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Prince and Princess of Wales and Duke and Duchess of Sussex arrive in Windsor
William and Catherine, the Prince and Princess of Wales have arrived in Windsor – alongside Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
The two couples arrived at Cambridge Gate and are now at the public part of the park to read the floral tributes.
Key events
Mourners will be able to view the Queen’s coffin from 5pm on Monday, City of Edinburgh Council has said.
The late monarch will lie in state at St Giles’ Cathedral on Edinburgh’s High Street for 24 hours and members of the royal family, including the King, will stand beside the coffin from 7.20pm in a tradition known as the Vigil of the Princes.
The Princess Royal will accompany the Queen’s body back to London on 13 September.
King Charles III spent two terms at Geelong Grammar’s Timbertop campus in Australia where he was embraced by students as one of their own.
A nice anecdote from the Most Rev Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York, speaking in Parliament today about the time when he “healed” the Queen’s Bentley after it refused to start.
He said on one occasion he performed “a large sign of the cross” over the Queen’s Bentley after the driver was unable to start it.
“I had preached in Sandringham parish church. We were standing outside. The Bentley was there to get the Queen, the Bentley didn’t start,” he said.
“It made that throaty noise that cars make in the middle of winter when they are not going to start.
“Everybody stands there doing nothing. I am expecting a policeman to intervene. Nothing happens.
“Enjoying the theatre of the moment, I step forward and made a large sign of the cross over the Queen’s car to the enjoyment of the crowd. There were hundreds of people there – it was the Queen.
“I see the Queen out the corner of my eye looking rather stony-faced at this point and I think perhaps I’ve over-stepped the mark.
“Anyway, the driver tries the car again and, praise the Lord, the car started.
“The Queen gets in and goes back to Sandringham. I follow in another car.
“When I arrive at Sandringham as I come into lunch, the Queen with a beaming smile says, ‘Ah, bishop. It’s the bishop. He healed my car’.”
The cleric added: “Two years later when I was greeting her at the west front of Chelmsford Cathedral just as a very grand service was about to start, she took me to one side and said, ‘Bishop, nice to see you again. I think the car’s all right today, but if I have any problems I will know where to come.’”
The front page of Sunday’s Observer newspaper.
MPs have wrapped up two days of tributes to the late Queen in the House of Commons.
Closing the second day, Commons leader Penny Mordaunt said: “Our great Queen has entrusted us all with a living legacy of triumph over tribulation, of cheerfulness over challenge, of dedication and determination.
“She has left us. Her values remain with us. Her example compels us to continued fidelity to our King and our country. God save the King.”
A humble address conveying “deep sympathy” to the King and his family for their loss was agreed unanimously. It also paid tribute to the Queen for her “unstinting dedication”, and expressed the House’s “loyalty” to the King.
“This has been an amazing tribute,” Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said, adding “when the House comes together it comes together in a very special way, and there has been none more special than these last two days.”
A total of 321 contributions were made over both days.
Camilla as ‘the Queen’, a question for the future, King’s spokesperson says
The question of whether the royal households will ever refer to Camilla as “the Queen” rather than “Queen Consort” could be contemplated in future, the King’s spokesperson has said.
Camilla is technically Her Majesty the Queen as the wife of the King, but in their briefings and statements Buckingham Palace has so far referred to her as Queen Consort.
Asked if Camilla would always be known as Queen Consort, a spokesperson for the King did not rule out a shift. He added, however, that the pair were concentrating on the events of the next week and a half.
“The King and Queen Consort are focused on getting through those next 10 days,” he said.
“I think those who saw the Queen Consort yesterday movingly meeting people outside Buckingham Palace know how moved she is at the moment and that’s her focus so that will be a question for the future.”
Details of the route the Queen’s coffin will take from Balmoral to Edinburgh have been revealed.
The cortege is expected to leave the castle on Royal Deeside – where the Queen died on Thursday – at 10am on Sunday morning.
Well-wishers are expected to gather along the route the cortege will take as it travels from Balmoral to the Scottish capital.
It will first head to the nearby town on Ballater, where it is expected at approximately 10.12am.
It is then expected to arrive in Aberdeen about an hour later, with tributes expected to be paid in the city’s Duthie Park.
Travelling south along the A90, it will then arrive in Dundee at about 2pm.
In Edinburgh, first minister, Nicola Sturgeon and other party leaders in Scotland are expected to observe the coffin as it goes past the Scottish parliament.
