King Charles III takes day off after busy coronation weekend
King Charles III rested on the third day of his long coronation weekend LONDON -- On the third day of his long coronation weekend , King Charles III rested. Monday was, after all, a holiday declared in honor of his crowning and he had spent several whirlwind days of elaborately choreographed public festivities capped with an off-the-cuff cameo on “American Idol.” While Charles, 74, had no public appearances, he sent a note of “heartfelt thanks” for the many celebrations in his honor and Buckingham Palace released official portraits of him and working members of the royal family that doesn't include his son, Prince Harry, the disgruntled Duke of Sussex. In one photo, the king was seated on a throne at Buckingham Palace in the regalia he wore when he walked out of Westminster Abbey: the Imperial State Crown, a purple and ermine-trimmed robe and holding the sovereign’s orb and scepter. “To know that we have your support and encouragement, and to witness your kindness expressed in so