Photo:Andrew Matthews - Pool / Getty
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King Charlesis paying homage to William Shakespeare.
The monarch, 74, hosted a reception at Windsor Castle on Tuesday night to celebrate the playwright and the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s first manuscript alongside actors and musicians — several of which hail from the Royal Shakespeare Company.
King Charles andQueen Camillawere photographed speaking with a variety of famous faces in attendance, includingHelena Bonham Carter, DameJudi Dench, DameVanessa Redgrave, Robert Lindsay,David OyelowoandJoely Richardson.
Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh and Birgitte, the Duchess of Gloucester also joined the event.
The King and Queen, who celebrated her 76th birthday on Monday, were snapped examining the stories alongside the director and chair of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Gregory Doran and Baroness Vadera, with Charles pointing out something from one of the books.
King Charles III meets with Dame Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson.Andrew Matthews - Pool / Getty
Throughout the night, several actors and musicians from the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Dame Harriet Walter, Sir Simon Russell Beale, and Ray Fearon, took the stage to provide performances of Shakespeare’s works.
King Charles has several ties to Shakespeare, having taken part in several of the playwright’s plays during his time in college, and he eventually became president of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1991.
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He also read Shakespeare’s second folio while imprisoned at Windsor Castle during the civil wars, writing Inside it “Dum Spiro Spero,” which is Latin for “while I breathe, I hope,” according to the royal family’s Instagram post for the event.
source: people.com
