No 10 bats away criticism after king’s meeting with Ursula von der Leyen
by Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor from World news | The Guardian on (#699B6)
European Commission president, said to have a love of British history, met Charles after Northern Ireland deal agreed
When King Charles III ascended the throne, the new monarch is said to have accepted he would have a changed role with less freedom to intervene in politics. But he had reckoned without the Windsor framework.
It was a moment with a distinctly royal flavour - sealed at the Windsor Guildhall, where Charles married Camilla, under vast portraits of past monarchs.
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