Princess Kate glitters alongside King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla at state banquet welcoming South Africa's president, more of the best photos from the first months of the new monarch's reign
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Princess Kate, President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa, King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla attend a state banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 22, 2022 — the first state visit hosted by the U.K. with Charles as monarch, and the first state visit to Britain by a South African leader since 2010.
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President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa stood with King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla during a State Banquet at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 22, 2022 — the first state visit hosted by the U.K. with Charles as monarch, and the first state visit to Britain by a South African leader since 2010.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa was joined by King Charles III, Queen Consort Camilla, Prince William and Princess Kate at a ceremonial welcome for the visiting leader’s official state visit to Britain at Horse Guards Parade in London on Nov. 22, 2022. This was the first state visit hosted by the U.K. with Charles as monarch, and the first state visit to Britain by a South African leader since 2010.
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King Charles III received King Felipe VI of Spain — a distant cousin, as both are descendants of britain’s Queen Victoria — in the Morning Room during an audience at Clarence House in London on Nov. 21, 2022.
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On Nov. 14, 2022 — King Charles III’s 74th birthday — Buckingham Palace released this photo of His Majesty standing beside an ancient oak tree in Windsor Great Park in Windsor, England, on Nov. 11, 2022, to mark his appointment as Ranger of the Park 70 years after his father, the late Prince Philip, was appointed to the post. The tree is one of many veteran and ancient oak and beech trees that make Windsor one of the largest and most important collections in North Europe. The continuity of royal patronage of the Great Park for nearly 1,000 years led to the preservation and stewardship of this extra collection of trees.
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King Charles III is somber as he places a wreath at The Cenotaph during the National Service of Remembrance in London on Nov. 13, 2022 — his first Day of Remembrance ceremony as sovereign. Remembrance Sunday honors British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in both WWI and WWII as well as later conflicts.
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A broken egg thrown by a member of the public at King Charles III is seen on the ground in front of the monarch as he and Queen Consort Camilla (not pictured) arrived for a welcoming ceremony to the city of York at Micklegate Bar during an official visit to Yorkshire, England, on Nov. 9, 2022. The person who threw the eggs narrowly missed the monarch, who carried on calmly.
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A member of the public was arrested by police after throwing eggs at King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla as the royals arrived for a welcoming ceremony to the city of York at Micklegate Bar during an official visit to Yorkshire, England, on Nov. 9, 2022.
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King Charles III planted a lime tree near the Tea House in the Buckingham Palace garden for the Queen’s Green Canopy — a tree-planting initiative created to mark the late monarch Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022 — after hosting a reception for world leaders, business figures, environmentalists and NGOs at Buckingham Palace in London on Nov. 4, 2022, ahead of the Cop27 Summit in Egypt.
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King Charles III welcomed Rishi Sunak during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London where he invited the newly elected leader of the Conservative Party to become prime minister and form a new government on Oct. 25, 2022. Rishi is Britain’s first ever prime minister of color as well as the first PM to start his tenure as the country’s leader under the new king.
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King Charles III peered through the stained-glass windows at the Burrell Collection at Pollok Country Park in Glasgow, Scotland, on Oct. 13, 2022, following a six-year refurbishment project.
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King Charles III collected bouquets of flowers from well-wishers while officially re-opening the Burrell Collection at Pollok Country Park in Glasgow, Scotland, on Oct. 13, 2022, following a six-year refurbishment project.
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King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla were snapped leaving Crathie Kirk after attending Sunday church service near Balmoral — the estate in the Scottish Highlands that he inherited upon the death of his mother one month earlier — on Oct. 9, 2022.
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A kilted King Charles III and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, departed Scotland’s Dunfermline Abbey on Oct. 3, 2022, where they celebrated its 950th anniversary following a visit with local officials and Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to mark Dunfermline being granted city status during the late queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
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On Oct. 1, 2022, Buckingham Palace released this photo taken on Sept. 18, 2022 — the eve of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral — making it clear which royals are at the heart of the new monarchy: King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla posed next to Prince William and Princess Kate ahead of a reception for heads of state and official overseas guests at Buckingham Palace in London.