From there it will be taken into the Palace of Holyroodhouse, where it will remain in the Throne Room until Monday afternoon.
It will then travel in a procession to St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, along the Royal Mile with the King and the late Queen’s other children; the Princess Royal; the Duke of York and the Earl of Wessex following behind on foot, along with Anne’s husband Admiral Sir Tim Laurence.
Camilla, now Queen Consort, and the Countess of Wessex will follow by car and also attend the service in St Giles’.
Liz Truss will join the King as he leads “services of reflection” around the United Kingdom, Downing Street said.
“The prime minister believes it is important to be present for what will be a significant moment of national mourning around the United Kingdom,” the spokesman said.
Liz Truss to accompany King Charles III on tour of Britain
The UK’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, will accompany King Charles on a royal tour of Britain’s four nations to lead days of national mourning for his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
The prime minister’s spokesman said: “In terms of the prime minister’s involvement, she will join the King as he leads the national mourning across the United Kingdom, attending services of reflection in Scotland on Monday afternoon, in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, and Wales on Friday.”
The King and Queen Consort are to visit Wales next week, marking their first official visit to the nation since the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
King Charles and Camilla will travel to Cardiff on Friday, having already attended ceremonies in Belfast and Edinburgh.
While in the Welsh capital for the accession visit, the couple will take part in a service at Llandaff Cathedral alongside senior faith leaders from communities across the city.
They will then head to the Senedd, the Welsh Parliament, to receive a Motion of Condolence.
This will be followed by a reception at Cardiff Castle where the First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford, and the Speaker of the Senedd, Elin Jones, will have a private audience with the King.
The King and Queen will then meet members of the public who have gathered inside the castle grounds.
The Queen’s face “lit up with a big smile” when an MP said his constituency was where the BBC’s Last Of The Summer Wine was filmed, the House of Commons heard.
Conservative MP Jason McCartney spoke about when he was invited to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen, telling the Commons: “She was asking me about my constituency and I told her that the market town of Holmfirth is in my patch.
“I said ‘Your Majesty it is where they film Last Of The Summer Wine on BBC One’ and her face lit up with a big smile.
“I don’t know whether she watched it or not, but to this day, I have this lovely image that on a Sunday tea time after a busy week she would sit down in an armchair, put on BBC One, and enjoy the gentle antics of Nora Batty, Compo and Cleggy – not that Cleggy – and relax.”
McCartney looked across to the opposition benches as he referred to “Cleggy”, distinguishing the character of Norman Clegg from former Lib Dem leader and deputy prime minister Nick Clegg.
Tom Ambrose
Thousands of mourners lined the streets outside Buckingham Palace on Saturday, where they paid respects to the Queen and hoped to catch a glimpse of King Charles III.
The well-wishers brought with them a colourful array of flowers, notes and tributes as they packed the Mall. By midday, the area surrounding the palace was close to full.
Here is King Charles III’s itinerary over the next few days.
The King and The Queen Consort will then travel to the Palace of Holyroodhouse. The King will inspect the Guard of Honour. The Ceremony of the Keys on the forecourt of the Palace of Holyroodhouse will follow.
The King will then attend a Service of Prayer and reflection for the life of Her Majesty The Queen at St Giles’ Cathedral, before returning to Holyrood.
At the Palace, The King will have an audience with the First Minister, followed by an audience with the Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament.
The King and The Queen Consort will then attend the Scottish Parliament to receive a Motion of Condolence. The King will make his reply.
The King will then meet the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and party leaders and receive a message of condolence led by the Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly. The King will make his reply.
After a short reception at Hillsborough, The King and The Queen Consort will travel to St Anne’s Cathedral for a service of Prayer and reflection. Before the service, His Majesty will meet leaders from all the major faiths in Northern Ireland.
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Wednesday 14th September: The King will lead the procession behind the Gun Carriage carrying Her Majesty’s Coffin to Westminster Hall, where the Lying in State will begin.
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Friday 16th September: The King and The Queen Consort will visit Wales. Further details of this visit will follow in due course.
The Liberal Democrats have cancelled their autumn conference and postponed major debates until spring following the Queen’s death.
Nick da Costa, who chairs the party’s federal conference committee, said the Lib Dems “want and need to show our respect to the Queen and the period of national mourning”.
The conference in Brighton, England, was due to begin on September 17 and run until September 20. The Queen’s funeral will be on September 19.
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