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Editor’s Note: This is a version of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain’s royal family. London CNN —King Charles III was presented with the historic document that officially records his accession and crowning on Wednesday, as the one-year anniversary of his coronation next week draws closer. Charles became the British monarch on the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on September 8, 2022. His coronation was held eight months later on May 6, 2023 in an event unlike anything the nation had seen in seven decades. “Having it on the websites, it makes it more interesting for people,” the King remarked, according to PA Media.
Persons: London CNN — King Charles III, Charles, Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham, King, Queen Camilla, Antonia Romeo, Charles ’, Edward II, Queen Isabella, ” Charles, Timothy Noad, Aaron Chown, Stephanie von Werthern, Gill, Camilla, Penny Mordaunt, Earl Marshal, Duke, Oliver Dowden, Queen Victoria Organizations: CNN’s Royal, London CNN, Westminster Abbey, Press Association, UK’s, Media, PA Media Locations: London, British, Westminster, Bookbinders, United Kingdom, Norfolk
Moving through the darkened holds of a replica of Christopher Columbus’s ship, visitors on a recent afternoon marveled at the tangle of compasses, cordage and barrels. At last, a voice shouted “Land!” and the white sands of America appeared. May it be for the greater glory of God,” Columbus was then heard telling Queen Isabella I of Castile. The popularity of the park has come as a surprise in a country that has long been shy about celebrating its history. Nationalist sentiments were largely taboo after the dictatorship of Gen. Francisco Franco, who died in the 1970s.
Persons: Christopher Columbus’s, , ” Columbus, Queen Isabella I of Castile, Fou, Gen, Francisco Franco Locations: America, Spain
World’s most beautiful castles
  + stars: | 2019-08-07 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +19 min
As the UK crowns a new monarch, we’re exploring all things royal, from castles to grand tours. “Castles are places were plots were hatched, marriages were consummated, murders carried out, royal babies born, and so on. With castles, you are never short of fascinating things to talk about.”Read on to find out more about 21 of the world’s most beautiful castles, fortified homes that are both a feast for the eyes and a time trip back to the bygone age during which they were created. Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/LightRocket via Getty ImagesThis classic medieval castle towers above the island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea. The castle’s vivid red-and-yellow color pattern – and its flashy clock tower – endow Pena with a much more playful air than the somber castles found elsewhere in Europe.
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