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REVEALED: William extended '11th-hour' olive branch
to Harry and Meghan after phonecall from the King: New
Prince of Wales William 'invited' Sussexes to join him and
Princess Kate for Windsor walkabout as grief forces
ceasefire in family's squabbles
The King yesterday ordered his warring sons (pictured left: Charles and Camilla, William and
Kate and Harry and Meghan together in 2018) to set aside their ongoing feud ahead of the
Queen's funeral - before the pair reunited in public for the first time in more than a year.
Royal sources say Prince William extended an '11th hour olive branch' to his young brother
Prince Harry by asking him to join him on a walkabout (pictured right) outside Windsor
Castle following a phone call with his father Charles. In a scene which delighted royal fans,
who had come to the gates of the Windsor estate mourn the Queen's death, William and
Harry walked out side-by-side wives Kate and Meghan. They went on an 40-minute
walkabout inspecting the sea of floral tributes laid outside the gates of the royal estate in
honour of the much-loved monarch. The moment could prove a turning point in the frayed
relationship between newly titled Waleses and the Sussexes, who have been at odds
following Megxit and a number of damaging US-interviews by Harry and Meghan.
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Meghan's mixed reaction as she returns to royal life:
Duchess is embraced by young women during walkabout
at Windsor - while others in crowd offer out a handshake
with stony faces
Meghan Markle tonight received a mixed reaction from a crowd in Windsor as she returned
to royal life alongside Prince Harry for a surprise appearance with the Prince and Princess of
Wales. The royal mother-of-two, who stepped back from royal duty last year and now lives in
her $14 million mansion in the US, has released a series of bombshell interviews in the last
18 months about her time in the royal family. Meghan was seen cooing over babies in the
crowd and even offered hugs out to some of the mourners waiting - but others in the crowd
greeted Meghan with stony faces this evening as she took part in the walkabout.
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Many of those watching the scenes were amazed by the surprise joint appearance, and took to
Twitter to share their happiness that the Fab Four had reunited (main). One excited royal
watcher commented: 'The Fab Four. Finally reunited publicly.' Another wrote: 'I see the Fab
Four are back. Quite the reunion.'
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The late Queen's close family publicly grieved over the death of the elderly monarch at a
private church service in Balmoral this afternoon - as Prince Andrew consoled his weeping
daughter Eugenie, before thanking well-wishers who have laid floral tributes outside the
gates of the Aberdeenshire estate. Dressed smartly in a suit, white shirt and black tie, the
Queen's second son - who was exiled from public life after his car-crash Newsnight interview
about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein - said: 'We've been allowed one day, now we start
the process of handing her on.' Cameras also captured the moment that the Duke of York
wrapped his arms around his family including his brother and sister-in-law Prince Edward
and Sophie, Countess of Wessex shortly after getting out of a cavalcade of Range Rovers -
before waving to a crowd of mourners at the Aberdeenshire estate who applauded the senior
royals. Three of the Queen's four children - the Princess Royal, the Duke of York and Earl of
Wessex - joined the Countess of Wessex, Anne's husband, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence,
and the Queen's grandchildren Peter Phillips, Zara Tindall, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie,
and Lady Louise Windsor for a walkabout after attending a prayer service at Crathie Kirk.
The family spent just under 10 minutes intently reading the tributes and admiring the flowers
before they returned inside Balmoral Castle.
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Prince William and Harry, along with their wives Kate and Meghan Markle, went on a 40-
minute walkabout at Windsor Castle inspecting the sea of floral tributes this evening.
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Angela Kelly from Liverpool began work as an Assistant Dresser at the Royal Household
before becoming indispensable to the Monarch. She lives a short walk from Windsor Castle.
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The Queen will lie in state for 'four clear days' in Westminster Hall from Wednesday
September 14, a senior palace official said. The funeral will then be held on Monday,
September 19.
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A committal ceremony for the late Queen Elizabeth II will be held within the grounds of
Windsor Castle, at St George's Chapel, following her funeral in London on September 19.
