King Charles III Arrives Buckingham Palace

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  • Makes first statement as Monarch after his mother’s passage
Britain’s King Charles III and Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort greet the crowd upon their arrival at Buckingham Palace in London, September 9, 2022, a day after Queen Elizabeth II died at age 96 -Photo: AFP/Getty Images

A huge cheer rings out as King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive at Buckingham Palace on Friday morning to the enthusiastic shouts of “God Save The King”.

The King arrived at the Palace with Camilla, the Queen Consort, and smiled as he got out of his vehicle and went over to the crowds of waiting mourners, giving them thanks for their support and presence.

Though some in the crowd shouted; “God Save the King”, the people were generally subdued, offering their condolences to the new monarch and the royal family.

His appearance at the Palace comes on the heels of his first statement as the British monarch announcing the Queen’s passage, saying “The death of my beloved mother, Her Majesty the Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family.

Charles, who is the eldest son and succeeds the late Queen as monarch, released a statement 30 minutes after the death, with a post on the royal family’s official Twitter account “from His Majesty The King.”

He wrote: “The death of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family. We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother. I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms, and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.

“During this period of mourning and change, my family and I will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which The Queen was so widely held.”

Below are the main points following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday afternoon, a statement from the royal family announced at 6.30 pm United Kingdom (UK) time.

Prince Charles, heir to the throne since the age of three, is now king, and paid tribute to a “cherished sovereign and a much-loved mother”. He will be officially proclaimed as monarch at St James’s Palace in London at a meeting of the accession council on Saturday. He will not be crowned king until his coronation can be organised, possibly not for many months.

Large crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace and other royal residences to mourn the loss of the Queen. Crowds in London burst into renditions of God Save the Queen, and then God Save the King to mark the passing of the reign to King Charles. “She has been so strong”, one mourner said.

Charles and the Queen Consort, Camilla, stayed at Balmoral on Thursday night but will travel to London on Friday (today) where the new king will have an audience with the new prime minister Liz Truss. He will make a televised address to the nation and the Commonwealth on Friday evening, UK time.

Truss, who was one of the last visitors to see the Queen when she had her audience with her at Balmoral on Tuesday, said the Queen was the “rock on which modern Britain was built”.

Flags on landmark buildings in Britain and across the Commonwealth were being lowered to half mast as a 10-day period of official mourning was announced. Church bells will be rung around the country on Friday.

People may be able to pay their respects to the Queen as her coffin is expected to lie in rest for 24 hours at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh on Monday, the PA news agency reported.

Charles is also likely on Friday to meet the Earl Marshal – the Duke of Norfolk – who is in charge of the accession and the Queen’s funeral, to approve the carefully choreographed schedule for the coming days. See our brilliant piece on these arrangements and the codeword for the operation – “London Bridge is down”.

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