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On Sept. 26, 2022 — the final official day of mourning following Queen Elizabeth II’s death — Buckingham Palace issued this image of the new cypher that will be used by King Charles III. The cypher is the sovereign’s monogram, consisting of the first initial of the monarch’s name and title, Rex (Latin for kin), alongside a representation of the crown. The cypher is the personal property of the king and was selected by Charles from a series of designs prepared by Buckingham Palace’s heraldry experts, the College of Arms. It will begin to replace his mother’s “ERII” cypher that for decades appeared on mail postmarks, state documents, government departments and, eventually, all those classic red mailboxes that are sprinkled around the U.K.
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Prince William, Prince Harry, Duchess Meghan, King Charles III, Camilla, Queen Consort, Princess Anne, Princess Beatrice and more royals observed the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as it was transferred from the gun carriage to the hearse at Wellington Arch following her state funeral at Westminster Abbey. The funeral cortege continued on to Windsor, England, for a committal ceremony and burial at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Princess Kate rode in Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral cortege near Marlborough Gate in London as it made its way through London and continued to Windsor, England, for a committal ceremony and burial at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Prince George of Wales and Princess Charlotte of Wales stood in front of Westminster Abbey in London during the state funeral of great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 19, 2022.
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King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward stood behind mother Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin at Westminster Abbey in London during her state funeral on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Duchess Meghan and Camilla, Queen Consort watched as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II left her funeral at London’s Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19, 2022.
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Britain’s Princess Kate spoke with Olena Zelenska, the first lady of Ukraine, as she welcomed her to Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 18, 2022, one day before the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
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President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived at Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 18, 2022, to attend King Charles III’s reception for heads of state and other world leaders the night before the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
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As first lady Jill Biden looked on, President Joe Biden spoke after signing a book of condolence at Lancaster House in London on Sept. 18, 2022, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
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King Charles III received Prime Minister Liz Truss in the 1844 Room at Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 18, 2022 — the day before Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral.
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex held vigil to honor grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, with his cousins, at Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster in London on Sept. 17, 2022, during the late monarch’s lying-in-state ahead of her Sept. 19 funeral. King Charles III permitted Harry, a British army veteran, to wear his uniform despite no longer being a working royal.
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Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchildren — Zara Tindall and brother Peter Phillips; Lady Louise Windsor and brother James, Viscount Severn; Princess Beatrice and sister Princess Eugenie; and Prince William and brother Prince Harry — made their way down a staircase in Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster in London on Sept. 17, 2022, during the late monarch’s lying-in-state before taking their places around her coffin to hold vigil two days before her funeral.
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Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchildren — Zara Tindall and brother Peter Phillips; Lady Louise Windsor and brother James, Viscount Severn; Princess Beatrice and sister Princess Eugenie; and Prince William and brother Prince Harry — surrounded their grandmother’s coffin during a vigil in Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster in London on Sept. 17, 2022, during the late monarch’s lying-in-state two days before her funeral.
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Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchildren — Zara Tindall and brother Peter Phillips; Lady Louise Windsor and brother James, Viscount Severn; Princess Beatrice and sister Princess Eugenie; and Prince William and brother Prince Harry — made their way across Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster in London on Sept. 17, 2022, during the late monarch’s lying-in-state and took their places around her coffin to hold vigil two days before her funeral.
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Prince William and Prince Harry made their way made their way down a staircase at Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster in London on Sept. 17, 2022, with their cousins and walked in formation to the catafalque upon which the coffin of their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, rested. They surrounded her body and held vigil for 15 minutes as crowds of mourners filed past during the late monarch’s lying-in-state ahead of her Sept. 19 funeral. King Charles III permitted Harry, a British army veteran, to wear his uniform despite no longer being a working royal.
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Camilla, Queen Consort and daughter-in-law Princess Kate chatted during a lunch King Charles III held for governors-general of the Commonwealth nations at Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 17, 2022, two days ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.
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King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Edward and Prince Andrew made their way down a staircase at Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster in London on Sept. 16, 2022, and walked to the catafalque upon which the coffin of their mother, Queen Elizabeth II, rested. They surrounded her body and held vigil for 15 minutes as crowds of mourners filed past during the late monarch’s lying-in-state ahead of her Sept. 19 funeral.
