Britain | Royal erosion

The Elizabethan era is not yet at an end

This has consequences for coins and ketchup bottles

The first pressed King Charles III portrait 50-pence coins in circulation at The Royal Mint Ltd. in Pontyclun, UK, on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Coins featuring King Charles III are set to enter use before Christmas in the UK, where they'll circulate alongside existing ones depicting Queen Elizabeth II. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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