ThePrince of Walesexpressed his gratitude to Taylor Swift for a “great concert,” sharing a photo of the pop superstar taking a selfie with him and his children, George and Charlotte.
The future king, who celebrated his 42nd birthday at Wembley Stadium, was seen enthusiastically dancing to “Shake It Off.”
“Thank you Taylor Swift for a great evening,” Prince William posted on Instagram.
Swift also shared the selfie on her Instagram, featuring her boyfriend, NFL star Travis Kelce. “Happy Bday M8,” she wrote. “London shows are off to a splendid start.”
The event drew a star-studded crowd, including William’s cousin Zara Tindall and her husband Mike Tindall, Bridgerton’s Nicola Coughlan, and model Cara Delevingne. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer also attended, taking a break from his campaign to enjoy the concert.
Prince William has previously joined Swift and Jon Bon Jovi for a rendition of “Livin’ On A Prayer” at a 2013 charity event at Kensington Palace.
Swift is performing three shows at the 90,000-capacity Wembley Stadium this weekend and will return for five more in August. London, caught up in “Taylor-mania,” has even seen its iconic Tube map redrawn to mark her arrival. Her song “Shake It Off” was played during the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.
The economic impact of Swift’s Eras Tour on London is substantial, with fans expected to boost the city’s economy by £300 million. Nearly 640,000 people are anticipated to attend her eight shows, making London the city with the most Eras Tour dates.
You presumably already know that US Vice President Joe Biden has been in Europe for the past several days, unless you’ve been living on a different planet.
Although a vital NATO summit in Lithuania was the major objective of the trip, the president began the week with a quick stop in London to strengthen the US-UK “special relationship.”
It was a high-stakes diplomatic visit that took place days after the contentious decision to deliver cluster munitions to Ukraine by the American commander in chief, a move that the UK vehemently opposes as a signatory to a prohibition on the weapon.
First, he met with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before climbing aboard Marine One for a short flight to Windsor to meet King Charles III. It was their first in-person chat since Charles was crowned in May. But there appeared to be no hurt feelings over Biden’s non-attendance at the coronation, with the King warmly welcoming his guest with a guard of honor.
This wasn’t a full-on formal state visit, which usually lasts several days and is full of pageantry, diplomatic sit-downs and a glittering Buckingham Palace banquet. Instead, the catch-up was billed as a ceremonial state welcome.
The display of military personnel – formed of the Prince of Wales’ Company of the Welsh Guards on this occasion – was “designed to show the ultimate respect to the United States, our greatest ally, and used troops with some of the closest links to the King who are also preparing to deploy to the US to train alongside US forces in a matter of weeks,” according to the British Army.
National anthems were performed, followed by the two heads of state inspecting the troops. At several points, Biden placed his hand on the King’s back, in a tactile display of their close rapport. The gesture was later described to us by a royal source as being a “wonderful symbol of warmth and affection.”
As is often the case when a president comes to town, some observers scrutinized Biden’s moves for a potential breach of regal etiquette. But the royal source told CNN that the King is “entirely comfortable with that kind of contact” and that “contrary to some reports that is in fact the correct protocol.”
Afterward, the two had tea together before they viewed a Royal Collection exhibition of items relating to the US. On the face of it, the encounter seemed entirely similar to those conducted by the late Queen Elizabeth II. However, there was some deviation you may have missed.
Ahead of the meeting, it was revealed what the monarch and president would be discussing on Monday: climate change – a subject important to both men. It was a move that Charles’ late mother never allowed. The Queen, always regimented and steadfast in her duties, never revealed what she discussed with the 12 presidents she met during her reign. The few insights we’ve had have come from former presidents and tended to reveal how she made them feel welcomed or their impressions of her given her lengthy reign, rather than the specifics of their meetings.
Another departure from the Queen’s approach to presidential meetings was that a concurrent event took place at Windsor Castle, which the pair later joined in the castle’s Green Drawing Room. High-profile private sector stakeholders had been brought together for a Climate Finance Mobilisation Forum aimed at bolstering “commitments to climate action within emerging markets and developing economies.”
UK Energy Security Secretary Grant Shapps heralded the King’s “many decades” of sounding the alarm around climate change and told Biden he was “enormously pleased” by the climate provisions in the US Inflation Reduction Act passed last August. He noted there would be “a couple of billion dollars’ worth of pledges” coming out of the meeting, adding that the group planned to turn their discussion into “real, tangible outcomes.”
