Plans include ceremonial processions, period of lying in state and King’s formal proclamation Accession of King Charles and death of Queen Elizabeth – latest updates Charles III and the Queen Consort arrive in London from Balmoral. The King holds his first audience with the prime minister, Liz Truss. He is […]
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The King also announced William and Kate would become Prince and Princess of Wales This is a enjoyable series of tweets on some of the Queen’s quietly subversive moments My colleague Dan Sabbagh has written a blow-by-blow account of how the news broke of the Queen’s ill-health yesterday. It was […]
King says Elizabeth II’s was ‘a life well-lived’ William and Catherine named Prince and Princess of Wales Charles speaks of his love for Harry and Meghan King Charles III has pledged to serve the country “with loyalty, respect and love” in an emotional address in which he paid tribute to […]
Saturday’s papers capture the King’s public display of deep affection for his mother, and his vow to make loyalty, respect and love the tenets of his reign Queen Elizabeth’s death mourned – latest updates King Charles III’s emotional speech to a nation in mourning resounded across Saturday’s front pages, which […]
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 […]
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. […]
Full page pictures of Queen Elizabeth fill the front pages as newspapers mark a historic and sombre day for Britain World leaders pay tribute to the Queen – latest updates Pictures of the Queen fill the front pages of the daily papers, with patriotism and praise on display as Britain […]
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 […]
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 […]
Death draws to a close Britain’s second Elizabethan era and heralds the reign of her son, King Charles III • Queen Elizabeth dies – latest updates Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history, has died aged 96, drawing to a close the country’s second Elizabethan era, and heralding […]