooter People Now

The royal is zipping around Windsor Castle like a spring break-ing teen.
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King Charles Meets With Keir Starmer, His Third Prime Minister in Two Years

Following the UK’s general election on Thursday, the monarch carried out his constitutional duty by welcoming the Labour Party’s leader to his Buckingham Palace sitting room.
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Queen Camilla Wore a Familiar Tiara at the Japanese State Banquet—But She Debuted One Historic Piece of Royal Finery

While King Charles gave a speech remarking on his grandchildren’s love for Pokémon, the queen, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, and Empress Masako all stepped out in sparkling headpieces.
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Princess Anne’s Husband Brings the Hospitalized Royal “A Few Little Treats From Home”

Sir Tim Laurence visited his wife at Southmead Hospital in Bristol following her minor head injury on Sunday.
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With Princess Kate and King Charles Battling Cancer, the Monarchy Has Never Felt More Fragile

Trooping the Colour brought a hugely welcome appearance, but does the royal family need a deeper bench?
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Radhika Jones on Kate Middleton, King Charles, and the Royal Family’s Hard Year

VF’s editor in chief reflects on the Windsors’ challenges, and shares her insights on that Taylor Swift class at Harvard.
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The Royals Rallied Around Lady Gabriella at Royal Ascot

And Queen Camilla’s family joined for one of the King’s favorite events.
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“It Was the Princess’s Decision”: What Kate Middleton’s Trooping the Colour Appearance Symbolized to Her Country

“She has been feeling much better recently,” a family source tells Vanity Fair.
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Kate Middleton Makes First Royal Appearance Since Cancer Diagnosis at Trooping the Colour 2024

The Princess of Wales attended the annual celebration of the sovereign’s birthday on Saturday.
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Kate Middleton Will Attend Trooping the Colour, But Says She's Not Yet “Out of the Woods”

The Princess of Wales, who has been undergoing treatment for cancer, is expected to make an appearance during Saturday's celebrations.
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King Charles Is “Very Much Looking Forward” to Trooping the Colour

The tradition, which dates back to the 17th century, involves 1,400 soldiers, 400 musicians and 200 horses.
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Queen Camilla Once Again Proves She’s Comedy Royalty as She Jokes About Stealing One of King Charles’s Jobs

The archive of her teasing comments about her husband is growing rapidly.
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Rod Stewart Teases David Beckham About Not Being Knighted—In Front of King Charles

The former soccer player is an OBE, but hasn't received the U.K.'s highest honor.
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King Charles “Won’t Do What He’s Told,” Queen Camilla Jokes

The monarch has a lightened work schedule while he receives cancer treatment.