Neither the King nor Biden spoke on camera while media were allowed in the room. Among the group of top financiers and philanthropists was Biden’s special presidential envoy for climate, John Kerry. He spoke to us for a few minutes afterward and called Monday’s engagement “time well spent” and praised the King’s “convening power” on a critical issue.
The attendees “agreed that we need to accelerate the deployment of capital, money, investment in the new energy economy.” The president, Kerry said, was particularly interested in a part of the discussion focused on “what could be done in the insurance industry to be able to provide insurance for certain types of investments.”
Some critics had questioned whether the King had overstepped by wading into policy. Kerry wouldn’t be drawn on the subject but said there had been a “great discussion” and characterized it as more of a “briefing” for the King, who, he said, “didn’t take part in the meeting” itself.
The British sovereign, Kerry said, “does have extraordinary convening power.”
“He obviously has great respect for people that are pushing an issue he’s cared about for all of his life,” said Kerry.
The Prince of Wales has started a large-scale initiative with the goal of putting an end to homelessness in five years.
With the Homewards project, Prince William intends to follow in the footsteps of Finland, where homelessness has been all but eliminated. The project will first concentrate on six places throughout the UK.
Businesses, organisations, and individuals will collaborate as part of the £3 million effort to create “tailor-made” action plans to address homelessness in their communities.
William already supports the homeless charities The Passage and Centrepoint. He began a two-day visit of the UK this morning in Lambeth, south London, to introduce the Homewards initiative.
It’s hoped with this project rough sleeping, sofa surfing and other forms of temporary accommodation become a thing of the past.
William said: ‘In a modern and progressive society, everyone should have a safe and secure home, be treated with dignity and given the support they need.
‘Through Homewards, I want to make this a reality and over the next five years, give people across the UK hope that homelessness can be prevented when we collaborate.
‘I am fortunate to have seen first-hand the tireless work of people and organisations across the sector, the tangible impact their efforts can have and what can be done when communities are able to focus on preventing homelessness, rather than managing it.
William has launched the Homeward project in Lambeth (Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
‘It’s a big task, but I firmly believe that by working together it is possible to make homelessness rare, brief, and unrepeated and I am very much looking forward to working with our six locations to make our ambition a reality.’
Each of the six locations will be supported to deliver a housing project to ‘test new ways to unlock homes at scale’.
The locations were selected after a bidding process, and it’s hoped Homewards’ results will create models which can be adopted by other parts of the UK.
Matt Downie, chief executive of charity Crisis, says there are around 300,000 people experiencing homelessness in the UK on any given night.
He said factors ‘pushing’ people into homelessness include a ‘severe shortage of genuinely affordable homes’, rising rents, the increasing cost of living, low wages, and insecure work, adding that people are unable to cope with ‘sudden economic shocks’ and the welfare system is ‘unable to support people’.
Matt added: ‘Homelessness is not inevitable, as a provider of services to thousands of people across Britain every year.
Prince William announced Homewards alongside (L-R) Tyrone Mings, Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, Gail Porter and David Duke (Picture: Andrew Parsons/Kensington Palace via Getty Images)
‘We know that in most cases it’s preventable, and in every case it can be ended.
‘The best way to tackle homelessness is to stop it happening in the first place.
‘We’ve seen it in other countries such as Finland, where homelessness is all but ended, and we’ve seen it when we follow innovative programmes that give people housing first.
‘We know we can do the same here with the right choices and by working together.
‘With levels of homelessness only set to increase innovative programmes like Homewards are more necessary than ever.’
William described his project as ‘an additive to what is already being done’ in a Sunday Times.
When asked if there were plans for affordable housing on Duchy of Cornwall land he inherited on becoming Prince of Wales, he said: ‘There is. Absolutely. Social housing. You’ll see that when it’s ready.’
A royal source said: ‘The prince believes that rather than continue to shine a light on the issue, that it’s time to take action.
‘And yes, he may be in the position he is in, but this isn’t about big gestures, this isn’t about a PR stunt.
‘This is about trying to deliver systemic change to the way that we as a society think about homelessness.’
Republic, which campaigns for an elected head of state, criticised the plans and called on the future king to ‘directly’ challenge the Government for, it claimed, causing homelessness.
