# 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:** 91
**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:** [June 3, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1804 "2025-06-03T17:28:32Z")
It was, but it came from Philip’s mother. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1805 "2025-06-03T17:34:55Z")
If we’re going with the strict patriline, they should all be Oldenburgs, anyway. If they want to anglicize that, they could always go with Oldborough. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1806 "2025-06-04T05:25:19Z")
AIUI the main line of the Danish Oldenburgs died out in the mid 19th century, and succession passed to the branch in Schleswig Holstein\*, so strictly speaking they became Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. Or Glücksburg for short, so we could anglicise that as Luckborough. Or not. \*Hence the [Schleswig-Holstein Question](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schleswig%E2%80%93Holstein_question) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1807 "2025-06-04T11:16:48Z")
Interesting article about Charles delivering the Throne Speech in Canada. Royals are normally quite stoic in their public events but it appears he teared up a bit towards the end, particularly when the MPs and Senators have gone a standing ovation at the end. [https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/king-charles-emotional-throne-speech-1.7550242](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/king-charles-emotional-throne-speech-1.7550242) ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1808 "2025-06-04T12:08:50Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > The ceremony of Black Rod is always amusing; the people of Canada will only answer the King’s summons when they’re damn good and ready. It signifies who is really in charge. You can thank the English Civil War for that titbit - Parliament reigns supreme and it would be a considerable discomfort for a monarch called Charles to forget it. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1809 "2025-06-04T12:22:54Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > … the red letter boxes will stop being produced with Elizabeth’s crest and start using Charles’. > > The commentator said it’s not like they’re going to pull up the old ones but rather use the new crest on new installations or when the boxes are replaced. 35 years ago, when I was in Scotland, in the town where I was living I found post boxes from Victoria, Elizabeth II, and all the kings in between except Edward VIII. (I don’t think he was on the throne long enough for any post boxes to be made with his name on them.) ---
**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:** [June 4, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1810 "2025-06-04T14:01:00Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > the red letter boxes will stop being produced with Elizabeth’s crest and start using Charles’. Given the changes in postal business, one has to wonder what need there will be for new pillar boxes. ---
**Author:** ![APB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@APB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/APB)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1811 "2025-06-04T22:34:47Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 35 years ago, when I was in Scotland, in the town where I was living I found post boxes from Victoria, Elizabeth II, and all the kings in between except Edward VIII. (I don’t think he was on the throne long enough for any post boxes to be made with his name on them.) Although rare, Edward VIII post boxes do exist. [Category:King Edward VIII post boxes in the United Kingdom - Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:King_Edward_VIII_post_boxes_in_the_United_Kingdom) ---
**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:** [June 5, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1812 "2025-06-05T14:41:49Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > Given the changes in postal business, one has to wonder what need there will be for new pillar boxes Currently (Since June 2013), Royal Mail has to provide a post box within 0.5 miles by straight line distance of at least 98% of delivery points [homes and businesses] nationally. For the remaining 2%, they have to meet the reasonable needs of users. They have to empty them every day except Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2025, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1813 "2025-06-05T16:25:51Z")
Also I suppose there will be the ocassional postbox that gets smashed beyond repair by a runaway lorry. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1814 "2025-07-02T22:41:38Z")
Well, first it was the Royal Yacht Britainnia that got scuttled years ago in the interests of economy, and now it’s **[the Royal Train](https://apnews.com/article/britain-royals-train-finances-c7e5c0d71e48f31c9ef3503fd2582024)**. I didn’t even know there was such a thing, but apparently there isn’t any more. What next? Will Buckingham Palace become a condominium development? ---
**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:** [July 3, 2025, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1815 "2025-07-03T01:10:34Z")
[I heard they’re going to turn it into a school](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il3DTjFZMOo) ---
**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:** [July 14, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1816 "2025-07-14T20:32:19Z")
Hope they can bridge this chasm… but I doubt it: > **[King Charles and Prince Harry's Staff Photographed During "Secret Peace...](https://www.aol.com/king-charles-prince-harrys-staff-110000739.html)** > > Harry's staff reportedly flew in for the meeting and reported back to him in Montecito. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1817 "2025-08-04T17:27:48Z")
Hang onto your brolly!: > **[King Charles' Royal Residence Announces Closure with Warning: 'Stay Safe...](https://www.aol.com/king-charles-royal-residence-announces-141436931.html)** > > One of King Charles' royal residences has announced a closure due to intense weather. Inside the latest update from Balmoral Castle about Storm Floris. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1818 "2025-08-05T15:50:10Z")
It was a tad windy up north yesterday, true. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1819 "2025-08-28T21:34:20Z")
Jeez, I can believe it: > **[Why Kate Middleton and Prince William 'Delayed' Telling Prince George About...](https://www.aol.com/why-kate-middleton-prince-william-120000252.html)** > > Kate Middleton and Prince William carefully waited to tell Prince George about his royal fate, and insiders weigh in in PEOPLE's exclusive cover story. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1820 "2025-09-08T01:44:10Z")
Let Charlotte know that if something happens to big brother…… ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1821 "2025-09-08T13:29:31Z")
Given the challenges with Prince Harry within his generation, I rather more wonder what William has told / will tell Charlotte & Louis about their fate / duty / destiny. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2025, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1822 "2025-09-08T13:57:03Z")
I have known a few people who lost a parent when they were around 12, as Harry was. They were ALL seriously screwed up for life, though all good people and pretty functional. Older and younger kids seem to recover better. I’m not sure how much of Harry’s issues are likely to be shared by his nephew & niece. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232/1823 "2025-09-10T17:52:11Z")
Hope it was a good meeting: > **[Prince Harry Reunites with King Charles for First Time in 19 Months for...](https://www.aol.com/prince-harry-reunites-king-charles-162711875.html)** > > Prince Harry and King Charles met for the first time in more than 19 months during the Duke of Sussex's visit to the U.K. for charity visits. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232.md?page=90) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reign-of-king-charles-iii-of-the-united-kingdom/971232.md?page=92)