King Charles 3rd coronation, watch in person or online - How Many Kings and Queens are there?

Description	English: A knitted postbox topper, commemorating the coronation of King Charles III, along Court Road in Goddington, London Borough of Bromley.
Date	20 April 2023, 09:49:18
Source	Own work
Author	Doyle of London

All over London you will see knittted hats on the tops of postboxes. Here is one for the coronation.

Central London is full of people celebrating. There are open air street lunches on  long trestle tables. This was arranged well in advance  because the local council have to be informed about street closures and to advice on health and safety and to give permission.

What  about the VIP visitors. How many kings and queens are there and which countries are they living in and ruling?

Charles is King of the UK, plus Australia,Antingua and Barbuda, Belize in Central America, the Bahamas, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu. 

Wiki has a handy list.

I make the number of kings and queens as fifteen. Plus princes, co-princes, a  sultan, an emperor and a Pope.What about Queens? The Queen of Denmark. And several queens consort.

Plus

Title	Monarch (Birth year)		Sovereign state(s)	Since	Length	House	Type	Heir to the throne	Ref.
Co-Prince[fn 1]	Joan Enric Vives i Sicília (b. 1949)		Andorra	12 May 2003	19 years, 353 days	—	Ceremonial	Ex officio	[13] [14]
	Emmanuel Macron (b. 1977)			14 May 2017	5 years, 351 days	—
King	Charles III[fn 2] (b. 1948)		Antigua and Barbuda  Australia  The Bahamas  Belize  Canada  Grenada  Jamaica  New Zealand  Papua New Guinea  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Solomon Islands  Tuvalu  United Kingdom	8 September 2022	234 days	Windsor[fn 3]	Ceremonial	William, Prince of Wales	[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29]
King	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (b. 1950)		Bahrain	6 March 1999[fn 4]	24 years, 55 days	Al Khalifa[fn 5]	Executive	Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain	[30]
King	Philippe (b. 1960)		Belgium	21 July 2013	9 years, 283 days	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha[fn 6]	Ceremonial	Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant[fn 7]	[34]
Druk Gyalpo	Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (b. 1980)		Bhutan	14 December 2006[fn 8]	16 years, 136 days	Wangchuck	Executive	Jigme Namgyel	[36]
Sultan	Hassanal Bolkiah (b. 1946)		Brunei	5 October 1967 [dubious – discuss][fn 9]	55 years, 207 days	Bolkiah	Absolute	Al-Muhtadee Billah	[37]
King	Norodom Sihamoni (b. 1953)		Cambodia	14 October 2004[fn 10]	18 years, 198 days	Norodom[fn 11]	Ceremonial	Hereditary and elective[fn 12]	[39]
Queen	Margrethe II (b. 1940)		Denmark	14 January 1972	51 years, 106 days	Glücksburg[fn 13]	Ceremonial	Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark	[43]
King	Mswati III (b. 1968)		Eswatini	25 April 1986	37 years, 5 days	Dlamini	Absolute	Hereditary and elective[fn 14]	[46]