Republic chief Graham Smith said: ‘Homelessness is the result of government policy and lack of investment, it isn’t something that can be resolved by charity or royal patronage.
‘It is also, in part, the result of economic inequality, something represented by the super-rich royals who live in multiple palatial homes.’
He highlighted the prince’s three homes: Adelaide Cottage, a four-bedroom property in Windsor Castle’s Home Park, Kensington Palace’s 20-room Apartment 1A and Anmer Hall, a mansion on the King’s private Sandringham estate in Norfolk.
The Prince of Wales, Prince William and Princess of Wales, Catherine Elizabeth Middleton have congratulated Lionel Messi and Argentina for emerging winners of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
In a tweet on Monday, the royals wrote: “What. A. Final. Congratulations to Argentina and to Messi.”
However, they left a question many have asked since the end of the World Cup. Is Messi the Greatest Of All Time (G.O.A.T)?
Messi has had to share that rank with Cristiano Ronaldo, but after acquiring a World Cup victory, something Ronaldo has not been able to achieve, many believe the tag G.O.A.T best fits Messi and no one else.
What. A. Final. Congratulations to Argentina and to Messi. 🐐?!
Commiserations to France – both teams played brilliantly. W
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) December 18, 2022
Meanwhile, the British royals have condoled with France after failing to defend their title.
“Commiserations to France – both teams played brilliantly,” they tweeted.
Since the tournament, Kylian Mbappe has been praised for his phenomenal performance. He scored a hat trick and won the golden boot for scoring 8 goals at the World Cup.
🔹 WC winner at 19
🔹 WC Golden Boot winner at 23
🔹 First hat-trick in a WC final in 56 years
🔹 No player has scored more goals in WC finals
🔹 First man to score 7+ goals at a single WC since Ronaldo in 2002
Prince Williamwas the surprise guest at a ceremony to hand out team jerseys at the England soccer HQ on Monday evening.
Prince William is the England soccer team’s number one fan!
The Prince of Wales, 40, was a surprise guest at the team’s HQ Monday evening ahead of the 2022 men’s World Cup and helped hand out new jerseys to the 26-player squad.
“I’m really here to just kind of point out that the rest of the country’s behind you,” Prince William told the team. “We’re all rooting for you. Enjoy it.”
William, who is President of the Football Association, received an England jersey signed by the entire squad in return.
“What you and Gareth have built here is something special, that’s clear to see,” William added, in reference to the role of England coachGareth Southgate, who steered the team to the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup.
“Play for each other, support each other, enjoy it and I’m sure you’ll go far,” he added.
Prince William Highlights Importance of Mental Health in Talk With England Soccer Stars
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Southgate described the surprise visit of the Prince of Wales as “a nice moment to be with the group and Prince William, who has been a huge supporter of ours.”
“I know how passionate the players are about their country and it was great to see what it meant to each of them as they came forward,” he added about the players receiving their jerseys from William.
“As staff and players, we are all so privileged to represent England and we are excited to see what’s possible together. We want to make the fans proud again.”
Prince William’s presentation began with captain Harry Kane, who he recently joined for a conversation about mental health.
He also presented the No. 17 shirt to Bukayo Saka, who was one of the players William reached out to after he and others were racially abused on social media for missing crucial penalty kicks in the final of the European Championships in 2021.
Prince William and Jack Grealish. EDDIE KEOGH – THE FA/THE FA VIA GETTY IMAGES
Later, William was pictured with his arm around the shoulders of star forward Jack Grealish as they had a quiet chat. Grealish played for William’s favorite club team, Aston Villa, until he transferred to Manchester City in 2021.
The England team leaves for Qatar on Tuesday in readiness for their first match against Iran on Nov. 21. They then play the USA on Nov. 25.
Sir John Major has slammed The Crown’s reported depiction of Charles attempting to force the Queen’s abdication during his presidency as “damaging, malicious fiction.”
The next season of the Netflix show is expected to include footage of the then-Prince of Wales, Dominic West, briefing Sir John (Jonny Lee Miller) against the Queen in an attempt to depose her.
According to The Mail on Sunday the writers suggest that in 1991, Charles believed his mother, who was 65 at the time, was making the same mistake as Queen Victoria by not letting her younger heir take over.
