Charles III gives his first broadcast address as royal after his mother’s death yesterday.
The address is being screened at St Paul’s Cathedral, where 2,000 people have tickets for a service of meditation.
Charles offered an emotional tribute to his late mother the Queen, saying in a national address, ‘Throughout her life, Her Majesty The Queen – my beloved Mother – was an inspiration and example to me and to all my family, and we owe her the most profound debt any family can owe to their mother.’
Liz Truss will read at the event after seeing Charles, 73, at Buckingham Palace earlier today.
Sadiq Khan, Keir Starmer, Kwasi Kwarteng, and James Cleverly attend and sit together.
Pre-service, they were seen conversing.
Speaker of the Commons and Lord Speaker sit together in a separate location, whereas Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Nadhim Zahawi sits with Lord High Chancellor Brandon Lewis.
The congregation looked solemn as the ritual began.
Huge crowds cheered the new monarch as he arrived at Buckingham Palace in a classic Rolls-Royce with Camilla, the Queen Consort.
God Save the King was shouted before an impromptu rendition of the National Anthem with new lyrics.
On a gloomy, damp day, he raised the Royal Standard above Buckingham Palace.
One woman kissed Charles on the hand at Buckingham Palace, and another requested, “Can I kiss you?” before pecking him on the face.
Saturday at 10am, St James’s Palace will host the King’s Accession Council.
It will be televised for the first time, featuring the King’s proclamation and oath.
The Garter King of Arms will read the Principal Proclamation from the balcony overlooking Friary Court at St James’s at 11am.
It will be followed by a flurry of proclamations around the UK, including one at the Royal Exchange in London on Saturday and others in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales on Sunday.
Today is Charles III’s first address as king. It was shown at St Paul’s Cathedral during a prayer session.
She’ll read at today’s Service of Prayer and Reflection. Today, she met Charles III.
Members of the public attend a Prayer and Reflection session in Balmoral yesterday.
This evening’s service in Sir Christopher Wren’s famous edifice featured portraits of the Queen.
Onlookers handed out red roses for the King at Buckingham Palace today. The Queen Consort followed after and joined her husband to observe the floral tributes.
During a 15-minute walkabout, the King told well-wishers, “Thank you so much, it’s so sweet” and “I’ve truly dreaded this day.”
One woman shouted, “We love you, King Charles, and your mum.”
As a bugle sounded, Charles went with Camilla, who was close to tears, past Buckingham Palace’s main entrance.
New York filmmaker Raynald Leconte, 47, met the King and Queen Consort outside Buckingham Palace.
He said, “It was a moment.” I offered condolences. “Thank you very much,” he said. His wife thanked me for wishing her good luck. She said, “I’ll need it.”
Stella Johnson, a mother of three, wanted to see him because she thinks he’ll be great. I didn’t want to miss this historic occasion.
A former Guardsman, who asked not to be recognized, provided the throng a running commentary as Charles received mourners.
He also explained how the Guards saluted the new King as he entered the Palace.
Laura Ohmona praised the new King early on. She remarked, “I said’sorry for your loss’ and he said ‘thank you’”
Ammar Al-Baldawi, 64, from Hertfordshire, said the Queen’s appearance was ‘amazing, touching, and a nice move’
I think the royal family should connect with the public now. These are true loyalists, and it’s reassuring to have him back in leadership of the family and Crown.’
‘It’s lovely to meet the King,’ said Colin Hennessy, 52. He’s really emotional, but he’s also very thankful. He thanked everyone he passed.
Huge throng cheered Charles and Camilla when they arrived at the palace. As he passed, many kissed his hand.
As Charles talked to mourners, they cheered three times.
Cheers and screams of ‘God save the King’ greeted the King and Queen Consort at Buckingham Palace.
Many in the throng were visibly distraught, while others held up phones to see the King.
It was the new King’s first walkabout since his historic accession, and thousands lined up to greet him.
Emotional Charles looks at flower tributes to his mother outside Buckingham Palace.
Charles embraces Camilla as they pass past the palace’s main gates.
After leaving his stateroom, the new king thanked people for their well wishes. Bentley
Godscreams Save the King was chanted, as the new head of state grinned and waved to the crowd.
The King and Camilla arrive at Buckingham Palace from Balmoral.
Elizabeth II, Charles’ mother and a global icon, died yesterday in the Scottish Highlands.
Charles met with Prime Minister Liz Truss before his speech today.
Despite his grief, the King has met with Prime Minister Liz Truss at Buckingham Palace.
The King and Queen Consort view flowers and letters outside Buckingham Palace.
The Queen Consort joined the King to inspect flowers, notes, and Union flags outside the gates.
