The Latest Breaking News from King Charles III

Charles was announced as the new monarch during an Accession Council meeting in St James's Palace on Saturday morning

Date of funeral has not yet been announced but new monarch confirms day will be bank holiday

The new prime minister had her first audience with the monarch on Friday, when she offered her condolences

This historic meeting, which was televised to the whole of the UK, meant Charles was officially proclaimed King, with the Accession Council called as soon as possible following the tragic events that unfolded on Thursday.

LONDON: Charles III said on Saturday that he was "deeply aware" of the "duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty", as he was formally proclaimed king at a historic ceremony.

Speaking at the Accession Council at St James's Palace in London, King Charles III confirmed his mother's funeral will be a bank holiday across the United Kingdom

King Charles III was officially announced as Britain’s monarch Saturday, in a ceremony broadcast live for the first time. Charles automatically became king when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died on Thursday, but the accession ceremony is a key constitutional and ceremonial step in introducing the new monarch to the…

Charles was formally announced as the new King at the Accession Council at St James’s Palace in London on Saturday.

While King Charles III, Camilla Parker Bowles and Prince William traveled to Balmoral to see the Queen, Kate Middleton, the former Duchess of Cambridge, remained at the Adelaide Cottage home in Windsor for a very understandable reason.