King Charles turned 77 years old.
Charles was on diplomatic missions on his birthday. PDO
King Charles celebrated his 77th birthday on Friday, November 14. In honor of the anniversary, the British court published a new portrait of the king.
The portrait was shared on the official Instagram account of the royal family. In it, Charles poses in the Sandringham grounds, dressed in a neat cream coat, light blue shirt and brown trousers.
– 77 today! Thank you for the kind words and wishes for Her Majesty’s birthday, the caption reads with a red balloon emoji.
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Since his accession to the throne, King Charles has celebrated his birthday twice a year, following a centuries-old tradition.
Although Charles’ official birthday was on a Friday, his birthday was celebrated on the second Saturday in June in the form of the Trooping the Color parade.
The royal tradition in question goes back to the time of King George II in 1748.
The King celebrated his birthday on Friday in South Wales, where he and Queen Camilla were on official diplomatic missions.
Although the royal family celebrated Charles’s birthday quietly in the traditional way, honor shots were fired in London and other places around Britain to mark the day, and the bells of London’s Westminster Abbey church rang to mark the day.
There has been an uproar within the royal family, as ex-Prince Andrew’s sexual crime charges and connections to Jeffrey Epstein have damaged the family’s reputation. PDO
The royal family has recently been in more turmoil than usual when Charles’ brother Andrew was stripped of his princely title. Charles also stripped him of the right to address him as ‘His Royal Highness’.
Britain’s official public database confirmed the change on November 5.
Andrew has also been permanently stripped of the title of Duke of York.
The former royal prince is now known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor.
Although Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson have had to give up their royal titles, their daughters on Beatrice and With Eugenie the princess’s dignity is still preserved.
Source: Mirror