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The Queen's funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey on Monday September 19 at
11am, the Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk has said.
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MAILONLINE LIVE BLOG: Follow all the latest updates as Charles is formally proclaimed
as King, while William and Harry and Meghan and Kate greet people outside Windsor.
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NEW GYLES BRANDRETH: For her part it seems Elizabeth really had set her heart on
Philip long before. Margaret Rhodes confirmed this: 'Princess Elizabeth was enamoured from
an early age. I've got letters from her saying: "It's so exciting. Mummy says that Philip can
come and stay." She never looked at anyone else. She was smitten from the start.' Well, that
is the line always taken by the Queen's friends and biographers. But is it completely true? A
letter that Elizabeth wrote in 1943 - to her first cousin, Diana Bowes-Lyon - suggests she also
assessed other men as potential husbands. Aged 17-and-a-half, she wrote: 'I saw Andrew
[Elphinstone] for a moment last week. And the more I see of him, the more I wish he wasn't
my first cousin, as he's just the sort of husband any girl would love to have. I don't think one
could find anyone nicer.'
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ANDREW MARR: She has been living 'over there' - at Buckingham Palace, Windsor,
Balmoral, on our television screens. But she has also been living inside us, nestling in our
imaginations. Hence the atmosphere not only of deep national grief but also profound
unsettlement. For this is a deeply disquieting moment. It takes away one of the last places in
our national life marked by calm and reassurance. To that extent, her death is as much about
us as it is about her.
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Margaret was wild. Lilibet was tidy. She would hop out of
bed several times a night to get her shoes straight and her
clothes arranged just so: Royal biographer CRAIG
BROWN on two sisters, one known as her father's pride,
the other his joy
They grew up as a unit, but sisters Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret's destinies were to
prove wildly different writes CRAIG BROWN.
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On Friday, in her first audience with King Charles, Liz Truss was seen to hold the Monarch's
left arm tightly as they spoke.
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LIZ JONES: This was the momentous call... immensely historic, that the Queen's children
received on Thursday. It was to summon them to her bedside at Balmoral to say goodbye.
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Prince Andrew was not 'worried by inhibitions' as he
hugged his daughter and gestured to the crowd with
'empathetic praying hands' after memorial church service
in Balmoral, says body language expert
Prince Andrew (pictured) seemed 'less worried' by inhibitions than other senior members of
the royal family who gathered in Balmoral today to pay tribute to the Queen, according to a
body language expert. Her Majesty died at the Scottish estate on Thursday, aged 96, with a
Buckingham Palace statement saying the monarch passed away 'peacefully'. Today, some
senior members of the Firm attended a church service at Craithie Kirk, including three of the
Queen's four children - the Princess Royal (pictured, inset) the Duke of York and Earl of
Wessex - joined the Countess of Wessex , and Anne's husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim
Laurence. Also in attendance were the Queen's grandchildren Peter Phillips, Zara Tindall,
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, as well as Lady Louise Windsor. The family spent just
under 10 minutes intently reading the tributes and admiring the flowers before they returned
inside Balmoral Castle.
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The Duke of York, who is now eighth in line to the throne, led the senior royals as they
attended a private ceremony for the Queen. He put his arm round his younger daughter as the
family looked at the sea of flowers left outside Scottish residence, where Her Majesty died on
Thursday afternoon. Said to have been the Queen's favourite child, Prince Andrew clasped
his hands together before waving at and thanking those who had gathered outside the castle.
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The two princesses put on an united front during the outing. They were comforted by their
father, Prince Andrew, right. Both royals enjoyed a privileged relationship with the Queen,
inset. Princess Eugenie was seen wiping away tears during the emotional moment.
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King Charles III has made a personal declaration on the death of his beloved mother Queen
Elizabeth II today as Britain's new monarch was formally announced at St James's Palace in
London today.
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Blessed with dashing good looks, he is the Scottish Army officer who is equerry for the new
King and is thought of as something of a 'braw darling' - 'hunk' in Scottish slang - by Royal
watchers.
