Many of Tuesday’s front pages show an image of King Charles III from his Coronation on Saturday. The official portraits were released by Buckingham Palace on Monday. Along with the photos, the King gave his thanks to all those who marked the historic occasion, the paper reports.
“Thank you each and every one” is the Metro’s headline and it also shows a smaller image of the Queen’s official Coronation portrait. The words come from a longer statement, in which the royal couple said that “to know that we have your support and encouragement, and to witness your kindness expressed in so many different ways, has been the greatest possible Coronation gift”.
The Scottish Daily Express chooses a similar headline and gives the whole page to the photo in a souvenir issue. King Charles is wearing the full Coronation regalia.
The Scottish Sun uses the image as the cover of its own souvenir edition and compares the image to the official photograph of the King’s predecessor, his mother Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
The Scottish Daily Mail uses the same image above a story claiming that Boris Johnson and King Charles privately rowed about the government’s plans to deport migrants to Rwanda. It is not the first time claims about the alleged disagreement have appeared in the press – it is said to have taken place last year, when Mr Johnson was still PM. Mr Johnson said the account is “inaccurate”, the paper reports.
The Scotsman gives less of its front page over to the portrait of the King, leading with a story about SNP MP Joanna Cherry, who has vowed to take legal action against The Stand comedy club after it cancelled her Fringe show. The paper says Ms Cherry is seeking damages from the club for an “unlawful and discriminatory” decision to abandon a booking after some staff said they were “unwilling” to work at her show.
Joanna Cherry also makes the front page of the Daily Record, which explains that the row centres on the MSP’s views on transgender rights. Ms Cherry, who is a lawyer, has asked for the gig to be reinstated and wants the venue to apologise after receiving legal advice.
The Daily Telegraph features a non-Coronation story about planned health reforms, which will reportedly see patients encouraged to “skip the GP for common illnesses” in favour of a pharmacy-led approach.
Tory MP William Hague has questioned the lack of paperwork around Humza Yousaf’s controversial meeting with the Pakistan consulate on the day of Scotland’s equal marriage vote. The timing of the meeting emerged during the SNP leadership campaign and the paper says the Conservative peer has called the lack of paperwork “unusual”.
The sudden death of the founder of Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance, Johnny Bulloch is the lead story in The Courier. The 54-year-old Perthshire businessman died in London on Thursday. The paper publishes tributes to “a champion for Perth”.
The National looks forward to the next general election, claiming the SNP have pledged they will try to “undo Brexit as far as possible” if they become kingmakers in the event of a hung parliament. The paper says the party are gearing up for the possibility of Labour failing to gain a majority and say they hope to hold Keir Starmer’s feet to the fire over Brexit and an independence referendum.
The cost of living makes the top story in the i, which quotes both Conservative and Labour MPs criticising high street banks for not passing on rising interest rates to savers. Recent hikes should theoretically be good news for people who have savings in a bank – but with interests rates likely to rise again later this week, critical MPs say consumers aren’t seeing the benefits.
The P&J described the death of shinty star Scott Knox as a “tragedy” and says the sport’s community is in mourning. His club, Boleskin Camanachd said its members were “devastated”.
Stereophonics fan Ross Scaife’s wife tells the Evening Express she had no idea he was ill before he took his own life following a gig a year ago. She tells the paper she vows to help others struggling with their mental health.
Problems with school placement requests make the front page of the Glasgow Times which hears from a family who has to request a place in a school “across the road”.
A “woman beating thug” is spared jail in the latest court story in the Evening Telegraph.
The Edinburgh Evening News tackles the subject of raw sewage in the city’s waterways, with campaigners calling for urgent action.
And the Daily Star of Scotland gives its front page to a story about artificial intelligence. It quotes professor Ciaran Martin, the former head of the UK government’s National Cyber Security Centre, who raises concerns that the rapid development of AI tools capable of producing believable fakes risks “undermining the fabric of our society”.