A spokesperson for Sir John told the paper: “Sir John has not co-operated in any way with The Crown. Nor has he ever been approached by them to fact-check any scripted material in this or any other series.
“There was never any discussion between Sir John and the then Prince of Wales about any possible abdication of the late Queen Elizabeth II.”
The spokesperson said that if such scenes are broadcast, “they should be seen as nothing other than damaging and malicious fiction. A barrel-load of nonsense peddled for no other reason than to provide maximum – and entirely false – dramatic impact”.
It marks the start of a brand-new chapter. At a global gathering for his United for Wildlife non-profit, Prince William gave his first speech as the heir apparent to the British throne, paying tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Speaking at London’s Science Museum, the prince of Wales addressed 300 global leaders from the private sector, philanthropists, and conservation organizations, as well as law enforcement representatives, who had all gathered to tackle the critical issue of wildlife crime around the world.
He also praised the wildlife advocacy first championed by his father, King Charles III, andlate grandfather, Prince Philip.
“Our natural world is one of our greatest assets,” he said. “It is a lesson I learned from a young age, from my father and grandfather, both committed naturalists in their own right, and also from my much-missed grandmother, who cared so much for the natural world. In times of loss, it is a comfort to honour those we miss through the work we do. I take great comfort from the progress we are making to end the illegal wildlife trade.”
Illegal wildlife trafficking and poaching has long been at the forefront of Prince William’s work. Since launching the nonprofit in 2012, William, in his role as president, has overseen efforts to convene leading wildlife charities to create a global movement with the aim of bringing an end to issues such as the rapid escalation of the illegal wildlife trade and why it must be addressed as a serious organized crime.
“It is, of course, a difficult mission that we commit ourselves to,” he said at the Oct. 4 summit. “The challenges often cited in fighting wildlife crime include the lack of a coordinated international response … the lack of strong criminal justice … corruption and insufficient resources. But we set out to reverse that.”
“We set out to ensure that those involved in wildlife crime face an international response as powerful and coordinated as any other serious and organised crime,” he said. “To bring their sinister operations out of the shadows and to ensure that communities are equipped, empowered, and supported to protect themselves and their natural world. And everyone here is playing a significant role in helping us do so.”
The Prince of Wales paid a visit to St George’s Park today to mark the 10th anniversary of the home of England’s national teams.
Along with chatting to Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate, His Royal Highness observed training sessions involving the men’s senior deaf team and the men’s powerchair development squad before meeting girls and boys from community clubs.
Since opening in 2012, St George’s Park has made a huge contribution to the success enjoyed by sides at all levels, most recently highlighted by the Lionesses winning Euro 2022.
FA CEO Mark Bullingham said: “St George’s Park continues to deliver on the vision we set out 10 years ago to provide consistent world-class support for our England teams.
“Since St George’s Park opened, our teams have won 12 tournaments and we are confident that our best-in-class facilities, coaching and learning will support more success for future generations.
“Our investment supported by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Sport England and the National Lottery continues to drive success for the English game.”
The Staffordshire facility now hosts over 80 England team camps a year across men’s and women’s seniors, development and para squads.
They all benefit from 13 outdoor pitches, full-size indoor 3G pitch and indoor Futsal arenas, strength and conditioning gym and facilities such as cryotherapy, hydrotherapy and physiotherapy suites.
Alongside its role in delivering a pathway for England’s elite teams, St George’s Park is also home to the FA’s education arm, England Football Learning.
Did you know?
Before it became a centre of world-class football, the St George’s Park site had a rich history. It went from being used as a hunting ground where wolves and wild boars roamed free to entertaining the aristocracy.
The land was purchased in 2001 and plans for St George’s Park were first put in place. In 2008, the FA reignited the project after two-and-a-half years of planning and extensive research.
St George’s Park was officially opened by the then Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on October 9, 2012. The final build costs were £105million.
In 2015, the senior women’s team won bronze at the World Cup. An extra-time penalty goal ensured England beat Germany for the first time in 31 years.
History was made earlier this year as the Lionesses ended 56 years of hurt, becoming English football’s first senior trophy winners since 1966 by emerging victorious on home soil at Euro 2022.
Buckingham Palace says, King Charles will not go to the COP27 climate change meeting, which will take place in Egypt next month.
It was in response to a Sunday Times article that claimed Liz Truss, the prime minister, had “directed” the King not to attend.
