Royal Family postpones engagements that 'divert attention' from general election campaign

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The King and Queen's D-Day 80th anniversary appearances in Portsmouth and Normandy in June are expected to go ahead.

The Royal Family is to postpone engagements 'which may appear to divert attention or distract from the election campaign', Buckingham Palace has announced. It comes after Rishi Sunak called a general election for 4 July.

Read more: The current state of the parties in the polls The King could be set for the third prime minister of his reign. His first prime minister was Liz Truss - but her stint in charge was the shortest in British history - and the King welcomed Mr Sunak as his second PM just six weeks after acceding to the throne. The prime minister revealed he spoke with the King earlier on Wednesday to inform him of his decision and the King had agreed to the request for the dissolution of Parliament.

 

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