# The reign of King Charles III of the United Kingdom **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 8, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232 "2022-09-08T18:05:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 37
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/723 "2023-03-04T22:41:05Z")
Doesn’t have anything to do with what’s necessary. This is about Royal style! ---
**Author:** ![UDS1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47774/32.png) [@UDS1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS1)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/724 "2023-03-07T02:23:52Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > Well, they are hardly ever in the UK, so it does seem rather a waste of a good house (which they don’t pay for). It was leased to them; they pay rent. Reportedly, the lease was last renewed in March 2022. I saw nothing in the reports about rent being waived. Having a residence in the UK may enable them to remain domiciled in the UK, which may have tax consequences for them. (Of course, there’s nothing to stop them from renting a different residence in the UK, if that is advantageous for them.) ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/725 "2023-03-08T18:32:21Z")
So do Harry and Megan get a refund for the money they refunded for the renovations that they originally paid for with public money? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/726 "2023-03-10T17:10:51Z")
He gave Prince Edward the Dukedom of Edinburgh as a life peerage for his birthday. BBC News - King Charles grants Prince Edward Duke of Edinburgh title > **[King Charles grants Prince Edward Duke of Edinburgh title](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64913224)** > > The King gives his youngest brother the title on the prince's 59th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/727 "2023-03-10T17:20:52Z")
That’s annoying, because I really thought I’d nailed the interview. Should have sent a thank you letter I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/728 "2023-03-10T17:55:19Z")
Clearly nepotism at work. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/729 "2023-03-10T18:50:07Z")
Yeah, I guess it doesn’t hurt to be an actual _relative_ of the King! Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/730 "2023-03-10T22:51:40Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > But maybe part of the point is that people had better just get to know your face whether or not you’re in garb. > > ( _“Oi, ‘Enry, in’t that the (chap/bird) in the postage stamp?”_ ) This was indeed the means by which they nailed Louis XVI: > As tensions in Paris rose and he was pressured to accept measures from the Assembly against his will, Louis XVI and the queen plotted to secretly escape from France… Within 24 hours, the royal family was arrested at Varennes-en-Argonne shortly after Jean-Baptiste Drouet, who recognised the king from his profile on a 50 livres _assignat_ (paper money), had given the alert. Louis XVI and his family were taken back to Paris where they arrived on 25 June. Viewed suspiciously as traitors, they were placed under tight house arrest upon their return to the Tuileries. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/731 "2023-03-18T17:53:41Z")
Just my 'umble opinion, but I think that the Chas and Camilla show has got off to a pretty good start. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/732 "2023-03-18T21:15:09Z")
They’re certainly sticking to Hitchcock(?)'s rules for actors - “Know your lines and don’t bump into the furniture”. Pretty much as you’d expect from a couple in their 70s. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/733 "2023-03-27T19:04:24Z")
Two updates: > **[Buckingham Palace reveals details of three-day celebration to mark King...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/21/uk/king-charles-coronation-details-intl-gbr/index.html)** > > Buckingham Palace on Saturday revealed details of King Charles III's coronation, set to be less extravagant than his mother's ceremony 70 years ago, in a reflection of the cost-of-living crisis many Britons are enduring. > **[King Charles invites Harry and Meghan to coronation, but it's unclear if...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/05/uk/harry-meghan-king-charles-coronation-intl-hnk/index.html)** > > Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have received an invite to the coronation of King Charles III -- but the couple have yet to confirm if they will attend, the Duke's spokesperson told CNN on Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/734 "2023-03-28T19:04:55Z")
You want more people to be interested in the Coronation? Have the traditional Oath of Fealty by the Lords (originally done separately by each one - and because it took so long, it was done the day after the coronation; IIRC, at Elizabeth II’s coronation, one of each of the five ranks (Duke, Earl, Viscount, Marquess, Baron) did) be taken on behalf of all of them by one person - Baron Haden-Guest. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/735 "2023-03-28T19:23:47Z")
With his wife, the Oscar-winning baroness, by his side. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/736 "2023-03-29T11:04:18Z")
All that malarkey is, for me, the most off-putting mediaevalism of the lot, especially since the hereditary peerage is no longer a primary power in the land. It would make more sense for there to be a Dutch-style shared oath of office for both the head of state and the Speakers of the two Houses of Parliament. But I suppose rationality is the last thing that comes into it. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/737 "2023-03-29T11:21:56Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Elizabeth’s father, who was styled [King George VI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_VI), was named Albert (though George was one of his middle names). He should have gone with “King Albert I”! His nickname for sure would have been, “Big Al”. 😈 ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/738 "2023-03-29T18:35:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > With his wife, the Oscar-winning baroness, by his side. Well, not “by his side,” as she isn’t a peer (and I am still not entirely sure of the details as to when she is “supposed to” be called Baroness instead of Lady Haden-Guest), but I have a feeling there will be cameras pointed at her while her husband takes the oath. And if they really want to handle the Republican protesters, I say, give the King’s Champion something better to do than carry the Union Jack this time. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/739 "2023-03-29T18:37:54Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Historically, it has not been uncommon for British kings to choose other names for their “regnal” names. Elizabeth’s father, who was styled [King George VI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_VI), was named Albert (though George was one of his middle names). Did they keep him in a can until his brother abdicated? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/740 "2023-03-29T19:41:46Z")
Barons are always Lord X, their wives or widows are (Dowager) Lady X. A women who’s a baroness in her own right can choose to go by Lady X or Baroness X. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/741 "2023-03-29T20:34:36Z")
Well, I hope she’s there, too: [Peggy Lee Leather - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Lee_Leather) ---
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> [@alphaboi867](#): > > A women who’s a baroness in her own right can choose to go by Lady X or Baroness X. It’s not a matter of her choice. She is correctly addressed either way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232.md?page=38)