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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.

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.

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.

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. 

Jedward have claimed to have received death threats after expressing a series of anti-monarchy views online in the wake of the Queen’s death.Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, died at her Balmoral estate last Thursday (September 8). She was 96-years-old.

Buckingham Palace, in light of the late monarch, identical twins and singing duo John and Edward Grimes called for the end of the monarchy.The 30-year-olds, who are best known for their time on The X Factor back in 2009 as well as previously appearing in Celebrity Big Brother, tweeted from their shared social media account that is followed by more than 600,000 people: “Abolish the monarchy and give the people real democracy!”The pair have made several separate tweets airing their opinion on the monarchy including the following which was posted on September 10: “King Charles should hand back the six Irish counties on his visit to Northern Ireland - No war! Just words! It’s time.”Having been met with mixed emotions by followers and Twitter users, on September 13, Jedward has since claimed they have been sent death threats.The siblings tweeted: “Psychos are sending us death threats! Your threatening behaviour and criminality will not intimidate us.”Gaining more than 4,000 likes on the tweet, many of the twin brother's fans rallied around them, advising the stars to report the abuse they are receiving.@LisaHafey tweeted: “Wow society has come to this! Hope you’re okay! Know that you are truly loved!”User @SweetAnniina added: “That's insane. Why can't people just agree to disagree on things and let it be, it is what it is.

A woman was arrested after a protester held an anti-monarchy sign ahead of the accession proclamation of King Charles III in Edinburgh.

X-Factor back in 2009, divided fans when they took to Twitter to demand that the monarchy be abolished and the power placed back in the hands of the people. Many were enraged, branding them "crass" and "insensitive" for timing their comments right after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.The singing and TV presenting duo told their 664,000 followers yesterday: "Abolish the monarchy and give the people real democracy!"But the duo faced opposition as social media users countered: "Abolish Jedward."Others accused them of being "inappropriate" and having "the worst timing possible"."The crowning of a new monarch is the most appropriate possible time for them to tweet this, actually," tweeted @geohollifield.In a politically charged separate tweet, the brothers had written: “King Charles should hand back the six Irish counties on his visit to Northern Ireland – No war! Just words! It’s time."They had also previously made a controversial comment just hours before the monarch's death was announced, after learning from a Palace statement that she was in ill health."Liz Truss must have done something on that visit to the Queen!" they quipped, referencing her meeting with the new head of Britain.She had appointed Liz as Prime Minister just two days earlier, and photos were released of her smiling broadly while shaking her hand.The tweet led some to state they were "absolutely horrified" by the tweets circulating with many people branding the duo a "disgrace".One, @ConradWhitney, challenged: "This is someone’s mum, gran etc.

Vandals who daubed anti-monarchy graffiti on a Manchester playing fields wall have been slammed. Two messages appeared on the wall on Hough End Fields in Withington this morning (Saturday) as Charles was officially declared King.

Long live the king! Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, eldest son King Charles III has officially been proclaimed the new monarch.