King Charles walks with umbrella in Sandringham

Never mind the rain! King Charles strolls in Sandringham with an umbrella on his way to Sunday service in the monarch’s first trip to the Norfolk estate since the Queen died

• King Charles was spotted with his umbrella up as he walked to church today
• The monarch, 73, braved brown suede shoes despite the pouring rain in Norfolk
• The King has had a busy week after accepting the resignation of PM Liz Truss

King Charles braved the torrential rain to take a walk to church for Sunday service this morning

The King, 73, strolled through the Norfolk royal residence with a woman who appeared to be the Queen Consort and another guest as they made their way to St Mary Magdalene Church.

He was dressed in his Sunday best, in a grey suit with brown suede brogue-style shoes, and carried a smart umbrella with a textured wooden handle to shield himself from the pouring rain.

The King (pictured centre) braved suede shoes despite the rain as he walked to St Mary Magdalene Church on his way to Sunday service this morning, on his first visit to the Sandringham Estate since his mother The Queen passed awau

Luckily for the King, the rain cleared away meaning he could put down his umbrella and take a walk in the fresh air

Luckily for the monarch, the rain cleared away, meaning he could take a stroll after the service without his umbrella. 

This Thursday the King travelled to Sandringham, where the Royal Family has spent their Christmases since the 1980s, for the first time since the death of his mother on 8 September.

Since the death of the Queen, the new monarch has spent time at Balmoral, where he has carried out several royal engagements.

He has also been spotted hard at work at Buckingham Palace, where he has held audiences with several foreign royals and leaders – as well as outgoing prime minister Liz Truss, with whom he held around three audiences before she announced her resignation on Thursday.

In her resignation speech, Ms Truss explained the difficulties she had faced during her 45-day premiership.

The King took a stroll through Sandringham, Norfolk after attending Sunday service, for which he wore his Sunday best

King Charles thanked well-wishers for their ‘generous’ messages of condolence following the Queen’s death in cards which included a sweet photo of himself and his late mother at Balmoral in 1952, when he was around four years old

The message inside the card thanked people for their well-wishes and opened up about his ‘immense sorrow’ since the Queen died

She concluded: ‘I have therefore spoken to His Majesty the King to notify him that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative party.’

According to The i newspaper, Truss only called the King to alert him to her resignation 30 minutes before she stood outside 10 Downing Street to deliver her speech to the nation.

Robert Lacey, royal watcher and historical consultant on Netflix’s The Crown, told the publication: ‘The King will obviously be concerned for the sake of the country.’

On Friday, royal fans began to share photos of the thank-you cards sent from Buckingham Palace and signed by Prince Charles to the people who had sent their condolences after the Queen’s death.

The cards featured a sweet photo of the King and his mother from when he was a child.

The photo, which is dated back to 1952, shows the King at around four years old leaning out of a window on the Balmoral Estate, while the Queen stands behind him and smiles.

The message in the card read: ‘It was so very kind of you to send me such a wonderfully generous message following the death of my beloved mother.

‘Your most thoughtful words are enormously comforting, and I cannot tell you how deeply they are appreciated at this time of immense sorrow.’

The front of the card was imprinted with the C III R cypher, which means Charles II Rex. Rex is the Latin for ‘king’.

It also carries a representation of the Tudor Crown in a reference to his grandfather, George VI.

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