Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022 in her Scottish castle of Balmoral at the age of 96. The disappearance of Her Majesty plunges the world into historic mourning, like the members of her royal family. In the front line, his eldest son, Charles. Heir to the throne, he is now called Charles III, becoming king at the age of 73. If he quickly spoke publicly about the disappearance of his mother, evoking “a moment of great sadness“, this Friday, September 9, the father of William and Harry appeared for the first time. Of the images of him, dignified but touched, have been unveiled.
King Charles III is to address the British this Friday and respond, in one of the first public acts of his reign, to the immense emotion aroused by the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II beyond the borders of his kingdom. , as reported by AFP. It is a period of national mourning which opens in the United Kingdom until the funeral of the monarch, which should take place in ten days. A large number of sporting and cultural events and events have had to be cancelled. Major brands have decided to close their doors. Portraits of Elizabeth II tower over the City of London.
His wife Camilla also shaken, after the night at Balmoral
At 73, the new King Charles III succeeds Elizabeth II but with much less popularity, and inherits a kingdom hit by a major economic crisis. Once back in London with his wife Camilla now queen consort, the new king, whose first images, moved and leaving Balmoral to join London have been unveiled, will address the British on television for the first time, in a message recorded and broadcast in the evening. He will be proclaimed king tomorrow, Saturday September 10, at 10 a.m. local time (11 a.m. in France), at the Palace of Saint James. Camilla Parker Bowles also seemed very emotionalafter this night spent in the Scottish domain of the monarch.