{"id":168825,"date":"2026-06-10T08:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=168825"},"modified":"2026-06-10T08:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T15:30:09","slug":"king-charles-iii-grants-scotland-a-world-cup-bank-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/king-charles-iii-grants-scotland-a-world-cup-bank-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles III grants Scotland a World Cup bank holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>King Charles III<\/strong> is once again back in the spotlight of the international media ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The King has just approved a one-off bank holiday in Scotland to celebrate the national team&#8217;s first FIFA World Cup appearance in nearly three decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scotland is set to make their grand return to the competition for the very first time since 199<strong>8. That\u2019s why King Charles III has granted a holiday, which will take place on Monday 15 June, following Scotland\u2019s opening match against Haiti<\/strong>, which is scheduled to kick off in Boston on the evening of 14 June local time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/King-Charles-III-holiday-for-Scotland-will-take-place-on-June-15-.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles III will be celebrating the FIFA tournament \" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/King-Charles-III-holiday-for-Scotland-will-take-place-on-June-15-.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/King-Charles-III-holiday-for-Scotland-will-take-place-on-June-15--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/King-Charles-III-holiday-for-Scotland-will-take-place-on-June-15--1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/King-Charles-III-holiday-for-Scotland-will-take-place-on-June-15--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/King-Charles-III-holiday-for-Scotland-will-take-place-on-June-15--1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/King-Charles-III-holiday-for-Scotland-will-take-place-on-June-15--860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Swinney, Scotland\u2019s First Minister, explained this extra day would allow supporters to celebrate the national team\u2019s historic qualification and recover after watching the late-night fixture:\u00a0 <em>\u201cI want as many people as possible to enjoy and <strong>celebrate<\/strong> this moment.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, King Charles III might be in the eye of the storm after he granted a bank holiday for Scotland\u2019s World Cup return. The King didn\u2019t introduce a holiday for <strong>England<\/strong> during previous major tournaments.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Charles III is once again back in the spotlight of the international media ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The King has just approved a one-off bank holiday in Scotland to celebrate the national team&#8217;s first FIFA World Cup appearance in nearly three decades. Scotland is set to make their grand return to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":168826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2264,1795],"tags":[1881],"class_list":["post-168825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-entertainment","category-royal-family","tag-king-charles-iii"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168825"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168831,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168825\/revisions\/168831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}