Under the watchful supervision of armed policemen, the new King and his wife enter Buckingham Palace.
As a bugler played, the black-clad pair entered Buckingham Palace.
King Charles III and the Queen Consort drove along the Mall in 4x4s to Buckingham Palace.
Huge crowds clapped as the newlyweds arrived at the palace, and the King shook hands with the public.
The King was noticeably distraught when the newlyweds arrived at the palace in a state Rolls-Royce.
Jersey’s Joyce Curtis, 72, wanted to be there. Excellent! He’s admired. He walked to observe people and flowers. Great, the people wanted it.
Emma Spreckley, 43, and Jacqueline Southwick, 55, traveled from Mitcham to Buckingham Palace.
She was compassionate to the mourning King: ‘He looked a bit surprised, as it was his mother, and now he’s shaking hands and trying to get through it as best he can.’
Ms. Southwick said, “Seeing all this, he has the nation’s backing.”
John Hardy said he’s convinced Charles would be a soothing effect as king.
We’ve all known him for so long, it seems. No one can replace the Queen’s affection for all Brits.
I think Charles will be well-liked and supported.
The couple landed at RAF Northolt at 1.30pm after leaving Balmoral, where they had spent the night at the late Queen’s bedside.
Despite his anguish, Charles has resumed his royal duties. He ordered seven days of ‘Royal Mourning’ for the Queen after her funeral.
Members of the royal family, royal household workers, and royal Household representatives performing official tasks will observe Royal Mourning.
The Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge is also returning to Windsor before William’s Accession Council.
Charles and Camilla wave as they arrive at Buckingham Palace in a Rolls-Royce.
Camilla and Charles traveled from Balmoral, where the Queen died peacefully on Thursday at age 96, to RAF Northolt in west London.
The Dalai Lama expressed his ‘deep grief’ over the Queen’s death in a letter to the King.
Charles and Camilla wave outside Buckingham Palace. Background bollard bears mother’s cypher
Charles meets his wife to admire flowers and Union flags outside the palace.
Charles greeted the people for 15 minutes before joining Camilla.
The new King arms Camilla as they pass photographers to the royal gates.
Charles put his arm around his wife, who was visibly moved after meeting well-wishers, before they looked at letters, cards, roses, and candles left for the Queen.
A sentry guards Buckingham Palace, where Charles’ first Royal Standard was raised.
The King must attend his first audience with Prime Minister Liz Truss before delivering a televised address to a mourning country at 6pm on Friday.
The Dalai Lama expressed his ‘deep grief’ over the Queen’s death in a letter to the King.
“Your mother had a meaningful life with dignity, grace, a strong sense of service, and a kind heart,” he told Charles.
Thousands have visited Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, and Balmoral to pay their respects, leaving flowers, messages, and candles.
Charles is already working.
He ordered seven days of ‘Royal Mourning’ for the Queen after her funeral.
Members of the royal family, royal household workers, and royal household representatives on official tasks will observe Royal Mourning.
Friday at 1pm, the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery discharged one round for every year of the Queen’s life in Hyde Park.
Thousands of people stood in silence for 16 minutes while cannons roared once every 10 seconds, billowing smoke across the fields with each blast.
The PM and key ministers will attend a memorial service at St Paul’s Cathedral tonight.
King Charles III and Camilla arrive at RAF Northolt today.
Charles and Camilla are welcomed by RAF Station Commander Group Captain McPhaden.
The pair arrived at Buckingham Palace in a vintage Rolls-Royce to be greeted by crowds.
King Charles III leaves Balmoral for Aberdeen Airport on his route to London.
Camilla also had tearful eyes as she rode to Aberdeen Airport.
After his mother’s death last night, King Charles III arrives at Aberdeen Airport.
The monarch shook hands at the airport before flying to London, where he’ll speak tonight.
King Charles III visiting Aberdeen Airport after his mother’s death.
Following Queen Elizabeth’s death, King Charles leaves Balmoral Castle.
King Charles III and the Queen Consort go to London after Queen Elizabeth II’s death on Thursday.
The King has also ordered a time of royal mourning from now until seven days following his mother’s funeral.
King Charles III and the Queen go to London after Queen Elizabeth II’s death on Thursday.
Members of the royal family rushed to the sick monarch yesterday.
Prince William, now Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge, departed Balmoral at 1pm and is returning to Windsor to be with his family before the Accession Council.
Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, and the Countess of Wessex still live there.
My family and I will be comforted by the respect and tremendous affection for The Queen during this time of loss and change.
After getting a helicopter from Dumfries House in Ayrshire with Camilla, Charles spent the day with his mother.
