Despite a challenging year for himself and his entire family, Princess Kate included, sources say Charles has “a levity about him and a sense of joy.”

The British monarch turns 76 today, November 14, and to mark the occasion, his royal family sent him well wishes via social media.

So why hasn't Harry returned the favor with a 76th birthday tribute to his father? Well, for starters, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle no longer have a joint social media account,

King Charles was wished a happy birthday by a historian when he was still Prince of Wales, but his unusual reply raised eyebrows,

The monarch marked the occasion with a visit to a surplus food festival in Deptford, south London, while gun salutes were fired at locations including the Tower of London.

The monarch smiled as the group of youngsters sang to him with their teachers during a visit for a food poverty project.

The opening of the new facilities coincides with the first anniversary of his Coronation Food Project (CFP), which aims to bridge the gap between food waste and food need across the UK, by saving more surplus food, supercharging food distribution networks and delivering a flexible funding programme to support the wider sector.

King Charles's 2024 has been a tough one between battling cancer while continuing to be a working monarch and dealing with his estrangement from Prince Harry. However, Charles is actually as happy as he's ever been,