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King Charles III ascended to the throne upon his mother Queen Elizabeth's death this afternoon.

[Emily Burack](https://www.emilyburack.com/) (she/her) is the news writer for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, culture, the royals, and a range of other subjects. Follow her @emburack on [Twitter ](https://twitter.com/emburack)and [Charles will have to decide what he wants his regnal name to be](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a10021776/prince-charles-name-change-king/). It's as yet unclear when [Charles's coronation](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a22500180/prince-charles-coronation/) will take place. Just as Queen Elizabeth [became monarch the moment her father, King George VI, died](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a40153143/queen-elizabeth-became-monarch-moment-queen/), King Charles, too, takes on the role as British monarch immediately. [Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/g40197892/royal-family-platinum-jubilee-pageant-photos/), a royal fan told Kate, "You’re going to make a brilliant Princess of Wales."

Prince Charles paid tribute to his mother Queen Elizabeth II in his first statement as monarch Thursday evening.

During this period of mourning and change, my family and I will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which The Queen was so widely held.” Her husband of 73 years, Prince Philip, died in 2021 aged 99. I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms, and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.

Charles, Prince of Wales, is the new King of England following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Here's what we know about when Charles will be crowned.

(For the sake of comparison, Queen Elizabeth II was 25 when the death of her father, King George VI, vaulted her onto the British throne.) "The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow." British coronations have historically happened a few months after the death of the previous ruler, so as not to overlap with the period of mourning. The answer is kind of complicated, and it lies in the difference between becoming king and being crowned king. Charles, 73, next in the line of succession, many are wondering when the former Prince of Wales will officially be crowned King. "The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon," the tweet said.

As both the Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay since 1952 until his accession to the throne, Charles has been the longest-serving heir apparent.

Queen Elizabeth II died at 96 at Balmoral Castle. We look back when Prince Charles, Princess Diana and the royal family visited Palm Beach County.

He was released the next day, flew to Eleuthera in the Bahamas and returned to Wellington a few days later. In 1989, the Prince of Wales visited Florida to inaugurate the Windsor Polo and Beach Club. He had spent a rigorous afternoon on horseback on the polo fields of Wellington in 90-degree heat. Geoffrey Kent and the prince had been playing polo together for years and founded the Windsor Park Polo Team in England in 1987. [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]). There also was a flap over Patricia Kluge, the ball's co-chair, who resigned after it was revealed that, years earlier, she had posed nude for a British magazine. The polo club, 10 miles north of Vero Beach in Indian River County, was the brainchild of Geoffrey and Jorie Kent. Contact Lordi at 561-542-6249 or The prince returned to Palm Beach County in 1988. Following the inauguration of the new club in Vero Beach, Kent and the Prince of Wales played for the Windsor Park Polo Team at the Palm Beach Polo and Country Club in Wellington. [ Prince Harry, the younger son of Princess Diana and Prince Charles, visited Palm Beach County](https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/local/2016/08/13/between-prince-charles-harry-visits/7055670007/) to play a charity polo match at Valiente Polo Farm in [Wellington](https://www.palmbeachpost.com/neighborhoods/wellington/). In 1980, the Prince of Wales was admitted to Good Samaritan Hospital in

Prince Charles is now King Charles, following the death of the queen at age 96 on Thursday.

“We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother,” Charles’ statement continued. The motion was “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” the palace said Thursday. [Prince William](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/prince-william), 40, and [Prince George](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/prince-george), 9, are now first and second in line to the throne. [Queen Elizabeth II](https://www.huffpost.com/life/topic/queen-elizabeth-iiv). [Prince Charles](https://www.huffpost.com/life/topic/prince-charles) is king at last.

With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, her eldest son Charles, has ascended to the throne.

In 2015, Charles met with then-President Barack Obama for the second time during a three-day visit to the U.S. and I'm not just saying that," crediting Charles for having got "the whole thing going." "I suppose I have spent most of my life trying to propose and initiate things that very few people could see the point of or, frankly, thought were plain bonkers," he said in 2016. Biden praised the prince for his leadership on environmental matters and reportedly told him: "We need you badly… During former President Donald Trump's state visit to the U.K. "What moved me is his passion for future generations," said Trump. From early on, the boy-who-would-be-king's most essential duty was to find a wife and produce future heirs. He has continued to be a passionate advocate through his charity work for everything from environmental conservation, to community empowerment. But it became obvious to the world that the royal couple wasn't happy together. I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world. [passing of Queen Elizabeth II](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-age-96-britains-longest-reigning-monarch/), her first son Charles has ascended the throne. "We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother.