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Britain’s King Charles III, Prince Edward, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew arrived to attend a vigil for their mother, Queen Elizabeth II, inside London’s Westminster Hall on Sept. 16, 2022. Andrew, the Duke of York, was permitted to wear his naval uniform just for this event, despite previously having to step back as a working royal amid a scandal. After entering the vast hall, the late monarch’s four children walked up the catafalque — the raised platform upon which her casket rested — and each stood on a different side of the coffin facing crowds of mourners walking past to pay their respects ahead of the queen’s funeral on Sept. 19.
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Members of the public filed past as King Charles III (front), Princess Anne (left), Prince Andrew (not pictured) and Prince Edward (right) held a 15-minute vigil beside the coffin of their mother, Queen Elizabeth II, during her lying-in-state on the catafalque in Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster in London on Sept. 16, 2022, ahead of her funeral three days later.
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Members of the royal family including James, Viscount Severn sister Lady Louise Windsor and their mother, Sophie, Countess of Wessex; Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi; Jack Brooksbank; Camilla, Queen Consort; Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence; Zara Tindall, husband Mike Tindall and daughters Mia and Lena Tindall; the Duke of Kent; the Duchess of Gloucester; and the Earl and Countess of St. Andrews attended a vigil that saw King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward stand beside the coffin of their mother, Queen Elizabeth II, during her lying-in-state in Westminster Hall at the Palace of Westminster in London on Sept. 16, 2022, three days ahead of the monarch’s funeral.
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Prince William and Princess Kate met Australian, Canadian and New Zealand troops during a visit to ATC Pirbright, an army training center in Guildford, England, on Sept. 16, 2022. The couple spoke with troops from the Commonwealth who have been deployed to the U.K. to take part in the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and to thank them all for the part they are playing in marking the death of Her Majesty.
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Camilla, Queen Consort attended a Service of Prayer and Reflection for the life of Queen Elizabeth II at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, on Sept. 16, 2022. On the visit — which concluded her tour of the four nations of the U.K. alongside husband King Charles III following the death of the queen on Sept. 8 — Camilla wore a diamond brooch in the shape of a leek, a national symbol of Wales, which is a replica of the late queen’s Welsh Guards Leek Brooch.
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King Charles III laughs and smiles as he meets the local community after a Service of Prayer and Reflection for the life of Queen Elizabeth II at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, on Sept. 16, 2022. The visit, which concluded his tour of the four nations of the U.K. following the death of mother Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8, was his first since ascending the throne after serving as the Prince of Wales for more than 60 years.
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Prince William and Princess Kate — wearing a pair of pearl earrings that belonged to Queen Elizabeth II — waved to the crowds as they viewed floral tributes left at the Norwich Gates outside his grandmother’s Sandringham estate in England’s Norfolk region, where the royal family traditionally spent their Christmases when the queen was alive, on Sept. 15, 2022, in the lead-up to Her Majesty’s funeral. They and other senior royals stepped in to support William’s father, King Charles III, as he retreated to his Highgrove estate to spend a day in quiet reflection after a packed schedule of events following the queen’s death on Sept. 8.
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Princess Anne greeted members of the public and viewed tributes laid outside City Chambers in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sept. 15, 2022, after meeting representatives of organizations of which her late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, was patron, in the run-up to the monarch’s funeral. She and other senior royals stepped in to support her brother King Charles III as he retreated to his Highgrove estate to spend a day in quiet reflection after a packed schedule of events following their mother’s death on Sept. 8.
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Prince William and Princess Kate viewed floral tributes left at the Norwich Gates outside Queen Elizabeth II’s Sandringham estate in King’s Lynn, England — where the royal family traditionally spent their Christmases when the monarch was alive — on Sept. 15, 2022, in the lead-up to Her Majesty’s funeral.
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Sophie, Countess of Wessex visited Manchester Cathedral in Manchester, England, with husband Prince Edward (not pictured) on Sept. 15, 2022, to light a candle in memory of Queen Elizabeth III during a day in the city to accept condolences on behalf of the royal family ahead of the late monarch’s funeral.
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Sophie, Countess of Wessex and husband Prince Edward visited Manchester Cathedral in Manchester, England, on Sept. 15, 2022, to light a candle in memory of Queen Elizabeth III during a day in the city to accept condolences on behalf of the royal family ahead of the late monarch’s funeral. They and other senior royals stepped in to support King Charles III as he retreated to his Highgrove estate to spend a day in quiet reflection after a packed schedule of events following Elizabeth’s death on Sept. 8.
