Australian currency gets a royal facelift with release of new coin featuring King Charles

Australian currency gets a royal facelift with release of new coin featuring King Charles

A royal facelift of Australia’s currency is well underway, with an effigy of King Charles III put onto a new collector coin. Big numbers queued outside the Perth Mint, in the city’s CBD, in anticipation of Monday’s release of the first Australian precious metal collector coin to feature the king’s portrait. It comes after Queen … Read more

King Charles reacts to Danish abdication and King Frederik’s accession to become King of Denmark at 55

King Charles reacts to Danish abdication and King Frederik’s accession to become King of Denmark at 55

King Charles III of the United Kingdom has issued a message to his now fellow king, Frederik X of Denmark, who ascended to the Danish throne on Sunday after the abdication of his mother Queen Margrethe. The new king was crowned at age 55 after his mother, 83, announced she would abdicate during her New … Read more

Revisited: Cost of the crown part 6 – how King Charles profits from the assets of dead citizens – podcast | News

Revisited: Cost of the crown part 6 – how King Charles profits from the assets of dead citizens – podcast | News

This week we are re-running some of our favourite episodes. Today in Focus will return with new episodes on Tuesday 2 January 2024. For most people in the UK, what happens to your assets when you die is a relatively simple process: you either specify your wishes in a will or your estate passes to … Read more