KING Charles ordered the Navy to rename HMS Agincourt, in a move dubbed “pathetic”. The monarch made the intervention to avoid upsetting the French, sources told The Sun. The nuclear-powered ...

King Charles was involved in a decision to change the name of a new royal submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, a move that was branded "woke nonsense" by former defence secretary Grant ...

A previous attempt to rename Agincourt was blocked by then defence secretary Grant Schapps. Mr Shapps told The Sun: "Renaming the Agincourt is nothing short of sacrilege. "This submarine carries a ...

Shapps has also slammed the U-turn, telling The Sun: “Renaming the Agincourt is nothing short of sacrilege. “This submarine carries a name that honours a defining moment in British history.” ...

The decision to rename the Royal Navy’s HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles has sparked considerable debate, and rightly so. It feels like an unnecessary act of self-censorship, bending over backwards to ...

The Astute-class hunter-killer submarine planned to be called HMS Agincourt will now be HMS Achilles. One of the Royal Navy’s seven Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarine moves through ...