King Charles III addressed the nationalist connected Friday, Sept. 9, 1 day aft the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The longest-reigning British monarch passed distant astatine property 96. For King Charles, 73, it was a accidental to some grant Her Majesty and besides “express [his] love” for both Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle. Most of all, King Charles paid tribute to his mother, Queen Elizabeth. “To my darling mama, arsenic you statesman your past large travel to articulation my beloved lady. I privation simply to accidental this: ‘Thank you,'” helium said to adjacent his address. “Your emotion and devotion to our household and to the household of nations you person served truthful diligently each these years. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
After memorializing his mother, His Majesty turned his attraction to his children, giving Prince William and his woman Kate Middleton new titles, including Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, but besides different rubric for the heir apparent. “I americium arrogant to make him, Prince of Wales,” helium said. “With Catherine beside him, our caller Prince and Princess of Wales will—I know—continue to animate and pb our nationalist conversations, helping to bring the marginal to the halfway crushed wherever captious assistance tin beryllium given.” Following naming William Prince Of Wales, helium offered benignant words to his younger lad and daughter-in-law. “I privation besides to explicit my emotion for Harry and Megan arsenic they proceed to physique their lives overseas,” helium said.
King Charles began his affectional code by honoring his mother. “Throughout her life, Her Majesty, the Queen, my beloved parent was an inspiration to each my family, and we beryllium her the astir heartfelt indebtedness immoderate household tin beryllium to their parent for her love, affection, guidance, understanding, and example. Queen Elizabeth’s was a beingness good lived, a committedness with Destiny kept, and she is mourned astir profoundly successful her passing,” helium said.
Charles issued a statement connected Thursday pursuing Elizabeth’s passing. “The decease of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is simply a infinitesimal of the top sadness for maine and each members of my family,” helium said. “We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother. I cognize her nonaccomplishment volition beryllium profoundly felt passim the country, the Realms, and the Commonwealth, and by countless radical astir the world. During this play of mourning and change, my household and I volition beryllium comforted and sustained by our cognition of the respect and heavy affection successful which The Queen was truthful wide held.”

In June 2022, Elizabeth II celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, marking seventy years connected the British throne. Unfortunately, she missed retired connected immoderate of the festivities owed to wellness issues. She made her first nationalist post-Jubilee appearance successful Scotland connected June 27, attending the Ceremony of the Keys, the yearly lawsuit commemorating the Queen’s instrumentality to Scotland. The state would beryllium wherever the Queen would walk away, dying peacefully astatine Balmoral Castle successful Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
“The Queen died peacefully astatine Balmoral this afternoon,” the authoritative connection of Elizabeth’s passing read. “The King and the Queen Consort volition stay astatine Balmoral this evening and volition instrumentality to London tomorrow.”

Following Elizabeth’s death, “Operation Unicorn,” the ceremonial plans regarding transporting the erstwhile caput of state’s body, volition footwear into action. The plans leaked immoderate clip ago, according to The Guardian, and they indicated that her coffin would temporarily remainder astatine the Palace of Holyroodhouse. Plans indicated a ceremonial procession on the Royal Mile successful Edinburgh to St Giles’ Cathedral. There, a work volition beryllium held for Elizabeth, and it’s expected to beryllium attended by the royal family. There volition beryllium a 24-hour play of lying astatine rest, which volition beryllium unfastened to the nationalist earlier the assemblage is flown backmost to London.
Upon arriving successful the British capital, the assemblage volition beryllium taken to Buckingham Palace earlier the large ceremonial procession successful the capital. This is planned for “D+5” (D-day positive 5 days) of the 10-day ceremonial plans, which volition impact the Queen lying successful state. With galore mourning the loss of Elizabeth II — a fixture for astir two-thirds of a period — galore displays and celebrates are expected successful the coming weeks.