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US President Donald Trump, left, and King Charles.

King in the castle: Charles to host Trump during ‘unprecedented’ UK trip

The King will greet the US president at Windsor Castle as part of a visit designed to calm Britain’s diplomatic tensions with America, sparking intense speculation about the treatment he will receive.

  • David Crowe

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Prince Harry and King Charles III.

King and Prince Harry’s aides hold ‘secret peace summit’

All involved were said to recognise that there was a long road ahead, with distrust on both sides.

  • Victoria Ward
France’s President Emmanuel Macron clinks glasses with Catherine, Princess of Wales, during the state banquet at Windsor Castle on Tuesday,

A king’s welcome for Macron as Starmer urges France to stop the boats

The French president feasted with UK royalty – including King Charles, and the Princess of Wales at her first state banquet in years – but other arrivals from across the English Channel were the focus of his visit.

  • David Crowe
Charles as a boy with his mother the Queen, as the royal train leaves Weymouth in southern England.

King agrees to scrap royal train after two trips add up to $167,000 bill

King Charles has happy memories of riding in the royal carriages, first commissioned in 1869. But he has agreed to bid the royal train “the fondest of farewells” amid mounting criticism of its cost.

  • Michael Holden and Danica Kirka
Mark Zahra on board Docklands wins the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot.

VRC honchos off and racing – but not for Flemington

The Victoria Racing Club top brass were among high-profile Australians skipping Melbourne’s wintry weather for Royal Ascot.

  • Madeleine Heffernan, Kishor Napier-Raman and Danny Russell
Volodymyr Zelensky leaves 10 Downing Street after meeting Keir Starmer.

Once the West’s great hero, Zelensky is now fighting to keep a divided world on his side

When the Ukrainian president travelled to the UK on Monday to shore up support, he ditched his trademark military fatigues. It was a subtle but calculated diplomatic posture.

  • Rob Harris
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Samantha Mostyn, Australia’s Governor-General.

Living next to the PM, putting up with party boats and hosting the King and Queen: Sam Mostyn on being GG

Mostyn likes to lift the curtain on life at Admiralty House.

  • Jacqueline Maley
King Charles’ inherited superiority is the opposite of equality.

Let’s get rid of this embarrassing King’s Birthday holiday

Endorsing an unelected, hereditary figurehead, however indifferently, clashes with the quintessentially Australian idea that everyone is entitled to a fair go.

  • Brigitte McLaughlin
Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla speak with David Beckham at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, Monday May 19, 2025. (Toby Melville/Pool via AP)

David Beckham’s knighthood: a symbol of reinvention and quiet service

The British football icon’s public journey has always followed a particular arc: early acclaim, a fall from grace, and then redemption through endurance.

  • Rob Harris
King Charles delivers the speech from the throne in the Senate in Ottawa, Ontario.

King Charles and Pope Leo defend US Constitution from Trump

That the greatest defenders of American values are the incumbent British monarch and the Vicar of Christ is a great irony.

  • George Brandis

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