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Princess Charlotte may be expected to get a job when she's older instead of being a full-time Royal, due to King Charles III's alleged plans for a 'slimmed-down' monarchy. King Charles, 74, may have plans to streamline the monarchy following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022, meaning the number of working Royals could be significantly reduced.This could see Charlotte, seven, who is the daughter of the Prince and Princess of Wales, get a regular job when she is older, according to the Daily Mail's Richard Eden.

Hugh Jackman predicts his home country Australia will break with the British Royal Family and become a Republic. 

Speaking his truth. Prince Harry got real about how his openness in Spare may affect his family in England — and why it didn’t play a part in his choice to write the book.

The royal family is bracing for impact!

Cause for concern? King Charles III is not looking forward to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle shining the spotlight on past drama in their upcoming Netflix docuseries, an insider exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.

A royal author has claimed that King Charles ' failed marriage to Princess Diana caused the family monarchy to "fall apart".

Two anti-monarchy protesters arrested for demonstrating against the Royal Family as the country mourned the death of the Queen are to escape prosecution, the Crown has confirmed.

A Buckingham Palace source had reportedly revealed that Prince Edward is unlikely to be named Duke of Edinburgh due to King Charles’ plan to slim down the monarchy.

UK-based fans of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver were spared a 25-minute clip of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill going backwards down a waterslide, set to the theme of The Benny Hill Show.

King Charles is said to have ruled out cutting the number of working royals despite long-held predictions he wanted a narrow-down monarchy, it has been reported.

The first trailer of Season 5 of The Crown has dropped and it explores chaos unfolding within the monarchy and Princess Diana's explosive BBC interview with Martin Bashir.

King Charles III has reportedly hired a law professor as part of his new team to streamline the Royal Family.Charles is said to have hired Dr John Sorabji, a law lecturer at University College London (UCL) and former barrister at Nine St John Chambers, who is reported to be playing a supporting role to the King's private secretary, Sir Clive Alderton, the Daily Mirror reports.According to one source, Dr Sorabji was a "super smart" man and would become a key aspect in "building and strengthening" the King's court.READ MORE: Prince Harry faces tense reunion with royals as 'King will choose Camilla' over sonSources previously claimed that Charles has been preparing for his reign as King for a while now and has taken aim at slimming down the monarchy as a key project.While Charles is focused on his shake-up of the Royal Family, Queen Consort Camilla has plans of her own.A couple of the ladies-in-waiting were to retire following the death of Queen Elizabeth, as they are in their 80s as its predicted that Camilla will get rid of the role of ladies-in-waiting completely.Camilla will look to do away with the long-standing tradition as she aims to modernise the monarchy.Marlene Koenig, a historian who has studied the Royal Family for several years, said: "There are some positions that may no longer be filled.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here."You wonder if the women, especially Queen Camilla, will use ladies-in-waiting as the Queen did.

A teacher at a high school in Wishaw, who was suspended following an allegation he made inappropriate comments about the royal family, could be referred to the General Teaching Council in Scotland.

Noel Gallagher doesn't appear to be a fan of The Royal Family as he made a subtle dig at them during a homecoming gig.The former Oasis star took to the stage in Manchester at the Football For Change dinner surrounded by celebs including Coleen Rooney and former footballer, Jamie Carragher.Just days after the world came together for the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth, Noel threw shade at the British monarchy.READ MORE: Liam Gallagher plans epic Caribbean 50th birthday party - but Noel won't be thereThis however isn't the first time Noel has commented on the royals – in June, he expressed his frustration after discovering several members of staff took time off for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.At the time, he said: "Now, its appeal is dwindling, like religion."While performing on Thursday (September 22), the Longsight-born musician said: "Is anyone here from Manchester?"This is for the real Royal Family," before performing the 1994 Oasis song, Half The World Away, reports The Mirror.The song became the soundtrack for the BBC comedy series The Royle Family which entertained millions of viewers between 1998 and 2012.It comes after Noel revealed that the late David Bowie had inspired him to "put himself out there" with his music as part of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.Speaking to Sky News, he stated that Bowie has perhaps "one of the most interesting stories in all of music."He went on to say: "My relationship's purely through the music, really."I didn't really know him that well, I was first aware of him in the '80s, doing Let's Dance and all that, and then going back, when I was getting more into music, going back in time."I'm a big fan.

The TV ratings were celestial, the crowds unprecedented and the media downright reverential, so in purely show business terms the British monarchy’s new boss, King Charles III, should feel thrilled for having survived an historic week.

Queen's funeral during a dramatic demonstration. The scenes took place during a march against the monarchy which saw the figure thrown into Dublin’s main city centre river.Anti Imperialist Action Ireland said they were trying to re-enact an incident which was led by ex-socialist leader James Connolly in 1987, when Queen Victoria visited the city. READ MORE Fans urge Royals to 'bring out Louis' as they reckon he did a 'Home Alone' at Palace Irish President Michael D Higgins and Taoiseach Micheal Martin attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London on Monday ( September 19).

Labour party bosses have been told they "cannot dodge" a debate on the future of the monarchy following the death of Queen Elizabeth.

More anti-monarchy messages have been spotted in Greater Manchester during the country’s mourning period for Her Majesty The Queen.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the complicated process that would come with any attempts to abolish the monarchy are likely a “nonstarter” for Canadians amid pressing national problems like inflation, climate change and the need for continued work on reconciliation.

“I was raised in a time - I sang God Save the Queen as the national anthem when I was a girl at school, and we had her picture on the wall at school. “She's interwoven in my memory and my history,” she continued. As an Australian, Julie explained she was more loyal to the democratic process than to constitutional monarchy. Many accused the star of being “disrespectful” after her controversial comments so soon after the death of Her Majesty. “Look up respect in the dictionary it appears you have no idea what it means. “You couldn't have aired your views at a later date.

"For two people that seemingly despise the monarchy, Jedward seemed pretty excited here that they performed for Her Majesty," Tweeted Abzxbennet34."Excited to perform for the monarch as and when it suits," added Jcooper1987. "They are only taking digs at the monarchy cause they got ripped the p**s out of over here whilst on X-Factor,” said MxMcoroth2. More users are calling the pair "hypocritical" while others are claiming the singers are just involved in "one big publicity stunt".The twins, who rose to fame on The X Factor, took to Twitter last Saturday to share their opinion, as they urged King Charles III to "give the people real democracy", after he was named the new King of England.The 30-year-olds wrote: "Abolish the monarchy and give the people real democracy!"They then shared a second tweet which said: "King Charles should hand back the six Irish counties on his visit to Northern Ireland – No war! Just words! It's time."While many Twitter users retweeted and liked the comments, others went after the pair for their opinions.Twitter user Maeve7ryn replied: "Guys your embarrassing yourselves now enough enough."Alex18K1n6: "Whoever is babysitting these two clowns needs to be reprimanded.“This is the time where 'children should be seen and not heard'."Other people seemed open to the debate, with H3nryatkins0n98 tweeting: "Don’t disagree in an ideological sense but in practice would be hard.""Money used for coronations and funerals that could go to the poor," replied TaharaMunt58. Jedward are an Irish singing and television presenting duo.They are best known for being on X-Factor in 2009. The pair finished in sixth place and were managed by Louis Walsh, who was their mentor during The X Factor.