Queen Elizabeth II's death means Charles becomes king, but he had been quietly performing the role already in the final years of her life.

"The regular rhythm of the Monarchy provides reassurance to many people. war memorial The Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. [Platinum Jubilee](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/platinum-jubilee) while a special salute was arranged for the queen to take from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. However, the rest of her regular annual calendar was important too and the Sovereign Grant Report outlines the role some of the smaller events play in providing "continuity and stability" as head of nation. The Prince of Wales was accompanied by the Imperial State Crown which was carried on a cushion to symbolize the queen in her absence. [loss of his mother](https://www.newsweek.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-dead-worlds-longest-reigning-monarch-buckingham-palace-1586430) at a time when the spotlight turns to him as the new leader of the monarchy.

In line with British tradition, Prince Charles has been automatically upgraded to king upon the death of the previous monarch.

Earlier this year, Charles appeared in the House of Lords for the state opening of Parliament to deliver the Queen’s Speech on behalf of his mother, who was unable to attend due to ongoing mobility issues at the time. He graduated from Cambridge and joined the Royal Navy where he was a flight lieutenant. And as we mourn, we must come together as a people to support him. It was the first time in decades that the Queen had been unable to fulfill this duty marking a new session of Parliament, and it gave citizens a preview of Charles in his new role as the King. In line with protocol, the 73-year-old immediately became the 62nd British monarch. "With the king's family, we mourn the loss of his mother.

In the millennium-long history of the British royal family, no heir has prepared for the crown longer than Queen Elizabeth's eldest son, King Charles III.

The queen reigned so long that in many ways she came to define Britain, a once-mighty country now diminished and searching for its place in the world. The new king is not short of supporters, with many seeing him as something of a soothsayer when it comes to his decadeslong campaigning for the environment. The “black spider memos” — so named because of his handwriting — were seen as a big no-no for the supposedly apolitical crown. Her family was not aristocratic enough for her to be a suitable wife for the heir to the throne. The fund’s chairman, Sir Ian Cheshire, confirmed to the newspaper that at least one of the donations took place and said all the correct processes were followed. She had also been in several relationships already, and “the conventions of the time called for the heir to the British throne to marry a woman who appeared to be at least virginal,” Smith wrote in her book. This is “absolutely the story of his life” — Charles’ family “constantly trying to shove him into this mold, because he was the future king, that he just didn’t fit,” Brown said. [the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II,](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/queen-elizabeth-ii-britains-longest-serving-monarch-dies-rcna24582) fulfilling a destiny placed upon him at age 3, when she became the monarch in 1952. He had entertained ambitions of being a train driver, a soldier and even a big-game hunter, he said, “until I realized I was rather stuck.” That tortured listlessness did not fade. Others say it is because of the openly political positions he has taken — a no-no for the supposedly apolitical royals and a dramatic departure from his stoically impartial mother. [the Commonwealth](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/prince-william-royal-queen-commonwealth-caribbean-tour-rcna21725), a postcolonial group of 54 countries comprising 2.4 billion people. He was born in Buckingham Palace on the evening of Nov.

Prince Charles' mother became queen when he was only three after the death of his grandfather King George VI in 1952.

He was also the first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. He is the father of Princes William and Harry and is also a grandfather. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. He founded The Prince’s Trust in 1976, and is a patron, president or member of over 400 other charities and organisations. His mother became queen when he was only three after the death of his grandfather King George VI in 1952. Prince Charles’ mother became queen when he was only three after the death of his grandfather King George VI in 1952.

Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, became King Charles III with Queen Elizabeth's passing. Charles, 73, has waited decades to ascend to the ...

The couple had two sons, [William](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/prince-william/), born in 1982, and [Harry](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/prince-harry/), in 1984. Ten years later, letters made public and addressed to members of [Tony Blair's](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/tony-blair/) government revealed some interference by the heir to the throne in political affairs, which contradicts the tradition of royal family neutrality. In 2013, he represented his mother for the first time at a meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government. He is also the president of the The new sovereign chose the name of Charles III, even though his first name, Charles, is considered a curse in British history. Prince Charles travelled to France to retrieve the body of his ex-wife. In 2007, he notably created the Prince's Rainforests Project to raise awareness of deforestation. In 1981, at the age of 32, he finally decided to marry For several years, the Princess and the Prince of Wales could no longer hide their disagreements. [Lady Diana Spencer](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/princess-diana/), who was 20 years old and from the British aristocracy. He went on to study at Cambridge University, where he earned a degree in anthropology, archeology and history - making him the first British monarch with a university degree. Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, became King Charles III with Queen Elizabeth's passing.

