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The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. The current monarch is King Charles III, who ascended the throne on 8 September ...
The Kingdom of Ireland ( Early Modern Irish: Ríoghacht Éireann; Modern Irish: Ríocht na hÉireann, pronounced [ənˠ ˌɾˠiːxt̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]) was a monarchy on the island of Ireland that was a client state of England and then of Great Britain. It existed from 1542 to the end of 1800.
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In 1707, the kingdoms of England and Scotland were merged to create the Kingdom of Great Britain, and in 1801, the Kingdom of Ireland joined to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The British monarch was the nominal head of the vast British Empire, which covered a quarter of the world's land area at its greatest extent in 1921.
Sep 21, 2022 · King Charles meets Michelle O'Neill, vice president of Sinn Fein. Alamy. While footage of the Queen’s historic 2011 visit to Ireland has been replayed again and again, a less remembered but just ...
Sep 13, 2022 · King Charles III is monarch of the whole United Kingdom, but some of his roles and royal insignia vary in its various constituent parts. On Tuesday, he will make his first visit as monarch to ...
In 1922 Ireland was split into the future Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland stayed part of the United Kingdom. However, the name was not changed until 5 years later and George V continued to be King of Ireland until he died ("of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the ...
Apr 30, 2021 · Despite the ongoing war of independence in Ireland, it came into force on 3 May 1921, the date that determined the present form of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
