King Charles celebrates his 75th birthday, the main event - helping people who can't afford food

This is his second birthday as monarch

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King Charles cutting the birthday cake, Photo: Reuters
King Charles cutting the birthday cake, Photo: Reuters
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King Charles celebrates his 75th birthday as usual, without much fanfare, and the main event is the launch of a project to help people whose existence is embedded.

Instead of glamorous entertainment, the British king emphasized activities aimed at society and helping the most vulnerable.

It is planned to organize a reception for nurses and midwives employed by the British National Health Service.

This is his second birthday as monarch.

His younger son, Prince Harry, will not be at the king's birthday, but insiders say the Duke of Sussex is expected to call his father to wish him a happy 75th birthday.

The move is being interpreted as a hand of reconciliation after claims that Prince Harry has not been contacted about plans for the king's birthday.

King Charles is now the sixth oldest British monarch, behind his mother Elizabeth II, Victoria, George III, Edward VIII and George II.


Watch the clip: The King cuts the birthday cake


The central part of the public celebration of the king's birthday will be the official launch of his project Coronation Food (Food of the crown).

The main goal of the project is to tackle two interrelated problems - the growing number of people who cannot afford basic foodstuffs, while at the same time millions of tons of food are being wasted.

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"The need for food is as real and urgent a problem as food waste," Charles wrote in an op-ed published in the magazine. The Big Issue (Big problem).

Kralj stated that "pressures due to the rising cost of living" lead to "many families and individuals skipping meals".

The project plan is to open distribution centers that would collect surplus food and deliver it to millions of people who are facing existential problems.

An estimated 14 million people in Britain do not have enough to eat.

When Charles was born on November 14, 1948, post-war Britain was still under the rule of rationing.

To mark the birth of the then-Princess Elizabeth's first child, there was a scheme to provide every family that gave birth to a child on the same day with a gift pack of food.

According to the records of the National Archives, in that era of austerity, more than 2.600 gift packages containing eggs, butter, honey, marmalade, bacon, beef and soaps were distributed.

In addition to this project, the king is also engaged in solving the issue of climate change.

It was announced that he will speak at the upcoming to the great COP28 world summit on climate change in Dubai at the end of November.


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