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Hi,
Mychange to include "Head of the Commonwealth" as a separate section in the infobox was reverted. I think this is a good change as it seems strange for being head of the Commonwealth to be the first thing mentioned in the infobox. It also seems to go against the point of the title field, which is to display the "Principal substantive title(s) in use". I don't think being head of the Commonwealth is the principal title of Charles III.
I also think including it separately may be worth it for Charles and not the other monarchs, as the independence of the role is much greater. I don't think there was any doubt Elizabeth II would be Head of the Commonwealth, but there was such a discussion and a decision at CHOGM 2018 to choose Charles.
If a separate reign section isn't supported, I would still support removing Head of the Commonwealth from the title field and moving it to a separate footnote next to Commonwealth realms, like "King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realm, and Head of the Commonwealth(footnote=Independently chosen at CHOGM 2018) Safes007 (talk) 04:39, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Should the king's role as the honorary and ceremonial -- but not technically hereditary -- Head of the Commonwealth be mentioned in the main "bio" infobox? If so, in what manner? Should it be mentioned in the article's lead section? 109.255.211.6 (talk) 01:56, 14 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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using |reign-type2=In office
. Admittedly, this is debatable. Head of the Commonwealth is a purely ceremonial role at an important intergovernmental organization. Given the importance of the organization, I'm inclined to see it as a personal union. For comparison, the only current personal union I know of is Andorra. I see that the lede and infobox for French president Emmanuel Macron includes his title as Co-Prince of Andorra. An alternate perspective would be to regard Head of the Commonwealth as akin to a patron of a charity. which wouldn't merit mention in either the lede or the infobox. However, given the significance of the Commonwealth of Nations, I think even ceremonial roles in major intergovernmental organizations merit inclusion in infoboxes. The decision about its inclusion in the lede should be based on its significance in the article that the lede summarizes. Regardless of what we decide here, this may change in the future based on his actions in this role. Daask (talk) 14:20, 21 June 2024 (UTC) I retract this entire paragraph per my remarks below, but it's useful and hard to read when striked. Daask (talk) 14:22, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]|succession=King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms
and |title=Head of the Commonwealth
, essentially ignoring the role of Head of the Commonwealth in the Commonwealth of Nations organization. Daask (talk) 15:22, 21 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Recent D-Day commemorations have given us a smattering of new photographs of His Majesty. I suspect we will get a few more at Trooping the Colour and Garter Day later this month. I'm particularly fond of this one of him saluting next to Macron. The colour of the uniform is just different enough from the stone wall that he doesn't blend into the background and, despite a bit of shadow from his hat, the lighting on his face is better than in the photograph currently being used. Robin S. Taylor (talk) 22:31, 10 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is one from the Portsmouth part of the commemorations, but there would be two other people's heads in the background. You could try to cut him out but that would be very difficult as his suit is almost the same colour as the drapes, uniforms and steps behind him. Robin S. Taylor (talk) 21:31, 23 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I created a section for Health, with a subsection on Diet, to both of which I moved a few paragraphs from other sections. My thinking on this was due to his recent health issues and the fact that the paragraphs I moved to this new section and subsection seemed out of place where they were previously. nycdi (talk) 05:45, 19 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]