Prince Charles becomes King as he ends the longest wait to ascend to the throne 🔴 He will be formally proclaimed King at the Accession Council in London on Friday
However, it is words expected in a televised address to the nation on Friday evening that will begin to look towards the future and the reign for which he has spent a lifetime of preparation.
While the apprenticeship had been long for Charles, the transfer of the crown came on a day of sudden, somewhat unexpected events, despite the Queen’s slow withdrawal from much of public life as she dealt with unspecified “mobility problems”. The Prince of Wales and Camilla had been staying at Birkhall, his own residence on the Balmoral estate, meaning it was only a short journey to be at the Queen’s bedside. As other members of the family journeyed to Royal Deeside, among them his brothers and his two sons, it seems likely that the heir to the throne was with his mother as their shared burden passed from one to the other.