Emperor	Naruhito[fn 15] (b. 1960)		Japan	1 May 2019[fn 16]	3 years, 364 days	Yamato[fn 17]	Ceremonial	Fumihito, Prince Akishino (Presumptive heir)	[52]
King	Abdullah II (b. 1962)		Jordan	7 February 1999[fn 18]	24 years, 82 days	Hāshim	Executive	Hereditary and elective (presumably Hussein, Crown Prince of Jordan)[fn 19]	[55] [56]
Emir	Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (b. 1937)		Kuwait	29 September 2020[fn 20]	2 years, 213 days	Al Sabah[fn 5]	Executive	Hereditary and elective (presumably Mishal Al-Ahmad)[fn 21]	[60]
King	Letsie III (b. 1963)		Lesotho	7 February 1996[fn 22]	27 years, 82 days	Moshesh	Ceremonial	Lerotholi Seeiso	[61] [62]
Prince	Hans-Adam II (b. 1945)		Liechtenstein	13 November 1989[fn 23]	33 years, 168 days	Liechtenstein	Executive	The Hereditary Prince Alois (currently Prince Regent)	[63]
Grand Duke	Henri (b. 1955)		Luxembourg	7 October 2000[fn 24]	22 years, 205 days	Luxembourg-Nassau[fn 25]	Ceremonial	Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg	[65]
Yang di-Pertuan Agong	Abdullah[fn 26] (b. 1959)		Malaysia	31 January 2019[fn 27]	4 years, 89 days	Bendahara	Ceremonial & Federal	Elective[fn 28]	[71]
Prince	Albert II (b. 1958)		Monaco	6 April 2005[fn 29]	18 years, 24 days	Grimaldi	Executive	Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco	[75]
King	Mohammed VI (b. 1963)		Morocco	23 July 1999[fn 30]	23 years, 281 days	Alawi	Executive	Moulay Hassan, Crown Prince of Morocco	[77]
King	Willem-Alexander (b. 1967)		Netherlands	30 April 2013	10 years, 0 days	Orange-Nassau[fn 31]	Ceremonial	Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange	[80]
King	Harald V (b. 1937)		Norway	17 January 1991[fn 32]	32 years, 103 days	Glücksburg[fn 13]	Ceremonial	Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway	[81]
Sultan	Haitham bin Tariq (b. 1954)		Oman	11 January 2020	3 years, 109 days	Al Said	Absolute	Theyazin bin Haitham	[82]
Emir	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (b. 1980)		Qatar	25 June 2013	9 years, 309 days	Al Thani	Executive[83]	Abdullah bin Hamad	[84]
King	Salman (b. 1935)		Saudi Arabia	23 January 2015	8 years, 97 days	Al Saud	Absolute	Mohammed bin Salman[fn 33]	[86]
King	Felipe VI (b. 1968)		Spain	19 June 2014	8 years, 315 days	Borbón-Anjou	Ceremonial	Leonor, Princess of Asturias (Presumptive heir)[fn 34]	[88]
King	Carl XVI Gustaf (b. 1946)		Sweden	15 September 1973[fn 35]	49 years, 227 days	Bernadotte	Ceremonial	Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden	[90]
King	Vajiralongkorn[fn 36] (b. 1952)		Thailand	13 October 2016[fn 37]	6 years, 199 days	Chakri	Ceremonial	Dipangkorn Rasmijoti (Presumptive heir)	[95]
King	Tupou VI (b. 1959)		Tonga	18 March 2012	11 years, 43 days	Tupou[fn 38]	Executive	Tupoutoʻa ʻUlukalala	[97]
President	Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (b. 1961)		United Arab Emirates	14 May 2022	351 days	Al Nahyan[fn 39]	Executive & Federal[fn 40]	Hereditary and elective (presumably Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan)[fn 41]	[101]
Pope	Francis[fn 42] (b. 1936)		Vatican City	13 March 2013	10 years, 48 d

