King Charles appoints Sir Nicholas Coleridge chair of King's Foundation

King Charles appointed Sir Nicholas Coleridge to lead the King's Foundation, GB News reported. The 67-year-old former president of Condé Nast International currently serves as Provost at Eton College. Sir Nicholas told the Daily Mail he was "delighted" to assume the chairmanship.

He had previously acted as a trustee of the foundation, which focuses on sustainable communities and harmony between humanity and the natural world. The appointment follows other royal roles for Sir Nicholas. King Charles named him Chair of Historic Royal Palaces in September 2023 for a three-year term.

He co-chaired the late Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee pageant in 2022 and chaired the V&A museum until 2023. He received a knighthood that year for contributions to museums, publishing, and the creative industries. He was installed as the 43rd Eton Provost in September 2024.

Prince George, aged 12, will begin secondary education at Eton College in September, the Prince and Princess of Wales confirmed earlier this month. Prince George finishes his final year at Lambrook School in Berkshire, where Princess Charlotte, 11, and Prince Louis, eight, also study. Annual fees at Eton stand at £63,298.

"If you had told the 15-year-old me that I would one day return to Eton as Provost I would have been entirely disbelieving and might even have considered it rather a weird idea," he added. "But having returned, I feel fired up and inspired by the journey and challenges ahead.

" Sir Antony Seldon stated that Eton offers Prince George a setting to learn and form friendships away from public scrutiny.

"Eton, his father's school, is ideally placed to provide it," he said.