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Princess Anne greeted members of the public and viewed tributes laid outside City Chambers in Glasgow, Scotland, on Sept. 15, 2022, after meeting representatives of organizations of which her late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, was patron, in the run-up to the monarch’s funeral. She and other senior royals stepped in to support her brother King Charles III as he retreated to his Highgrove estate to spend a day in quiet reflection after a packed schedule of events following their mother’s death on Sept. 8.
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Peter Phillips, Prince Harry, Prince William and Prince Edward followed the bearer party carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II into Westminster Hall in London on Sept. 14, 2022, for the lying-in-state ahead of her funeral. The late monarch’s body was taken in procession on a gun carriage by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall.
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Prince William and wife Princess Kate and Prince Harry and wife Duchess Meghan paid their respects in the Palace of Westminster in London on Sept. 14, 2022, after Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrived from Buckingham Palace to begin her lying-in-state five days ahead of her funeral.
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Princess Kate — wearing late mother-in-law Princess Diana’s Collingwood pearl drop earrings — paid her respects in the Palace of Westminster in London on Sept. 14, 2022, after Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrived from Buckingham Palace to begin her lying-in-state five days ahead of her funeral.
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On Sept. 14, 2022, Camilla, Queen Consort, Princess Kate, Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Duchess Meghan stood together and paid their respects as Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin was carried into Westminster Hall, where it will lie in state until her funeral, following a procession from Buckingham Palace through the streets of London.
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Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice spoke to their father, Prince Andrew, at the Palace of Westminster in London on Sept. 14, 2022, after Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrived from Buckingham Palace to begin her lying-in-state five days ahead of her funeral.
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Prince William, King Charles III, Prince Harry, Princess Anne and Sir Timothy Laurence walked behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, which was transported on a gun carriage, during a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall through the streets of London on Sept. 14, 2022, to begin her lying-in-state ahead of her funeral.
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Princess Kate and Sophie, Countess of Wessex watched the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II arrive in London’s Westminster Hall on Sept. 14, 2022, after her body arrived from Buckingham Palace. She will lay in state until the early morning of her funeral.
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Prince William and Prince Harry walked behind the coffin of grandmother Queen Elizabeth II during the procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall in London for her lying-in state on Sept. 14, 2022.
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The Imperial State Crown sat on a velvet cushion atop Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin as it traveled from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall in London on Sept. 14, 2022, for her lying-in-state. The crown was made for the coronation of her father, King George VI in 1937, and then worn by Elizabeth at her own coronation in 1953.
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Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and wife Princess Beatrice stood next to her cousins James, Viscount Severn and Lady Louise Windsor, as they paid their respects in the Palace of Westminster in London on Sept. 14, 2022, after Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrived from Buckingham Palace to begin her lying-in-state five days ahead of her funeral.
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Mike Tindall and wife Zara Tindall, Princess Eugenie and husband Jack Brooksbank and Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi paid their respects in the Palace of Westminster in London on Sept. 14, 2022, after Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin arrived from Buckingham Palace to begin her lying-in-state five days ahead of her funeral.
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King Charles III and Prince William walked behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II during the procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall in London for her lying-in state on Sept. 14, 2022.
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Prince William and Prince Harry walked behind the coffin of grandmother Queen Elizabeth II during the procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall in London for her lying-in state on Sept. 14, 2022.
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King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Edward, Prince William, Prince Andrew, Camilla, Queen Consort, Sir Timothy Laurence, Peter Phillips, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Princess Kate, Princess Beatrice and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent were in formation inside the Palace of Westminster in London at the start of the lying-in state of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 14, 2022.
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On Sept. 14, 2022, Camilla, Queen Consort, Princess Kate, Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Duchess Meghan stood together and paid their respects as Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin was carried into Westminster Hall, where it will lie in state until her funeral, following a procession from Buckingham Palace through the streets of London.
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Camilla, Queen Consort departed Buckingham Palace to follow as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, adorned with a royal standard and the Imperial State Crown, was pulled by a gun carriage of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery during a procession to Westminster Hall on Sept. 14, 2022, for the late monarch’s lying in state.
