New King to swear oath in presence of privy counsellors, with proceedings televised for first time Britain mourns death of Queen Elizabeth – latest updates Charles will be formally proclaimed King at a historic Accession Council in an ancient ceremony at St James’s Palace on Saturday, it has been announced. […]

Duke of Cambridge and now Cornwall inherits cross-country landed estate that paid Charles income of £21m last year Britain mourns death of Queen Elizabeth – latest updates With accession of Prince Charles to the throne, his eldest son has become the heir apparent, the Prince of Wales and the 25th […]

Charles’s first statement as king says: ‘We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much-loved mother’ Queen Elizabeth dies – latest updates The new king has paid tribute to his “beloved mother” in a statement declaring the death of the Queen to be “a moment of the […]

Unpicking Queen Elizabeth’s name, image and iconography from public life will take some time When George VI died in his sleep at Sandringham during the early hours of 6 February 1952, his eldest daughter, Princess Elizabeth, then visiting Kenya with her husband, immediately became Queen Elizabeth II. “The same simultaneous […]