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1-What does "They are sent on their way before lunch." ?

2-Why has it been used "having been shown round" ? I think because these actions are routin it should use "being shown round" instead of it.

3-What does "The future monarch that we don't see is man of great humour" mean?

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Vidreneh1-What does "They are sent on their way before lunch." ?

They are encouraged to leave (or asked to leave) before lunch.

It's a more polite way of saying they were told to go away.

Vidreneh2-Why has it been used "having been shown round" ? I think because these actions are routine it should use "being shown round" instead of it.

having been shown round ~ after they were shown round

The 'having been' shows temporal anteriority. It says the being shown round happened before the sending them on their way.

Vidreneh3-What does "The future monarch that we don't see is man of great humour" mean?

Charles will become the King of England when his mother dies. A king or a queen is called a monarch. So in the future, Charles will be a monarch. Thus, the expression "the future monarch" is a way of referring to Charles.

We don't see him as king yet. We don't see him acting as a king because he is not a king now. Thus, "that we don't see".

An alternate interpretation is that "that we don't see" means that the public does not see Charles in these situations and acting in this way.

a man of great humour ~ a man who has a good sense of humour

This means he is usually cheerful. He's not the type of man that easily gets depressed. He likes activities that are amusing and entertaining. He is not too serious unless it is required.

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