North Carolina south of the Chowan River and east of the Great Dismal Swamp in 1655. By 1663, this northeastern area of the Province of Carolina, known as the Albemarle Settlements, was undergoing full-scale English settlement. During the same period, the English monarch Charles II gave the province to the Lords Proprietors, a group of noblemen who had helped restore Charles to the throne in 1660. The new province of "Carolina" was named in honor and memory of King Charles I (Latin: "Carolus"). In 1712, North Carolina became a separate colony. Except for the Earl Granville holdings, it became a royal colony
Monarch Airlines livery was applied to G-MONJ. HedKandi CDs and radio stations were available for purchase and to listen to on board Monarch aircraft. In October 2007, Monarch became the first airline in Europe to accept PayPal as a flight payment option on its website. During 2008, Monarch changed the name of its website from "flymonarch.com" to "monarch.co.uk". It also changed its advertising slogan to "The Low Fare Airline That Cares". During 2008, Monarch provided the aircraft, an Airbus A321, to launch the ITV2 television programme "CelebAir". Celebrities were trained and took on duties performed by airline staff, such as cabin crew.