# 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:** 78
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1544 "2024-03-31T21:04:32Z")
I’m imagining a laboratory hidden under Balmoral, filled with failed half-human half-abomination king clones a la Alien Resurrection. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1545 "2024-03-31T22:55:58Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > He will get a replacement pancreas from one of the many Charles clones they are raising in the basement of Windsor castle. This will be in the next edition of the magazine. Nah, he’s a shapeshifting reptilian alien. He’ll just regenerate a new one. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1546 "2024-03-31T23:16:25Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > He will get a replacement pancreas from one of the many Charles clones they are raising in the basement of Windsor castle. This will be in the next edition of the magazine. Naw, since the Royal family are Lizard people, he simply grows a new one. 🤪 > [@mbh](#): > > Nah, he’s a shapeshifting reptilian alien. He’ll just regenerate a new one. Haw, you beat me to it! ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1547 "2024-04-02T17:26:57Z")
Mexican food - who knew?: [Queen Elizabeth ‘absolutely loved’ 1 thing President Reagan introduced her to during US visit: book](https://www.aol.com/news/queen-elizabeth-absolutely-loved-1-080035549.html) ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1548 "2024-04-02T17:40:39Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Having a few quid come in should ease his conscience I don’t know. Discovering the true market value of your integrity can be very disappointing. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1549 "2024-04-03T21:46:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Mexican food - who knew?: [Queen Elizabeth ‘absolutely loved’ 1 thing President Reagan introduced her to during US visit: book](https://www.aol.com/news/queen-elizabeth-absolutely-loved-1-080035549.html) Now that’s the kind of stuff we should’ve seen more of in the The Crown: the Queen chowing down on Tex-Mex and throwing shade at Jackie O by inviting agriculture ministers as dinner guests. 😆 ---
**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:** [April 23, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1550 "2024-04-23T19:36:57Z")
No sign of photo manipulation, fortunately: [https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/europe/prince-louis-photo-birthday-intl-scli-gbr/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/europe/prince-louis-photo-birthday-intl-scli-gbr/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1551 "2024-04-23T20:28:44Z")
Handsome boy, I have to admit. (but just wait for the (non)-hair genes doing their work, hehehe) ---
**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:** [April 24, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1552 "2024-04-24T17:03:53Z")
“Lovely girl,” indeed: [https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/style/princess-dianas-job-contract-gbr-scli-intl/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/style/princess-dianas-job-contract-gbr-scli-intl/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1553 "2024-04-24T17:54:09Z")
Did CNN screw up, or is it really correct to refer to the Prince and Princess of Wales as “the Waleses”? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1554 "2024-04-24T18:02:38Z")
It is not uncommon to use a title as if it were a surname. The Yorks, the Cambridges, the Gloucesters. With “Wales” it sounds a little clumsy, but it is a normal usage. ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1555 "2024-04-24T21:44:57Z")
Huh. Seems a little grating (or clumsy, as you say) to me, but OK. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1556 "2024-04-24T23:41:33Z")
IIRC, William was referred to as “William Wales” in university, and Harry’s BDU (or whatever they call it in Britain) said “WALES” on it. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1557 "2024-04-24T23:50:21Z")
Queen Elizabeth II was called Elizabeth Windsor when she served in WWII. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1558 "2024-04-25T02:01:31Z")
Interesting factoid: > The House of Windsor came into being in 1917, when the name was adopted as the British Royal Family’s official name by a proclamation of King George V, replacing the historic name of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. It remains the family name of the current Royal Family. The original family name sounded a wee bit too German. > **[The House of Windsor](https://www.royal.uk/house-windsor)** > > The House of Windsor came into being in 1917, when the name was adopted as the British Royal Family's official name by a proclamation of King George V... ---
**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:** [April 25, 2024, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1559 "2024-04-25T06:09:54Z")
Go back far enough and it gets tangled up with the question of precedence as between queens regnant and their husbands, and when succession is established through the female line. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha came from Albert rather than Victoria. The Hanoverians adopted Hanover as a name because the territory was their share of the inheritance from the mediaeval house of Welf. Their connection to the British throne came through the Electress Sophia, whose father’s ancestry was the Wittelsbachs of Bavaria (but her mother’s the Stuarts). So, yes, the potential choices were all a bit too German-sounding for 1917. But plumping for the name of a historic place they lived in followed the Hanoverian precedent. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1560 "2024-04-26T13:41:43Z")
I **keep** hearing that KCIII’s funeral plans are being discussed. Is there anything to that? So far, he’s only outlasted Edwards V and VIII, with about six months to go before surpassing Richard III. This makes me really sad. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1561 "2024-04-26T13:45:18Z")
They discussed Liz’s plans for decades, updating as necessary. It’s best to have a plan in place. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1562 "2024-04-26T14:01:07Z")
The plans for her funeral were codenamed “Operation London Bridge” and, as said, were in place for decades. There was even a side plan if she died in Scotland, which she did. The plans for Charles’ funeral are codenamed “[Operation Menai Bridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Menai_Bridge).” And there are similar plans made for the death of any US president. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1563 "2024-04-26T14:01:43Z")
he has had a plan in place for years; it would just be tweaking it for his higher rank. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232.md?page=77) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232.md?page=79)