Romantic and sensitive, young Charles had little in common with his straightforward, undemonstrative mother, but as decades passed, the duo developed a ...

As his biographer Sally Bedell Smith writes in [Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life](https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Charles-Passions-Paradoxes-Improbable-ebook/dp/B01KE64YC4/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=prince+charles+sally+bedell+smith&qid=1641595361&sprefix=Prince+Charles+sally%2Caps%2C152&sr=8-1), when Lady Pamela Hicks was asked which parent Charles was most like she quipped, “I think he must be a changeling.” In 1953, the newly crowned Elizabeth and Prince Philip went on a six-month tour of the commonwealth, leaving Charles and Anne. “I think any idea of a family in the normal sense was knocked on the head by the queen’s accession at such an early age,” biographer Philip Ziegler told Kelley. At the time, a spokesperson for Charles and Camilla [said](https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60274816) the couple was “touched and honoured” by the queen's proclamation. “I am going to be the child’s mother, not the nurses,” she said, per Kelley. The statement-making gesture could also be seen as a gift from the 95-year-old monarch to Charles, and a blessing of the choices he’s made.

Throughout his long wait to ascend the throne, King Charles stood out for his outspoken views on everything from climate change to architecture.

Then, he is bound by the conventions relating to advice. It is, I think, absurd to think he is unaware of this," constitutional historian Professor Vernon Bogdanor said in a 2017 lecture. "Perhaps I should not have been surprised that so many people failed to fathom what I was doing. "That will present serious constitutional issues." In 2013, it was revealed Charles had held 36 meetings with government ministers in the previous three years. Supporters and many of its residents say it is radical and successful. Charles said it would have been criminally negligent of him to ignore such issues. They are a long way from being persuaded of Charles's evolving view: that campaigning and kingship can be synthesised." His speeches and acts are then those of his ministers. He himself acknowledged his views have courted controversy. "He has a view of the world and he wants to impose his view of that world, so in every way he doesn't want to conform to expectations, so that makes him a rebel," said Tom Bower, who wrote a biography of Charles to coincide with his 70th birthday. "You are accused of being controversial just because you are trying to draw attention to things that aren't necessarily part of the conventional viewpoint," Charles said in a magazine interview to mark his 70th birthday.

With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, her eldest son Charles, has ascended to the throne.

In 2015, Charles met with then-President Barack Obama for the second time during a three-day visit to the U.S. and I'm not just saying that," crediting Charles for having got "the whole thing going." "I suppose I have spent most of my life trying to propose and initiate things that very few people could see the point of or, frankly, thought were plain bonkers," he said in 2016. Biden praised the prince for his leadership on environmental matters and reportedly told him: "We need you badly… During former President Donald Trump's state visit to the U.K. From early on, the boy-who-would-be-king's most essential duty was to find a wife and produce future heirs. But it became obvious to the world that the royal couple wasn't happy together. "There is no way of getting around it, he is not in the first flush of youth," said CBS News royal contributor Julian Payne, who previously served as press secretary to then-Prince Charles. He has continued to be a passionate advocate through his charity work for everything from environmental conservation, to community empowerment. I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world. [passing of Queen Elizabeth II](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-age-96-britains-longest-reigning-monarch/), her first son Charles has ascended the throne to officially becoming King Charles III. You provide the service to the nation when you're asked to do it.

