Charles’s first statement as king says: ‘We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished sovereign and a much-loved mother’
Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty ImagesThe new king has paid tribute to his “beloved mother” in a statement declaring the death of the Queen to be “a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family”.
Minutes later speaking from Downing Street, the prime minister, Liz Truss, described the new monarch asIII, confirming that is how he will be known, ending speculation he may choose a different name under which to reign. She described the Queen as the “rock on which modern Britain was built” and ended her statement with the words: “God save the King.
Prince William, now heir to the throne, has immediately inherited the title the Duke of Cornwall and is now the Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge, with Kate now the Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge, and their children also becoming “of Cornwall and Cambridge”. By convention he is likely to become Prince of Wales but that is a title in the gift of the new King. George, their eldest child, is now second in line to the throne, Charlotte third, and Louis fourth, with Harry once again fifth in line.
As Prince of Wales, the King displayed a wide range of interests, which have sometimes courted controversy. These include the built environment, global sustainability, faith, medicine and rural affairs.
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