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Charles III

American  

noun

  1. Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor, born 1948, king of the United Kingdom since 2022 (son of Elizabeth II).

  2. Charles II.

  3. Charles the Simple, a.d. 879–929, king of France 898–923.

  4. Charles VI.

  5. 1716–1788, king of Spain 1759–88; as Charles IV, king of Naples 1734–59.


Charles III British  

noun

  1. known as Charles the Fat . 839–888 ad , Holy Roman Emperor (881–887) and, as Charles II, king of France (884–887). He briefly reunited the empire of Charlemagne

  2. 1716–88, king of Spain (1759–88), who curbed the power of the Church and tried to modernize his country

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Little more than a month after he secured his return to Parliament as MP for Makerfield, Burnham found himself having an audience with King Charles III in Buckingham Palace for almost 35 minutes on Monday.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Burnham Monday officially replaced former Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who earlier in the day handed in his resignation to King Charles III at Buckingham Palace.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Accompanied by his wife Marie-France van Heel, Burnham earlier met King Charles III at Buckingham Palace to become the head of government after Keir Starmer resigned.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

King Charles III and his wife Camilla on Friday met his son Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and their two children for the first time in four years, British media reported.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

The Archbishop of Vienne, Geneva's metropolitan, had then excommunicated the city and invited Duke Charles III of Savoy to punish it.

From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved

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