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Added on the 18/09/2022 13:37:39 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Crowds are gathered outside Buckingham Palace as King Charles III and Camila's car arrives. The King and his wife have travelled down from Balmoral, Scotland following Queen Elizabeth II's death, to be in the capital for his first official address this evening. IMAGES
King Charles III arrives at Buckingham Palace where he is holding audiences with chiefs of Armed Forces. He will also meet the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and hold audiences with governors-general and Prime Ministers of the realms in the afternoon. IMAGES
King Charles III and his wife Camilla, Queen Consort, arrive at Buckingham Palace in front of gathered crowds, following a visit to Northern Ireland on Tuesday, where Britain's new monarch attended a prayer service in memory of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden arrive by car at Buckingham Palace for a reception hosted by King Charles III, ahead of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday. IMAGES
New Conservative Party leader and incoming UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrives at Buckingham Palace to be officially appointed by King Charles III, before heading to Downing Street, where he will deliver a statement. IMAGES
Britain's King Charles III leaves Buckingham Palace to attend the Trooping the Colour military parade in central London. Trooping the Colour marks the British sovereign's official birthday and is a minutely choreographed military tradition dating back more than two centuries. Charles was actually born in November, but the second birthday tradition dates back to King George II in 1748, who wanted to have a celebration in better weather as his own birthday was in October. IMAGES
The flag above Buckingham Palace flutters in the wind the morning after the palace announced that King Charles III was diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun treatment, a week after he was discharged from hospital for prostate surgery. The 75-year-old British monarch, who became king upon the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth, had been advised by doctors to postpone public duties, although he would continue to "undertake state business and official paperwork as usual", the palace added. IMAGES