Abdicate

The 16th-century astrologer appears to have made a shocking prediction about the royal family.

Nostradamus’s line: “A man will replace him who never expected to be King”, means Prince William isn’t in the picture, according to Reading. Maybe Nostradamus has the same understanding that I do, that all this will come out one day.” As for Charles abdicating, Reading claimed: “Prince Charles will be 74 years old in 2022, when he takes over the throne. The 56-year-old told 7 News Australia: “It’s certainly food for thought, because the prediction makes it clear that someone out of left field would replace Charles as king. He wrote in his book, Nostradamus: Complete Prophecies for the Future: “The preamble is that Queen Elizabeth II will die, circa 2022, at the age of around 96, five years short of her mother’s term of life.” The shocking claims are made by author Mario Reading in his book in 2005.

Texts from the supposed future-seeing 16th-century French astrologist Nostradamus have been interpreted to mean that Charles III's reign will be a short one ...

“It’s certainly food for thought, because the prediction makes it clear that someone out of left field would replace Charles as king. [that William’s brother, Prince Harry](https://nypost.com/2022/09/14/princes-harry-william-walk-together-in-queen-elizabeths-procession/) — [currently fifth in line to the throne](https://nypost.com/2022/09/09/prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-children-inherit-royal-titles/) — may become the unexpected heir. [claims to be the secret son of Charles and Queen Consort Camilla](https://www.the-sun.com/news/3710222/simon-dorante-day-shares-prince-william-photo/) — who have never publicly responded to his allegations — would be selected. [“Nostradamus: Complete Prophecies for the Future”](https://www.amazon.com/Nostradamus-Complete-Prophesies-Mario-Reading/dp/1780288972?tag=nypost-20&asc_refurl=https://nypost.com/2022/09/14/nostradamus-predicted-king-charles-iii-to-abdicate-author/&asc_source=web) accurately [stated that Queen Elizabeth II would die in 2022](https://twitter.com/oudaapje/status/1569428177532903426). In a 2006 revision of his book, Reading adds that “a man who never expected to become king” will instead rule. [Has Nostradamus predicted](https://nypost.com/2021/12/27/nostradamus-predictions-2022/) an extreme shock to come for King Charles III and the British monarchy, or is one author just trying to turn a prophet?

The predictions of Michel de Nostredame have excited the public imagination for centuries, and the astrologer appears to have made a bombshell prediction ...

That would make him King Henry IX, aged just 38." [here](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/queen-dead-royals-live-updates-27940995) Author Mario Reading, a leading expert on the 16th Century astrologer, has reinterpreted the prophecies of Nostradamus in light of current events,. [Prince Harry](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/prince-harry), by process of default, becomes king in his stead? [Prince William](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/prince-william), who would have expected to succeed his father, is no longer in the picture?," Reading asks. [follow our live blog.](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/queen-dead-royals-live-charles-27940995)

The prophecies of Michel de Nostredame have excited the public imagination for centuries, and the astrologer appears to have made a bombshell prediction ...

Reading takes another look at Nostradamus’s line “a man will replace him who never expected to be king”. The author writes: “The preamble is that Queen Elizabeth II will die, circa 2022, at the age of around ninety-six, five years short of her mother’s term of life." It also suggests that "a man who never expected to become king" will succeed him. One such interpretation claims that the then-Prince Charles’s divorce from Princess Diana would create widespread disapproval that will force the new king to abdicate, But in a second revision of his book, published the following year, makes an even more dramatic claim. Reading goes on to speculate that the term “King of the Islands," used in one of Nostradamus’s prophetic poems, means that by the beginning of King Charles III’s reign, much of the Commonwealth will have broken away, leaving the realm confined to the British Isles.