His Majesty King Charles III

Thanks Dawnstar and jojo - yes, to differentiate them makes total sense.

The Dutch King used to fly for KLM. I think he might still do on occasion so he can keep his licence.

Do we really expect much more from the Royals? I suspect that a monarchy similar in scale to the Danish or Swedish royal families would be perfectly acceptable and far less expensive. (Or better still it's a great opportunity to abolish the House of Lords and Royal Family and become a modern democracy with a proper constitution)

We need to reform and slim the Lords, not abolish it. They do a lot of important work there, and somewhat ironically, on a political level at least, they are more representative of the public than the House of Commons. Which is presumably why Johnson seemed so keen to stuff the place with a string of his own allies. That's the bit that needs changing - and to stop replacing the hereditary peers of course. But so long as the Commons is elected by undemocratic First Past the Post, complaining about the Lords or the Monarchy is a distraction.

It may be that we missed the easier windows for change of the Monarchy. It must be easier to make smaller changes with each new monarch when changes are more frequent and to have moved onto that path before rolling news and the internet. The rise of celebrity culture plays a role. The newspapers love to fill their pages with stories about them, making mountains out of molehills and a bit of strife sells. It's easy and cheap reporting, and they are known across all demographics. If the royals don't give them the access they want, they'll push back and make another story. 

I recall there being some kind of agreement between Charles and the press about William and Harry while they were still at school and while William was at university. It was along the lines of leave them alone most of the time and we'll provide you with a certain amount 
of arranged photo opportunities. This may have been done after Diana's death when there was push back against intrusive photography, so he had a bit more power over them at that time. However, it still angers me that the tabloids pushed the idea that the Queen should leave Balmoral (and her grandchildren) to be with her people at Buckingham Palace. They just wanted the photos.

I've heard of pop stars and actors being similarly 'blackmailed' into giving exclusive interviews to avoid bad press.

I could be wrong, but I doubt the Danes or Swedes have the same celebrity obsession as we do.

Nevertheless, Charles did announce his intentions a long, long time ago, and most of the public were on board, so I think it will happen.

Well it's Queen Margarethe's golden jubilee, so no surprise they haven't had a coronation recently!

How lovely for her 🙂

That’s a shame. But the point I was making was that we wouldn’t have known about it anyway. Because not many people, globally, care very much about Denmark’s monarchy whilst very many people care about ours. Despite some peoples assertions that it’s irrelevant it really isn’t. 

We had a day in Copenhagen in 2015, while on a cruise, and when we got to their royal palace we were told that it was the state opening of parliament & Queen Margarethe would be exiting shortly. So of course we went round to the door indicated to try to see her, expecting there'd be huge crowds like at our state opening of parliament. To our considerable surprise there were hardly enough people there to even be called a crowd, more a huddle. I don't know if that's typical for Denmark but if it is then it'd seem even the locals don't care very much about their monarchy!

Someone will take a bet on the colour of the Queens dress? Surely open to insider trading??

There’s tradition and tradition, though. Much of the spectacle of monarchy are traditions going back centuries.

However, Meghan has been widely slammed for not following “traditions” invented by Diana which are at most 40 years old.

I've just arrived in the city centre ready to hear the County Proclamation at 1pm. There's a good number here already, which will only grow over the next 30 minutes.

Because of the limited numbers allowed outside St James's Palace, far more people will hear the Proclamation outwith London, than were able to hear it 'live' yesterday.