Charles, the oldest person to ever assume the British throne, became King Charles III on Thursday following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

In a televised interview, they later said a member of the royal family had raised “concerns and conversations” about the color of their baby’s skin before he was born. Tensions persist inside the royal family, underscored by the decision of Harry and his wife, Meghan, to step away from their royal duties and move to California in 2020. He ended his military career as commander of the HMS Bronington, a minesweeper, in 1976. In an interview of her own, Diana drew attention to her husband’s relationship with Camilla, saying: “There were three of us in this marriage.” Diana apparently didn’t see him again until 1980, and rumors of their engagement swirled after she was invited to spend time with Charles and the royal family. But it was the disintegration of his marriage to Diana that made many question his fitness for the throne. Charles admitted to adultery to a TV interviewer in 1994. But the public mood softened after he married Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005 and she became the Duchess of Cornwall. “I always wonder what meddling is, I always thought it was motivating,” he said in “Prince, Son and Heir: Charles at 70,” a 2018 documentary. “He now finds himself in, if you like, the autumn of his life, having to think carefully about how he projects his image as a public figure,” said historian Ed Owens. After an apprenticeship that began as a child, Charles embodies the modernization of the British monarchy. “I’ve always been intrigued if it’s meddling to worry about the inner cities, as I did 40 years ago and what was happening or not happening there, the conditions in which people were living.

He has deep thoughts on climate change, modern architecture, organic farming. Charles has conceded that as king, he will have to express his views less.

[Prince, Son And Heir: Charles At 70](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0br9x0l),” the future king is asked about accusations of meddling in public affairs. Charles has said he will return to live in Buckingham Palace in central London, an edifice his mother had mostly abandoned since the pandemic. Does he work to bring Harry and his wife, Meghan back into the royal fold? Charles has spent hours and hours with BBC, despite having faced the media buzz saw, the worst of the worst tabloids in the 1990s. [25 years](https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/08/20/princess-diana-death-anniversary/?itid=lk_inline_manual_30) later, for his role in his disastrous marriage to Princess Diana, which ended in tragedy. The queen believed, devoutly, in Jesus Christ as lord and savior. With Camilla, it turned out, now [queen consort](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/08/uk-queen-elizabeth-charles-camilla/?itid=lk_inline_manual_30). Asked about fears that his involvement would continue in the same way, Charles said: “No, it won’t. Episodes of the popular television series “The Crown” portrayed him as a cold fish, a cruel man, uncomfortable with himself. “Her dedication and devotion as Sovereign never wavered, through times of change and progress, through times of joy and celebration, and through times of sadness and loss,” he said. And so in most cases, royal watchers had to resort to reading the tea leaves to guess her stance. “He will be a different sort of monarch.

Prince Charles inherited the throne in September 2022 upon his mother Queen Elizabeth's death at 96 — everything he's said about becoming king.

[Prince Harry](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/prince-harry/), couldn’t help but take a dig at the chatter during the Prince’s Trust Awards Trophy Ceremony at St. Others questioned if Charles would bypass the throne entirely, handing over the reins to his oldest son, [Prince William](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/prince-william/). [officially coronated](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/when-will-prince-charles-become-king-everything-to-know/), he is now the ruling monarch of the U.K. His wife, [Duchess Camilla](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/duchess-camilla/), is the queen consort. (The queen confirmed in February 2022 that [Charles’ second wife would get the title](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/duchess-camilla-explains-queen-consort-role-what-shes-said/) when he took over.) Story of my life …,” he quipped at the time. I know her loss will be deeply felt throughout the country, the Realms, and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world.” James’ Palace in 2021 when recalling the time he went to discount store T.K. “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.” “We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother. [Prince Philip](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/prince-philip/)’s [four children](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/royal-family-tree-queen-elizabeth-kids-and-grandkids-2013107/), has spent his entire life preparing to one day succeed the throne amid [Queen Elizabeth’s historic 70-year reign](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/queen-elizabeth-iis-platinum-jubilee-everything-to-know/). [King Charles III](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/prince-charles/) succeeded [the British throne](https://www.usmagazine.com/royal-family/) in September 2022 upon the death of his mother, [Queen Elizabeth II](https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrities/queen-elizabeth/).

“I speak to you today with feelings of profound sorrow,” the new monarch, 73, said in a pre-recorded message, calling the late Queen Elizabeth II “an ...

Unlike [the queen’s father] King George VI, who died quicker than expected and with not a lot of preparation, this is well mapped out and orchestrated.” “We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother,” the statement continued. [assumed a new title](https://pagesix.com/2022/09/08/the-royal-familys-title-changes-after-queen-elizabeth-iis-death/). [Up Next](https://pagesix.com/2022/09/09/we-tried-the-year-of-ours-leggings-celebrities-love/) “We owe her the most heartfelt debt any family could owe to their mother for her love, affection, guidance, understanding and example,” Charles continued. [preparing for his accession](https://pagesix.com/2022/09/08/the-royal-familys-title-changes-after-queen-elizabeth-iis-death/).