Has Nostradamus predicted an extreme shock to come for King Charles III and the British monarchy, or is one author just trying to turn a prophet?Texts from the supposed future-seeing 16th-century French astrologist have been interpreted to mean that the newly crowned king will enjoy only a short reign due to his past.Instead, an unexpected successor will be chosen to rule, according to Nostradamus expert Mario Reading, the Daily Star reported.Author Reading’s spooky claims do not exactly come out of nowhere.
His 2005 book “Nostradamus: Complete Prophecies for the Future” accurately stated that Queen Elizabeth II would die in 2022.“The preamble is that Queen Elizabeth II will die, circa 2022, at the age of around ninety-six, five years short of her mother’s term of life,” Reading wrote of Nostradamus’ cryptic poems dating from 1555.It is also written that Charles III would become “King of the Islands,” referencing Nostradamus’ foresight that the sovereign would only rule the territories of Great Britain rather than what was once a global empire including Canada, Australia and New Zealand a few centuries ago.Reading’s interpretation of Michel de Nostredame’s visions also claims that fallout from a stain on Charles’ past will come back to haunt the king and influence him to leave the throne.“Prince Charles will be seventy-four years old in 2022, when he takes over the throne, but the resentments held against him by a certain proportion of the British population, following his divorce from Diana, Princess of Wales, still persist,” he wrote.In a 2006 revision of his book, Reading adds that “a man who never expected to become king” will instead rule.“Does that mean that Prince William, who would have expected to succeed his.
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