The King

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The King is the reigning British monarch who serves as the ceremonial head of state and holds various honorary military roles within the United Kingdom’s armed forces.

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The King canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf King of the United Kingdom
human
monarch
child Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
William, Prince of Wales
coronationDate 2023-05-06
coronationPlace Westminster Abbey, London
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1948-11-14
education Gordonstoun School
Trinity College, Cambridge
father Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
formerSpouse Diana, Princess of Wales
honoraryMilitaryRole Colonel-in-Chief of multiple British Army regiments
Honorary Admiral in the Royal Navy
Honorary Air Chief Marshal of the Royal Air Force
house House of Windsor
militaryService Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
monarchicalTitle King Charles III
mother Elizabeth II
name Charles Philip Arthur George
notableTitle longest-serving heir apparent in British history
placeOfBirth Buckingham Palace, London, England
linked to: Buckingham Palace
positionHeld Admiral of the Fleet (honorary)
Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces
Duke of Cambridge
Duke of Cornwall
Duke of Edinburgh
Duke of Rothesay
Duke of York
Earl of Chester
Field Marshal (honorary)
Head of State of the United Kingdom
Head of the Commonwealth
King of the United Kingdom
linked to: British monarch

Marshal of the Royal Air Force (honorary)
Prince of Wales
Supreme Governor of the Church of England
predecessor Elizabeth II
reignBegan 2022-09-08
religion Anglicanism
residence Buckingham Palace
Clarence House
Highgrove House
role ceremonial head of state of the United Kingdom
symbolic head of the British Armed Forces
spouse Camilla, Queen Consort

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Royal Dragoon Guards regimentalColonelInChief The King
subject linked to: RDG