King Charles
Bang in the palace! Royal Family appointments are postponed
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It is a surprising statement that Buckingham Palace issued on the evening of May 22, 2024: King Charles and other working members of the royal family will postpone all appointments.
Rishi Sunak, 44, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, stands at a desk in the pouring rain and gives a press conference on Wednesday, May 22, 2024. He announces that the British people will go to the polls on July 4th to elect the country’s next government. The short-term election also has implications for King Charles, 75, and his relatives. Your appointments will be postponed for the time being.
Buckingham Palace issues surprising statement
Before the news was announced, the Prime Minister had met the monarch at Buckingham Palace to request the dissolution of Parliament. A little later came the surprising statement from the palace. “Following the Prime Minister’s statement this afternoon calling for a general election, the Royal Family will – in accordance with normal procedure – postpone engagements that could attract attention or distract from the election campaign,” British media quoted as saying official statement.
King Charles and family cancel all appointments
As “Daily Mail” editor and court expert Rebecca English writes on X, the king’s announced appointments for this week have already been canceled. Among other things, he was supposed to have visited the British city of Crewe on Friday, May 24th and attended several appointments there. However, we hope to be able to catch up on them. “Their Majesties sincerely apologize to all those affected by this,” the royal couple’s statement continued.
When you look at the Royal Family’s calendar on the official website “royal.uk”, there are no entries for King Charles, Queen Camilla, 76, or Prince William, 41. Only entries for Princess Anne, 73, as well as Prince Richard, 2nd Duke of Gloucester, 76, and his wife Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, 77, can still be found here.
Sources used: mirror.co.uk, twitter.com, dailymail.co.uk, royal.uk