The Palace said advice had been sought by the King and given by Ms Truss.
“With mutual friendship and respect there was agreement that the King would not attend,” the Palace stated.
Before his ascension to the throne last month, the King – then the Prince of Wales – had indicated he would attend the annual conference.
Royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said the BBC had put it to the Palace that the King must be personally disappointed given his long decades of passionate environmental campaigning.
But the Palace responded that the idea the King was uncomfortable was not the case, and he was ever mindful of the sovereign’s role to act on the government’s advice.
Last November – Prince Charles – the King travelled to Egypt with the then-government’s blessing to urge the Egyptian administration on its efforts, meeting President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi during a planned visit.
In the past, the King has demonstrated his deep commitment to environmental issues and, as Prince of Wales, had a long history of campaigning to reduce the effects of climate change.
Only last year he made a speech at the COP26 opening ceremony in Glasgow, when the summit was hosted by the UK. The late Queen also gave a speech at the event, via video link.
Senior Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood said he hoped “common sense would prevail” and the King would be allowed to go to Egypt.
He said in a tweet that King Charles was a “globally-respected voice” on the environment whose attendance would add “serious authority” to the British delegation.
At last year’s COP26 conference, King Charles – or Prince Charles as he was then – was one of the star turns, delivering a passionate call for world leaders to adopt a “war-like footing” over climate change.
This year he’ll have to keep his powder dry, after what’s presented, on the surface at least,as a dispute-free agreement that he shouldn’t go.
Although it’s worth noting this is about not attending “in person”, which might leave the door ajar for other virtual contributions.
There will inevitably be speculation that, below all the constitutional smoothing, this will have really disappointed the King. He has campaigned devotedly for decades, heart on sleeve, on such environmental issues.
And it could also raise the prospect of early tensions between a new King and a new PM.
But it’s a case of different roles, and different rules and the King has always known that as sovereign he would have to act within a different set of politically-neutral constraints.
The Egyptian authorities say they hope to use their presidency of COP27 to urge the international community to act on pledges of support for developing countries to cope with the devastating impacts of climate change.
However, there has been criticism ahead of the summit. Human Rights Watch has said Egypt has severely curtailed the work of environmental groups. Officials in Cairo said the report was “misleading”.
COP27, a United Nations event, is being held in the coastal city of Sharm el-Sheikh from 8 to16 November.
Next week, King Charles will attend his first public engagements since the royal periodof mourning came to an end, including a reception in Edinburgh for South Asian communities from across the UK and a visit to Dunfermline Abbey in Fife.
IMAGE SOURCE, BUCKINGHAM PALACE/GETTY IMAGES/PA Image caption, A new picture of the King with the Queen Consort, Prince, and Princess of Wales was released on Saturday
King Charles will not attend the climate change conference COP27, which is due to be held in Egypt next month, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.
It was responding to a story in the Sunday Times which claimed Prime Minister Liz Truss had “ordered” the King not to attend.
The Palace said advice had been sought by the King and given by Ms Truss.
“With mutual friendship and respect there was agreement that the King would not attend,” the Palace stated.
Before his ascension to the throne last month, the King – then the Prince of Wales – had indicated he would attend the annual conference.
Royal correspondent Jonny Dymond said the BBC had put it to the Palace the King must be personally disappointed given his long decades of passionate environmental campaigning.
But the Palace responded that the idea the King was uncomfortable was not the case, and he was ever mindful of the sovereign’s role to act on the government’s advice.
Last November – as Prince Charles – the King travelled to Egypt with the then-government’s blessing to urge the Egyptian administration on its efforts, meeting President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi during a planned visit.
In the past, the King has demonstrated his deep commitment to environmental issues and, as Prince of Wales, had a long history of campaigning to reduce the effects of climate change.
Only last year he made a speech at the COP26 opening ceremony in Glasgow, when the summit was hosted by the UK. The late Queen also gave a speech at the event, via video link.
Senior Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood said he hoped “common sense would prevail” and the King would be allowed to go Egypt.
He said in a tweet that King Charles was a “globally-respected voice” on the environment whose attendance would add “serious authority” to the British delegation.
At last year’s COP26 conference, King Charles – or Prince Charles as he was then – was one of the star turns, delivering a passionate call for world leaders to adopt a “war-like footing” over climate change.
