Any fan of the Royal Family knows that King Charles is always a busy man.
The King of the United Kingdom recently made some routine public appearances, added to his household's staff and canine army, and scheduled some important engagements that may or may not have heavy consequences.
As always, we at Tea and Banter work to keep things as light as we can. As such, we'll start with the King's more lighthearted engagements before approaching the more serious business!
Preserving a cherished treasure
First off, GB News recently reported that King Charles will do his part to keep the Royal Train in service.
The Royal Train was a passion project of King Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II. Queen Elizabeth saved the Royal Train from being decommissioned in 2017 after arguing that it was a cost-effective mode of travel.
Unfortunately, recent evaluations have shown that using the Royal Train is actually quite costly.
GB News reports that a single trip for King Charles on the Royal Train can cost anywhere between £31,571 and £52,013. This is one reason why the King usually favors public travel.
Despite the high cost and the Royal Train's rare usage (as of now, it hasn't been operated since May 2024), King Charles wants to preserve the operation and use it as an example of his environmental values.
In a push for sustainability, the Royal Train's staff began using hydro-treated vegetable oil to make the train's operation easier on the nature around it.
It seems King Charles plans to change the train's cypher in a move that almost guarantees the Royal Train will live to serve another generation. GB News reports that the "Queen's Messenger" tagline honoring the departed Queen of the United Kingdom will be changed in due time to represent the King's primary usage of the vessel.
Tinkering with the staff at Buckingham Palace
Hello! Magazine reports that the Buckingham Palace's official website has posted some new job vacancies.
As of now, every vacancy is in the kitchen and calls for a new junior pastry sous chef, a chef de partie and a sous chef to come aboard.
The search for new staff is accompanied by the continued renovation of the royal household and the completion of King Charles and Queen Camilla's private apartments. The King and Queen will continue living at Clarence House in London and their other private properties.
Hello! Magazine reports that the ten year, £369 million project began before Queen Elizabeth II's passing.
The Royal Family's official website says that the current renovation project was commissioned to ensure the Buckingham Palace could be of service for the next 50 years.
The arrival of Snuff!
In the midst of their jam packed schedules, King Charles and Queen Camilla adopted two adorable puppies!
Hello! Magazine recently reported that Snuff (pictured above) and Moley are the King and Queen's newest additions to their household.
Snuff is the first doggy adopted by King Charles in over two decades. According to the Instagram post seen above, Tigga, the pup Charles shared with Princess Diana passed away in 2002. Since then, the King has opted to love on Queen Camilla's cherished fur babies.
Unfortunately, Queen Camilla lost her beloved Beth last November. At the time, no one knew when the Queen would be ready to adopt another puppy despite her well known love of canines.
Luckily, her and King Charles found two new bundles of joy during their off time!
Queen Camilla's announcement of Moley's arrival was very nonchalant, as she revealed the name and age of her new eight week old pup during a visit to Canterbury. The visit included an appearance at the unveiling of a statue for the Canterbury-born writer Aphra Behn and a stroll through the Beaney House of Art & Knowledge.
Unsurprisingly, the start of Camilla's conversation about Moley began while she was petting a golden retriever who was serving as a guide dog at the museum.
According to Hello! Magazine, Queen Camilla named her new pup Moley because they look "just like a mole."
This makes me both worried and curious about King Charles' reason for naming his beautiful new Lagotto Romagnolo "Snuff."
A Sunday visit to church
It's only natural that we cover the King and Queen's church visit before we get to the hard stuff.
Hello! Magazine published multiple photographs of King Charles as he and the Queen made a nice Sunday visit to the St. Mary Magdalene Church located on Charles' property in Sandringham.
King Charles was greeted by Canon Paul Williams as soon as he arrived while a long winter coat fit for the brisk morning.
According to Hello! Magazine, the church in Sandringham has become the default destination for the Royal Family's Christmas Day celebrations.
The Sandringham property contains 20,000 acres of land and is officially known as the King of the United Kingdom's second largest estate (Scotland's Balmoral Castle is the largest at 50,000 acres).
King Charles, the diplomat
Getting this out the way now, we're an entertainment blog that usually covers the royal Family as celebrities. This means we have to navigate some touchy subjects at times.
That being said, it's obviously a big deal that King Charles met with President Zelensky of Ukraine this weekend and is scheduled to meet with Canada's Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, on Monday March 3.
GB News reports that Zelensky's visit came after a controversial stop in the United States. The King and President Zelensky shared a "warm greeting" and had an official audience during their engagement at the King's Sandringham property.
Justin Trudeau's meeting with King Charles will come after what GB News calls "the biggest European peace summit since the end of the Second World War."
In a public statement delivered Sunday March 2, Trudeau said that he plans to speak with the King of the United Kingdom about "matters of importance to Canada and Canadians."
King Charles recently called Canada a "proud, resilient, and compassionate country" in a recent statement of support commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Canadian flag.