Direct | First speech of Carlos III

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Church service starts in St Paul

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Carlos III’s speech will be broadcast shortly on television and was previously recorded at Buckingham Palace

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The monarch is scheduled to address the nation at 7:00 p.m.

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Members of the royal family are not expected to attend the soon-to-be-held church service at St Paul. 2,000 places have been reserved for British citizens to attend who wish to pay tribute to Elizabeth II

18:22Huw Edwards, the face of the BBC to announce the death of Elizabeth II J. Moreno

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Twitter message from Prime Minister Liz Truss, highlighting: “She was the rock on which modern Britain was built”

On behalf of a grieving nation I offer my deepest condolences on the passing of Her Majesty.

She was the rock on which modern Britain was built.

The thoughts of this government and this nation are with His Majesty The King and his family. pic.twitter.com/1tUra5luLf

— Liz Truss (@trussliz) September 9, 2022

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Citizens who want to attend the funeral mass for Elizabeth II queue outside St Paul’s Cathedral. Photo: EP

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At the end of the funeral mass at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, the traditional ‘God save the Queen’ will be changed for the first time to ‘God save the King’, reports the BBC

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Prime Minister Liz Truss meets with Charles III in what is her first official audience at Buckingham Palace

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Carlos III is king from the moment his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died. This afternoon he will star in his first televised speech as the new monarch. However, the official proclamation of him will not be until Saturday, at St. James’s Palace

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US flags at half-staff at the Washington Monument, with the Capitol in the background. Photo: AFP

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Their Majesties the King and Queen will attend this afternoon, around 8:00 p.m., at the residence of the United Kingdom ambassador in Spain

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The royal banner flies again at Buckingham Palace once the new king is inside. Photo: Reuters

16:44Carlos III and Camila receive the warmth of the peopleThis has been the arrival of Carlos III and Camila Parker Bowles at Buckingham Palace

16:38Juan Carlos I will not attend the funeral of Isabel II Maria Eugenia Alonso16:34

On Saturday a memorial garden will be created in London Green’s Park, where all the bouquets will be deposited, according to the BBC

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Citizens can sign a book of condolences online on the website of the British Royal Family

16:24Queen of style: 5,000 hats, handbags, moccasins… By Louis Gomez

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The British have deposited all kinds of farewell messages to what has been their queen for seven decades. Photo: AFP

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A crowd has wanted to immortalize the arrival of the new king in Buckingham. Photo: AFP

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St Paul’s Cathedral in London will host the funeral mass at 6 p.m. local time.

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The monarch will address the nation this afternoon in a televised message

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Charles III enters Buckingham Palace for the first time as king, reports the BBC

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The King and Queen consort before entering Buckingham Palace. Photo: AFP

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Carlos III and Camila Parker Bowles walk next to the flowers that the British have deposited at the gates of Buckingham Palace.

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The monarch has received flowers and signs of support from the people who have come to offer their condolences

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Carlos III greets the British who have approached the gates of Buckingham Palace.

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Carlos III arrives in Buckingham with the queen consort, Camila.

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Dozens of British citizens have come to the Northolt military base to photograph the new kings, who were traveling in this vehicle.

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King Charles III and Queen Camilla leave the Northolt military base in a vehicle, west of London.

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The plane that transported Carlos III and the queen consort to London landed just a few minutes ago at the Northolt military base, west of the capital.

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King Charles III boards his plane at Aberdeen airport to travel to London, from where he will address British citizens this afternoon.

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King Charles III will address the British for the first time on Friday at 7:00 p.m., announced the president of the House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, after the rise of the new monarch following the death of Elizabeth II.

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British Prime Minister Liz Truss paid tribute in parliament on Friday to the late Queen Elizabeth II, calling her “one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known” and Britain’s “greatest diplomat”. “Her words of wisdom from her have given us strength in the toughest moments,” stressed the new head of government, appointed by Elizabeth II on Tuesday, dressed entirely in black, before meeting for the first time with the new King Carlos III in London.

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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has canceled some of the weekend’s events to mark the 50th anniversary of her accession to the throne following the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, the palace said on Friday. The 82-year-old Danish queen canceled a carriage procession through Copenhagen and an appearance on the palace balcony, and postponed a reception and lunch at City Hall to a later date. On Saturday night, a gala theatrical performance will be held in her honor at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen, albeit on a reduced scale.

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The Lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, has sent a few lines of condolence to the British ambassador after the death of the Queen of England. “Through these lines I express to you, on behalf of the Basque Government, our deepest condolences for the death of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II yesterday. She leaves behind a life of loyal service to her people, during which she has left her mark on the future of the UK and Europe. She knew how to win the favor of British citizenship and international respect. Rest in peace!”

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The President of the Board, Juanma Moreno, has signed this Friday a decree declaring an official day of mourning in Andalusia “as a sign of respect for the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England”, which occurred this past Thursday . This is stated in the decree of the President 14/2022, of September 9, published this Friday in an extraordinary number of the Official Gazette of the Andalusian Government (BOJA)

Flag at half-staff in the Reales Alcázares de Sevilla, for the death of the Queen of England Elizabeth II, /EP

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Church and cathedral bells rang across the UK on Friday in honor of Queen Elizabeth II. At noon, the bells of St. Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in London began to ring, as well as those of Windsor Castle and many others in the country, in memory of the late monarch.

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King Charles III left this Friday morning from Balmoral Castle, Scotland, bound for London, where in the afternoon he must address the British for the first time since the death of his mother Elizabeth II, an AFP photographer confirmed. . The new sovereign and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, left by car from the Scottish summer residence where the 96-year-old queen died on Thursday, ending seven decades of a historic reign.

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Japan’s Emperor Naruhito hailed Queen Elizabeth II’s “many achievements and contributions” on Friday and said he felt “deep sorrow” at her death. “I express my sincere respect and gratitude to the Queen for the many achievements and contributions she has made,” he said in a statement released by the Imperial Household Agency.

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The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Madrid is going to open a book of condolences both at its headquarters in Madrid and at the British consulates throughout Spain so that those who wish to do so can sign it. In a message on Twitter, the Embassy has specified that the condolence books will be available at its headquarters in Madrid, as well as at the consulates in Alicante, Barcelona, ​​Bilbao, Ibiza, Las Palmas, Malaga, Palma and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Condolence books will be open for the general public to sign at our Embassy in Madrid and all our Posts in Spain.

See times and locations below, including weekends, until further notice.

The Royal Family has also opened a virtual condolence book at https://t.co/6gvWnlf9cCpic.twitter.com/Ehr4D6oOaW

— UK in Spain (@ukinspain) September 9, 2022

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Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to attend Elizabeth II’s funeral, which will be held in London in a dozen days, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said on Friday. Although “Russians respected her for her wisdom,” Putin was “not being considered” for attending the queen’s funeral, Peskov said.

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The King of Morocco, Mohamed VI, has sent a message of condolences to King Charles III and the British royal family for the death of his mother, Elizabeth II, who has been a “symbol of greatness” of the United Kingdom after 70 years of reign . “It is with deep sadness and great regret that I have learned the news of the death of your mother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. May she rest in peace,” she said in a statement, adding that this “exceptional” monarch has achieved “much progress and prosperity ” and has acquired great relevance at a national and international level.

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