Johan de Witt, who served as the Grand Pensionary (effectively the Prime Minister) of the Dutch Republic, met a horrifying ...

But Labour leader Keir Starmer won’t actually become prime minister until a carefully choreographed ceremony on Friday during which King Charles III will formally ask him to form a new government.

In less than two years on the throne, Charles could soon be on his third prime minister.Credit...Pool photo by Yui Mok Mr. Starmer’s devotion to the law might also spare the king the kind of ...