Reason UK General Election announcement means the Royal Family have cancelled their engagements

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The Royal Family have cancelled a string of upcoming engagements, following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's call for an early UK general election this July.

Although the King and Queen's D-Day 80th anniversary appearances in Portsmouth and Normandy in June are expected to go ahead as scheduled, there is now major disruption with other events in the forthcoming royal diaries.

Now, in a statement released by Buckingham Palace, the reason for these cancellations has been revealed - and it's because the King and Queen don't want to 'divert attention' from the election campaign.The statement read: "Following the Prime Minister's statement this afternoon calling a general election, the royal family will - in accordance with normal procedure - postpone engagements that may appear to divert attention or distract from the election campaign. "Their Majesties send their sincere apologies to any of those who may be affected as a result." As the King could be set for the third prime minister of his reign, Sky News revealed: "The King must sit above politics, but this announcement has meddled with the monarch's diary. "We understand his whole schedule, which only recently restarted after his cancer diagnosis, is now being assessed and reviewed, although plans to attend D-Day commemorations are going ahead. "The King's constitutional role might seem ceremonial, but this is a reminder the Crown remains an integral part of parliament.