 Where are the women?

List of current consorts of sovereigns[edit]

Dominion	Picture	Name	Birth (age)	Marriage	Became consort	Consort to
Antigua and Barbuda  Australia  Bahamas  Belize  Canada  Grenada  Jamaica  New Zealand  Papua New Guinea  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Solomon Islands  Tuvalu  United Kingdom		Queen Camilla	17 July 1947 (age 75)	9 April 2005	8 September 2022	King Charles III
Bahrain		Sheikha Sabika	1948 (age 74–75)	9 October 1968	14 February 2002	King Hamad II
Belgium		Queen Mathilde	20 January 1973 (age 50)	4 December 1999	21 July 2013	King Philippe
Bhutan		Queen Jetsun Pema	4 June 1990 (age 32)	13 October 2011		King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Brunei		Queen Saleha	7 October 1946 (age 76)	29 July 1965	4 October 1967	Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
Eswatini		11 current wives			25 April 1986	King Mswati III
Japan		Empress Masako	9 December 1963 (age 59)	9 June 1993	1 May 2019	Emperor Naruhito
Jordan		Queen Rania	31 August 1970 (age 52)	10 June 1993	7 February 1999	King Abdullah II
Kuwait		Sheikha Sharifa			29 September 2020	Emir Nawaf
Lesotho		Queen 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso	2 June 1976 (age 46)	18 February 2000		King Letsie III
Luxembourg		Grand Duchess Maria Teresa	22 March 1956 (age 67)	14 February 1981	7 October 2000	Grand Duke Henri
Malaysia		Queen Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah	5 August 1960 (age 62)	6 March 1986	31 January 2019	King Abdullah
Monaco		Princess Charlene	25 January 1978 (age 45)	1 July 2011		Sovereign Prince Albert II
Morocco		Princess Salma	10 May 1978 (age 44)	12 October 2001	21 March 2002	King Mohammed VI
Netherlands		Queen Máxima	17 May 1971 (age 51)	2 February 2002	30 April 2013	King Willem-Alexander
Norway		Queen Sonja	4 July 1937 (age 85)	29 August 1968	17 January 1991	King Harald V
Oman		Sayyida Ahad	4 April 1970 (age 53)	1989	11 January 2020	Sultan Haitham
Qatar		Sheikha Jawaher	1984 (age 38–39)	8 January 2005	25 June 2013	Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Saudi Arabia		Princess Fahda			23 January 2015	King Salman
Spain		Queen Letizia	15 September 1972 (age 50)	22 May 2004	19 June 2014	King Felipe VI
Sweden		Queen Silvia	23 December 1943 (age 79)	19 June 1976		King Carl XVI Gustaf
Thailand		Queen Suthida	3 June 1978 (age 44)	1 May 2019		King Vajiralongkorn
		Royal Noble Consort Sineenat	26 January 1985 (age 38)	28 July 2019
Tonga		Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho	8 March 1954 (age 69)	11 December 1982	18 March 2012	King Tupou VI
United Arab Emirates		Sheikha Salama		1981	14 May 2022	Sheikh Mohamed

Unmarried sovereigns[edit]

• Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, who is personally committed to a monastic way of life.
• Pope Francis, being an ordained priest of the Catholic Church, is sworn to celibacy.

Sovereigns with a deceased consort[edit]

• Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark. She married Henri de Laborde de Monpezat. He died on 13 February 2018 at Fredensborg Palace.
• Hans Adam II, Sovereign Prince of Liechtenstein. He married Marie Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau. She died on 21 August 2021 at Cantonal Hospital in Grabs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_consorts_of_sovereigns

Bright Red Rice Wine From Korea

 

Korea's toe in the far south has an area called Jindo where they have been making a folk liquor for 1,200 years. The red colour of this rice wine is attractive, but what is it. A bit like sake, the alcohol comes from distilling rice. But what is the origin of the colour, and the distinguishing feature. It is made with the added ingredient of a local perennial, herbacious plant which grows wild in the mountainous area. It is bottled in a curvy, stout, broad-shouldered bottle, transparent so that you can appreciate the colour.

Cheongju (청주; 淸酒; literally "clear wine"), sometimes romanized as Chungju, is a clear, refined rice wine of Korean origin.

Names

The word cheongju (청주; 淸酒) consists of two characters: cheong (청; 淸) meaning "clear" and ju (주; 酒) meaning "alcoholic drink".

It is bottled in several sizes. The smallest is 200 ml, whilst the largest is 700 ml. Most of the bottles are clear glass. The red colour of the contents attracts the eyes.

However, equally intriguing are the black, or white, porcelain bottles. The bottles are teardrop shape, or you might say pear shape.

How do you drink this charming drink?  In a clear tumbler glass which curves out slightly, gently at the top. 

The density of the drink enables you to create and sunrise, (or sunset )contrast by pouring the red rice wine, ever so slowly, on top of yellow beer or yellow cider.

Andong Soju

Another Korean use of white porcelain bottles, and one style a lady's face and a man's face, is Andong Soju. However, equally attractive are the opaque white porcelain bottles of the Andong Soju. I especially liked the ones with the lady's face. The one with the man's face is a bit scary.

More details below.

Korean Folk Liquor. Photo by Angela Lansbury taken at ProWine Expo Singapore in April 2023. Copyright.

Photo of  white teardrop bottles and green face bottles of Soju in Wikipedia.

The letters kr, of course, stand for Korea.

The Republic of Korea.

(South Korea)

tel: 061-542 3399.

The flag of South Korea.

Useful websites

www.e-hongju.co.kr

https://www.foodandwine.com/cocktails-spirits/korean-soju

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andong_soju