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What did Nostradamus predict about King Charles III and his abdication?
The French mystic made the prediction that Charles would abdicate, according to an author who wrote a book on the famed apothecary.
Michel de Notre-Dame, also called Michel Nostradame and Nostradamus, was a French apothecary and supposed fortune teller born in France in 1503. He rose to fame for his book Les Prophéties, a collection of 942 poetic quatrains that supposedly predict the future.
First published in 1555, it is claimed Nostradamus predicted several future events. Some of the most notable events were some such as the fire that devastated London in 1666, or the assassination of King Henry IV of France in 1610.
Of the four big claims for 2024, the one that stands out is related to the succession the British throne. The mystic made a claim in this quatrain:
Nostradamus' 10/22 quatrain
Because they disapproved of his divorce
A man who later they considered unworthy
The People will force out the King of the islands
A Man will replace who never expected to be king
Author Mario Reading, in his 2006 book Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies for the Future, made the claim that these lines are actually about the monarchy in the 2020s. He argued Charles III would leave the position of King. The possibility of Harry is pointed out as a possible replacement, although the heir to the throne, currently, is William.
The chances of “the people’ forcing Charles out is very low, but the new cancer diagnosis is certainly a worry for the newly-crowned monarch.
How much can be believed?
Of course this prediction has no notes of specificity. Britain, King Charles, and Prince Harry are not mentioned. Neither is the year. So why is so much credence given to these predictions?
As historian Dan Jones says, “Nostradamus has the virtue of vagueness combined with apocalyptic fervour. That’s not unusual. Many sayers of sooth, from Merlin and Geoffrey of Monmouth onwards, have done the same. This vagueness lends itself to what we now know as confirmation bias. In desperate times, soothsayers have a ready audience for their insane nonsense. It’s the meeting point of cynicism and gullibility.”