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King Charles Speaks Out After Queen Elizabeth II's Passing
Following Queen Elizabeth II's passing, members of the royal household person officially began departing from Balmoral Castle.
King Charles III, Queen Consort Camilla and Prince Harry were among the royals seen leaving Her Majesty's property successful Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Their departure comes hours aft members of the royal household rushed to beryllium by the Queen's broadside aft Buckingham Palace confirmed her doctors were "concerned" astir the state of her health. Queen Elizabeth II died connected Sept. 8 astatine the property of 96, arsenic the royal household confirmed successful a connection shared to societal media.
"The Queen died peacefully astatine Balmoral this afternoon," a statement from their authoritative Twitter account work Sept. 8. "The King and The Queen Consort volition stay astatine Balmoral this evening and volition instrumentality to London tomorrow." Per Sky News, the Duke of Sussex has besides landed astatine Heathrow successful London.
Moments aft her passing, King Charles shared a fewer words honoring his mother's legacy.
"The decease of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is simply a infinitesimal of the top sadness for maine and each members of my family," the connection read. "We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother."
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"I cognize her nonaccomplishment volition beryllium profoundly felt passim the country, the Realms and the Commonwealth," helium continued. "And by countless radical astir the world."
He concluded, "During this play of mourning and change, my household and I volition beryllium comforted and sustained by our cognition of the respect and heavy affection successful which The Queen was truthful wide held."
King Charles volition present a code addressing the federation connected Sept. 9.
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