While at its inception in 1753, it was a financial operation centered on the control of church money connected to the thousands of benefices now under the authority of the king of Spain,
Charles III would use the power it granted to the monarchy to hand-pick men who favored the state's reform initiatives and place them in particular regions of Spain where such reform was targeted.
Unrealistically dependent on several vulnerable pillars, most notably the French alliance, Spain made modest reforms under
Charles III, but these changes proved unable to redress the preexisting structural weakness of Spain, which was never to recover the glory of the early Hapsburg dynasty.
KING
CHARLES III THE new BBC drama is unlikely to be popular with Buckingham Palace, Clarence House or Kensington Palace.
King
Charles III takes audiences to a time in the future when the Queen is dead and after a lifetime of waiting, Prince Charles ascends the throne.
So what does Robert think the heir to the throne would say, the next time they meet, about the fact the actor - best known for playing Jesus of Nazareth and a hospital boss in Holby City - is playing him in King
Charles III? "Oh, I think he will ignore the fact and not mention it, unless I bring it up.
Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender, never became
Charles III. Seemingly the Prince of Wales is now contemplating whether there should ever be a
Charles III, even if he survives the Queen, who seems capable of reigning for another couple of decades.
Her basic tenets may be summarized as follows: In its well-known and extensively studied reaction to the 1762 English occupation of Havana, the reforming Bourbon monarchs, principally
Charles III (1759-88), mandated a fundamental administrative, military and commercial overhaul of the vast Spanish colonial empire with a number of objectives.
Since the accession of
Charles III (1759-88) to the throne of Spain and its extensive and increasingly prosperous overseas empire, much of Madrid had been turned into a dusty construction site.
"Kings
Charles III and The Crown are fantastic, but we really like trying to do something different." "Everyone is very deferential about the royal family even now.
The 90-minute BBC1 documentary comes after the broadcaster aired controversial royal drama King
Charles III, adapted from a stage play, in which the Prince of Wales succeeds his mother but sparks a constitutional crisis.