First visit today by King Charles III to the British Parliament in Westminster , the oldest in the world, for the condolence ceremony .

To meet Charles - who recently succeeded his mother Elizabeth as constitutional monarch , who died on 8 September in the Scottish residence of Balmoral at the age of 96 and after seven decades of reign - about 900 parliamentarians in assembled chambers . Waiting for the sovereign in the House of Lords - the elective one of Commons is precluded to kings and queens by centuries-old tradition, to underline the limits of the power of a no longer absolute monarchy - and deputies (including members of the Tory government, the Labor opposition and of the other parties), is equal to the Kingdom .

Then the messages of condolences , pronounced in order by Lord John McFall, speaker of the Upper House, and then by Lindsay Hoyle, speaker of the Municipalities.

For Carlo - accompanied by the queen consort Camilla - a short speech to solemnly reaffirm his commitment to loyalty to the British "constitutional government" model. The sovereign recalled "the unsurpassed dedication " of his "beloved mother " to the country and to her duties, promising to follow in its footsteps. Then, quoting Shakespeare once again, he defined her as the "model of life of all principles".

Then the departure for Edinburgh , Scotland, where in the early afternoon the king and queen (but also the British premier Liz Truss) are expected to follow the coffin of Elizabeth II in the planned procession between the palace of Holyrood and St Giles' cathedral. . Here the remains of the sovereign, after a suffrage rite, will be exhibited for the first time as a tribute to the public for 24 hours, before moving to London.

(Unioneonline / vl)

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