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Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex were driven in a car following the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II during during the procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall in London for her lying-in state on Sept. 14, 2022.
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Camilla, Queen Consort and Princess Kate departed Buckingham Palace in a car together to follow the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, adorned with a royal standard and the Imperial State Crown, as it was pulled by a gun carriage of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery during a procession to Westminster Hall on Sept. 14, 2022, for the late monarch’s lying in state.
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King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince William, Prince Andrew, Prince Harry and Prince Edward marched behind Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin as a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where her body will lie in state until her funeral, made its way through the streets of London on Sept. 14, 2022.
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The royal family stands behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, adorned with a royal standard and the Imperial State Crown, after her body arrived at Westminster Hall from Buckingham Palace in London for her lying-in-state on Sept. 14, 2022.
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King Charles III and family members including Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan (pictured) waited inside the grand entrance to Buckingham Palace for Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin to arrive in a new custom state hearse, which the late monarch had a hand in designing, after her body was flown to London from Scotland on Sept. 13, 2022, five days after her death. Other family members in attendance included Camilla, Queen Consort; Prince William and Princess Kate; Princess Anne and husband Sir Tim Laurence; Prince Andrew and daughters Princess Eugenie and her husband, Jack Brooksbank, and Princess Beatrice and her husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi; Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex and their children, Lady Louise and James, Viscount Severn; and the late Princess Margaret’s children, Lady Sarah Chatto and David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon.
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A new state hearse featuring tall glass windows and interior lights — which was designed in consultation with the late Queen Elizabeth II — carried her coffin to Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 13, 2022, after it arrived via plane from Scotland. King Charles III, his siblings and their children and spouses were waiting inside the palace gates to greet the cortege of vehicles before Her Majesty’s body was taken to the Bow Room, where it would remain overnight.
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With soldiers from the King’s Guard outside, King Charles III and family members including Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan (pictured) waited inside the grand entrance to Buckingham Palace for Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin to arrive in a new custom state hearse after her body was flown to London from Scotland on Sept. 13, 2022.
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King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort listened to a message of condolence from Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly Alex Maskey at Hillsborough Castle in Belfast, Northern Ireland, five days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The couple visited the U.K. nation on the same day the queen’s coffin was flown to London from Scotland, where she died at her summer home, Balmoral.
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Britain’s King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort view floral tributes left outside Hillsborough Castle in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Sept. 13, 2022, during his visit to the U.K. nation in the wake of his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s death five days earlier.
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King Charles III greeted well-wishers — including some children and their adorable corgi, which was the late Queen Elizabeth’s II’s favorite dog breed — outside Hillsborough Castle in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Sept. 13, 2022. The new monarch traveled to the U.K. nation to receive tributes from pro-U.K. parties and the respectful sympathies of nationalists in the wake of the queen’s death five days earlier.
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In a ceremony called the Vigil of the Princes, Britain’s King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward stood on all four sides of mother Queen Elizabeth II’s casket inside St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Sept. 12, 2022, for 10 minutes alongside members of the Royal Company of Archers, who were there to guard her body through the night, as thousands of mourners filed past to pay their respects. Andrew, who served 22 years in the Royal Navy, was the only one of his siblings not in uniform — though he did wear his medals — as he was stripped of his military titles in early 2022 before settling a civil sexual abuse lawsuit.
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Britain’s King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward arrived to attend the Vigil of the Princes at St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Sept. 12, 2022, following the death of their mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on Sept. 8. The foursome stood on all four sides of the queen’s casket for 10 minutes alongside members of the Royal Company of Archers, who were there to guard the queen’s body through the night, as thousands of mourners filed past to pay their respects.
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Prince Andrew, Duke of York was photographed leaving St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Sept. 12, 2022, where mother Queen Elizabeth II’s body was lying in state. Thousands of people filed past her coffin to pay their respects.
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Prince Edward was photographed leaving St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Sept. 12, 2022, where mother Queen Elizabeth II’s body was lying in state. Thousands of people filed past her coffin to pay their respects.
