Weatherday: End of the May King

Early sunshine will give way to cloud through the morning. Rain coming from the south will bring some heavy bursts through the afternoon, possibly a thunderstorm. It will ease through the evening.

High of 19deg, slipping back a little with the rain. Light variable breeze.

On this day in 1946, Italians voted in a referendum to become a republic, and the Italian royal family subsequently went into exile.

(Headline: The May King was the nickname of Umberto II, the last king of Italy, who had reigned just 34 days.)

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