Buckingham Palace notification for King Charles III’s Accession Council and Principal Proclamation
Charles delivered a statement hailing Queen Elizabeth as a ‘cherished Sovereign and much-loved Mother’
First King Charles since 1600s
Charles III is the first King Charles since the 1600s and shares the name with monarchs who ruled through one of Britain’s most difficult periods.
The new monarch used his Christian name as his official name, like his mother.
Charles I and II ruled from 1625 to 1685 and oversaw the monarchy’s collapse and restoration, the Great Fire of London, and the plague.
Charles I was the only British monarch to be publicly tried and executed for treason. Charles II, known as the Merry Monarch, spent several years in exile and fathered a dozen illegitimate children.
The plague and Great Fire of London occurred during Charles II’s reign.
Bonnie Prince Charlie was known as Charles III by his supporters.
Charles I was an unpopular king whose reign saw the brief breakdown of the monarchy and the foundation of an English republic.
Charles I traveled to England from Scotland when his father, James VI, inherited the crown in 1603.
Henry Frederick Prince of Wales died at 18 in 1612, making him heir apparent.
Charles I’s 1625 marriage to Henrietta Maria of Bourbon outraged protestants.
Many subjects resented his policies, which included levying taxes without parliamentary permission.
Attempts to push the church of Scotland to embrace Anglican traditions prompted to religious tensions, which strengthened the English and Scottish parliaments and contributed to his downfall.
Charles I was defeated in 1645 by the English and Scottish parliaments. After a brief escape, he was re-captured and executed in Whitehall in 1649.
His son, Charles II, was declared King of Scotland after his execution and tried to recapture England. He was defeated by Oliver Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester in 1651 and spent nine years in exile.
Parliament proclaimed Charles II king after Oliver Cromwell’s death in 1658 and Richard’s resignation the following year. He returned to England in 1660.
Charles II evacuated London for Salisbury as the plague killed hundreds.
Charles II and his brother James oversaw the Great Fire of London in 1666.
Charles had no legal children but 12 with seven mistresses, earning him the nickname ‘Old Rowley,’ after his favorite racehorse stallion.
The Dukes of Buccleuch, Richmond, Grafton, and St Albans descend from Charles, while Diana, Princess of Wales, descended from two of Charles’ illegitimate sons, Grafton and Richmond.
Prince William might be the first British king descended from Charles II.
Princess Anne was already at Balmoral on royal duty.
Andrew, Edward, and Prince William, Her Majesty’s other children, all attended.
The Queen’s family hurried to her Scottish estate after her physicians issued an extraordinary statement saying they were ‘concerned’ about her health.
Charles becomes monarch at 73, about a half-century older than the Queen.
In the wake of his mother’s death, he may start a major overhaul of the monarchy.
Royal watchers say the former Prince of Wales wants a streamlined monarchy with ‘no hangers-on’
During the Platinum Jubilee in June, the Queen limited individuals appearing on the Buckingham Palace balcony to working Royal Family members.
External circumstances have cast doubt on King Charles’ original paradigm, which featured a core of just seven people, including himself.
Before the Queen’s death, the plan included her, Prince Philip, Charles and Camilla, William, Kate, and Harry.
Philip died at 99 in 2021, and Harry’s future in the slimmed-down monarchy seems unclear after he departed front-line royal duties and moved to the U.S.
Prince Andrew, the Queen’s son and King Charles’ brother, has been alienated since his US sex assault case with Virginia Giuffre.
Royal observers say Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, Prince Edward, and his wife Sophie, Countess of Wessex are ‘essential’ to Prince Charles’ future kingdom.
As Charles becomes King, William will become Prince of Wales and Kate Middleton Princess of Wales.
Charles will lead the new kingdom as King. Along with his alleged goal to shrink the family, he’ll move.
Since 2003, the former Prince of Wales has lived at Clarence House in Westminster.
The Queen’s official house is Buckingham Palace, but she favored Windsor Castle after Prince Philip’s death.
The Queen wished to stay at Clarence House after her father’s death, but Winston Churchill urged her to transfer to Buckingham Palace because of its significance as the monarch’s house.
Kings Charles may move inside Buckingham Palace like his mother.
In February 2022, a royal source told the Mail on Sunday, ‘There’s no doubt.’ HRH thinks monarchy HQ needs a monarch. Never doubted.
The prince won’t move into Buckingham Palace until he’s king. He will when ready.
It will be in the ‘flat over the shop’ like the Queen. He thinks it’s right to work from Buckingham Palace, like the Queen.
The Palace will remain a working, entertainment, and visitor-friendly hub. It’s a tourist hotspot.