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Queen Elizabeth II’s four children — King Charles III, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward — walked behind the hearse carrying her coffin in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Sept. 12, 2022 — four days after her death at Balmoral in the Scottish Highlands. Charles accompanied his mother’s body in a solemn procession through the cobbled streets of the Scottish capital from the royal Palace of Holyroodhouse to St. Giles’ Cathedral, where members of the public came to pay their respects before the queen’s coffin headed to London for her funeral. Andrew, who served 22 years in the Royal Navy, was the only one of his siblings not in uniform — though he did wear his medals — as he was stripped of his military titles in early 2022 before settling a civil sexual abuse lawsuit.
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Britain’s King Charles III, Camilla, Queen Consort and Princess Anne, Princess Royal watched as the Duke of Hamilton, Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, placed the Crown of Scotland atop the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II inside St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Sept. 12, 2022, during a Service of Thanksgiving honoring her life a week before her funeral was to be held in London.
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Britain’s King Charles III and wife Camilla, Queen Consort, Princess Anne and husband Sir Tim Laurence and Prince Andrew followed Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin as it entered St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, for a Service of Prayer and Reflection on Sept. 12, 2022, a week before Her Majesty’s funeral was to be held in London.
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Senior royal family members — Sophie, Countess of Wessex and husband Prince Edward, Prince Andrew, King Charles III and wife Camilla, Queen Consort, Princess Anne and husband Sir Tim Laurence — attended a Service of Prayer and Reflection for the Life of Queen Elizabeth II at St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Sept. 12, 2022, four days after the monarch’s death before her coffin headed to London for her funeral.
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Britain’s King Charles III inspected an Honour Guard as he arrived at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Sept. 12, 2022, before following his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin from there to St. Giles Cathedral.
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His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty Camilla, The Queen Consort sat in red and gold thrones as the new sovereign received condolences over his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s death from both Houses of Parliament at Westminster Hall in London on Sept. 12, 2022.
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King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort left Westminster Hall in the Palace of Westminster in London, where the House of Commons and the House of Lords met to express their condolences following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 12, 2022.
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King Charles III smiled during a reception with Realm High Commissioners and their spouses in the Bow Room of Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 11, 2022.
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Camilla, Queen Consort, greeted people outside Buckingham Palace in London after husband King Charles III was formally proclaimed sovereign by the Accession Council on Sept. 10, 2022, two days after Queen Elizabeth II’s death at 96.
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King Charles III greets supporters as he arrives at Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 11, 2022 — the same day the body of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, left Balmoral Castle in Scotland — where she died — as it traveled to Edinburgh before eventually making its way to London for her funeral on Sept. 19.
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King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort held an audience with the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, in the 1844 Room at Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 10, 2022, after Charles was formally proclaimed sovereign by the Accession Council two days after Queen Elizabeth II’s death at 96. Charles also met with political leaders at the palace, his new home, that afternoon.
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A newly titled Prince William, who’s now the Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Queen Consort watched as Britain’s new King Charles III signed an oath to uphold the security of the Church in Scotland during a meeting of the Accession Council inside St. James’s Palace in London on Sept. 10, 2022, to proclaim him as the new sovereign. He now signs his documents “Charles R,” with the R standing for Rex, which means king in Latin.
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With serious looks on their faces, newly titled Prince William, now the Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Queen Consort stood next to Lord President of the Council Penny Mordaunt and Britain’s Prime Minister Liz Truss during the meeting of the Accession Council inside St. James’s Palace in London on Sept. 10, 2022, to officially proclaim King Charles III as the new monarch. Sky News reported that this is the first time women have attended the Accession Council, which last met 70 years ago.
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King Charles III spoke after the Accession Council formally proclaimed him king in the throne room at St. James’s Palace in London on Sept. 10, 2022. In his remarks, he honored his mother, Queen Elizabeth II — who died two days earlier in Scotland — and told those assembled, “My mother’s reign was unequalled in its duration, its dedication and its devotion. Even as we grieve, we give thanks for this most faithful life. I am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of Sovereignty which have now passed to me.” He also thanked his spouse and promised to continue the same financial arrangement his mother had with the government. “In all this, I am profoundly encouraged by the constant support of my beloved wife,” Charles said. “I take this opportunity to confirm my willingness and intention to continue the tradition of surrendering the hereditary revenues, including the Crown Estate, to my government for the benefit of all, in return for the Sovereign Grant, which supports my official duties as head of state and head of nation.” he concluded his remarks, “And in carrying out the heavy task that has been laid upon me, and to which I now dedicate what remains to me of my life, I pray for the guidance and help of Almighty God.”
