Britons turned out in droves Saturday to mourn the loss of the queen, but many have mixed feelings about their new king. “I don’t really know what the change will be or how it will look,” one said.
Ahead of the ceremony, crowds gathered outside St. James’s Palace to bear witness to the fanfare and the fusillades that followed the proclamation.Amara Eno for NBC News / ©Amara Eno
“I still remember the smell of flowers and lots of people crying,” she said, while holding her 4-year-old daughter, Tallulah, on her shoulders. “I want [my daughters] to remember this day.”“They very much regarded the queen as a local, and the royal family as part of their home.”Sasza Bandiera, the managing director of a local recruitment agency, said that he remained “indifferent” to King Charles: “I don’t really know what the change will be or how it will look.
“She almost never put a foot wrong, was not a political figure, was basically universally loved,” she said. “It’s going to be very hard to live up to that.” The 50,000-acre estate, 70 miles north of the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, was one of the queen's favorite residences, a place where she could enjoy long walks and other outdoor pursuits with her iconic corgis.
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