This year he’ll have to keep his powder dry, after what’s presented, on the surface at least, as a dispute-free agreement that he shouldn’t go.
Although it’s worth noting this is about not attending “in person”, which might leave the door ajar for other virtual contributions.
There will inevitably be speculation that, below all the constitutional smoothing, this will have really disappointed the King. He has campaigned devotedly for decades, heart on sleeve, on such environmental issues.
And it could also raise the prospect of early tensions between a new King and a new PM.
But it’s a case of different role, different rules, and the King has always known that as sovereign he would have to act within a different set of politically-neutral constraints.
The Egyptian authorities say they hope to use their presidency of COP27 to urge the international community to act on pledges of support for developing countries to cope with the devastating impacts of climate change.
However, there has been criticism ahead of the summit. Human Rights Watch has said Egypt has severely curtailed the work of environmental groups. Officials in Cairo said the report was “misleading”.
COP27, a United Nations event, is being held in the coastal city of Sharm el-Sheikh from 8 to16 November.
Next week, King Charles will attend his first public engagements since the royal period of mourning came to an end, including a reception in Edinburgh for South Asian communities from across the UK and a visit to Dunfermline Abbey in Fife.
A new picture of the King with the Queen Consort, Prince and Princess of Wales was released on Saturday
Members of the Royal Family conducted visits as official mourning continued.
After viewing some of the hundreds of tributes to the late monarch, who died last week, outside the gates at Sandringham, Prince William and Catherine spoke to those gathered there.
Speaking to one woman, Prince William said: “I mean the walk yesterday was challenging, it brought back a few memories…”
Among those he spoke to was receptionist Jane Wells, from Long Sutton in Lincolnshire, who said she had told the prince how proud his mother would have been of him.
“He said how hard it was yesterday because it brought back memories of his mother’s funeral,” she said.
Caroline Barwick-Walters, of Neath in Wales, said she told Prince William “thank you for sharing your grief with the nation”, and that he replied, “she was everybody’s grandmother”.
Prince William, then 15, and his brother, Prince Harry the Duke of Sussex, then 12, walked with their father, King Charles III, behind the coffin of their mother, Princess Diana, in September 1997.
They were side by side again as they solemnly escorted the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster on Wednesday.
The sight of Prince William and Prince Harry walking side-by-side behind the Queen’s coffin in Wednesday’s procession to Westminster Hall evoked immediate memories of the two brothers at the funeral of their mother.
It’s 25 years since the death of Princess Diana, but it’s an image of loss that still resonates. It’s a reminder of the traumatic impact on the young lives of the two brothers – and both of them have often spoken of how much the loss of their mother is still in their thoughts.
Bereavement at such a young age has been previously described by Prince William as a “pain like no other pain”.
And Prince Harry has spoken of his mother’s continuing influence. “I feel her presence in almost everything that I do now,” he said earlier this year.
Speaking in 2017, Prince Harry described walking behind his mother’s coffin as a child as something that would not happen now.
He told Newsweek: “I don’t think any child should be asked to do that, under any circumstances. I don’t think it would happen today.”
Princes William and Harry at Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997
They joined their father King Charles in walking behind the Queen’s coffin on Wednesday
Sandringham House has been a royal residence for four generations of British monarchs for a period of more than 150 years and has traditionally been where the Queen spent her Christmas break.
She gifted Anmer Hall, a Georgian country house that is part of the Sandringham estate, to Prince William and Catherine after their wedding.
Prince and Princess of Wales meet the Sandringham crowd
Meanwhile, the King returned to Highgrove, his country home in Gloucestershire, where a spokesman said he was attending to state business.
The Earl and Countess of Wessex – the Queen’s youngest son Prince Edward and his wife Sophie – met well-wishers and viewing tributes in Manchester’s St Ann’s Square.
The couple were shown a book of condolence at Manchester’s Central Library, before lighting a candle in memory of the Queen at Manchester Cathedral.
Princess Royal – the Queen’s only daughter Princess Anne – travelled to Glasgow to meet representatives of organisations of which the Queen was patron.
On Wednesday, members of the Royal Family marched behind the Queen’s coffin as it travelled from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, where she is lying in state.
Thousands have queued for hours to view the coffin, which people can visit 24 hours a day until 06:30 BST on 19 September – the day of her funeral.
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