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In an extraordinary gathering of political force, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (left) stands next to six former British prime ministers — Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Boris Johnson, David Cameron, Theresa May and Sir John Major — ahead of the Accession Council ceremony at St. James’s Palace in London, where King Charles III was formally proclaimed monarch on Sept. 10, 2022.
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Royals from another era who belong to the late queen’s generation — her first cousin Prince Michael of Kent; another first cousin’s wife, Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester; and her first cousin Prince Edward, Duke of Kent — sat together as the Principal Proclamation was read from the balcony overlooking Friary Court at St. James’s Palace in London on Sept. 10, 2022, as King Charles III was proclaimed monarch in a meeting of the Accession Council. The Accession Council, attended by Privy Councillors, is divided into two parts: In part I, the Privy Council, without the king present, proclaims him sovereign; and part II, in which the king holds the first meeting of His Majesty’s Privy Council. The Accession Council was followed by the first public reading of the Principal Proclamation read from the balcony overlooking Friary Court at St James’s Palace.
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King Charles III looks out of the state Rolls-Royce as members of the public lining the streets of London cheer and take photos as he returns to Buckingham Palace from St. James’s Palace following the Accession Council’s meeting that formally proclaimed him king on Sept. 10, 2022.
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Wearing traditional robes and dress, officials and elected members of the City of London Corporation doffed their hats during the City Proclamation of Britain’s King Charles III, which formally named him as monarch, in London on Sept. 10, 2022.
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King Charles III delivered his first address to the nation and the Commonwealth from the blue drawing room at Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 9, 2022, one day after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. In his speech, he shared his “deep sense of gratitude for the more than 70 years” she served on the throne and paid tribute to her “life of service,” pledging to “endeavour to serve you with loyalty, respect, and love” as she did for more than 70 years. He also spoke directly to his “darling Mama,” saying, “Thank you. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.” Charles also confirmed that his “darling wife” Camilla had become his Queen Consort, and announced that eldest son and heir Prince William now holds Charles’s previous titles including Duke of Cornwall and Prince of Wales, making daughter-in-law Kate Middleton the new Princess of Wales — the first woman to hold the title since his first wife, the late Princess Diana. Despite their fractured relationship, Charles also mentioned his younger son and his wife, telling his subjects, “I want also to express my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas.”
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King Charles III and wife Camilla, Queen Consort waved to mourners as they took in the tributes left for his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, outside Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 9, 2022, the morning after the monarch’s death in Scotland.
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A well-wisher kissed the hand of King Charles III on Sept. 9, 2022, during his walkabout outside Buckingham Palace in London to view the many messages and tributes left outside the gates following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, one day earlier.
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A grieving King Charles III took a moment to reflect on the thousands of floral tributes left for his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, outside the gates of Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 9, 2022, the morning after the monarch died in Scotland.
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King Charles III put a loving arm around his wife, Camilla, Queen Consort, as they took in the tributes left for his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, outside Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 9, 2022, the morning after the monarch who spent 70 years on the throne died in Scotland.
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King Charles III had his first audience with new Prime Minister Liz Truss at Buckingham Palace in London on Sept. 9, 2022, following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, one day earlier.
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King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort were photographed in a chauffeured car flying the Royal Standard — the flag of Britain’s sovereign — after landing at RAF Northolt, a military and civilian airport outside London, on Sept. 9, 2022, as they returned to the capital from Scotland the morning after Queen Elizabeth II’s death. It marked their first time in England as king and queen.
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After landing at RAF Northolt, a military and civilian airport outside London, on Sept. 9, 2022, following a flight back to England from Scotland the morning after Queen Elizabeth II’s death, King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort walked from the runway to a car waiting to take them to the capital.
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King Charles III headed to his waiting plane at Aberdeen Airport in Scotland on Sept. 9, 2022, to travel to London following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, at her Balmoral estate in Scotland one day earlier. Once back in the capitol, he planned to meet with the prime minister and address a nation grieving the only British monarch most of the world had ever known.
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