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Along with the gun salutes and shouts of Long Live The King, yesterday's ceremony
proclaiming Charles III also brought home the sad truth that Queen Elizabeth II is really
gone.
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Lady Louise Windsor (pictured) was snapped today looking sombre as she joined other
members of the royal family to attend a memorial church service in Balmoral. Her Majesty
died at the Scottish estate on Thursday, aged 96. Today, the 18-year-old, who has previously
been described as Her Majesty's 'favourite' grandchild, was just one of royals making a public
appearance in tribute to the monarch today. Three of the Queen's four children - the Princess
Royal, the Duke of York and Earl of Wessex - joined the Countess of Wessex, and Anne's
husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, for a walkabout after attending a prayer service at
Crathie Kirk.
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Moments after the King left Buckingham Palace, his car stopped on The Mall (pictured left)
and he was seen getting out of the vehicle. The King was accompanied by his aides as he left
his Rolls-Royce. The King (pictured right) and Queen Consort (pictured bottom inset) then
greeted royal fans outside Clarence House on Stable Yard, off The Mall. Cheers and applause
rang out as they shook hands with and accepted bouquets of flowers from people who had
waited for hours. Shouts of 'God save the King' were heard along with a chorus of the
national anthem. It comes after an emotional and pensive King Charles smiled through his
tears and waved at the crowd of well-wishers gathered outside the gates of the Palace after his
proclamation today - as mourners continue to leave floral tributes in memory of his beloved
'mama' Queen Elizabeth II after her death.
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Video of the incident showed five police officers swiftly take action, chasing the man through
The Mall near St James's Palace and immobilising him within seconds. The man was
promptly hand-cuffed and reportedly searched by police before he was led through the crowd
and toward a waiting police van. Dressed in a plain black t-shirt and skinny jeans, the man
scanned the crowd as one officer marched him past thousands of jeering onlookers.
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King Charles III has met with government and church leaders in his first official engagements
as monarch, less than 48 hours after the Queen's death was announced.
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The Russian President and the new King have had a particularly frosty relationship over the
years, beginning in 2014 when Charles likened Putin to Adolf Hitler.
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The gesture marks a new era for the Prince of Wales and the Queen Consort (inset) after
years of a difficult relationship while his mother Princess Diana split from Charles in 1992,
and later divorce in 1996.
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Just before 10am this morning, six gamekeepers from the Balmoral estate, sturdy men with
deep knowledge of the Highland landscape so adored by the Queen, will slowly file into the
castle's ballroom. Since her death on Thursday afternoon, the Queen has laid at rest there in
an oak coffin covered with the Royal Standard for Scotland and a wreath of flowers in what
one senior Palace official last night described as a scene of 'quiet dignity' (Pictured main: The
Queen Mother's coffin at the All Saints Chapel in Windsor in 2002). The gamekeepers, some
of whom in earlier years accompanied the Queen on walks over the grouse moors and
mountains that surround Balmoral, will gently lift the coffin and carry it through an adjacent
dining room to a hearse parked by the Entrance Portico. It will be the first highly poignant
moment of a three-day journey culminating in the Queen's coffin being greeted by a guard of
honour at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.
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The whole of civilization is in mourning. The passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the enlightened
monarch who reigned over the United Kingdom for 70 years, is a loss felt by billions around
the world. This week, and in the weeks ahead, we especially grieve for the royal family - we
can only imagine their sorrow. And we express our solidarity with all the people of the
United Kingdom and every realm of the Commonwealth she so loved. Few in history have
more fully exemplified the traits of dignity, steadfastness, resolve, duty, and patriotic
devotion. She counseled 15 Prime Ministers and 13 Presidents, and was the longest-serving
monarch in the history of England and the United Kingdom. Spending time with Her Majesty
was one of the most extraordinary honors of my life.
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A royal expert has slammed the 'inappropriate and opportunistic' comments made by woke
American professors who have issued 'nothing but disdain' for the Queen.
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The new King Charles III formally approved the order at St James's Palace in London today
as he was declared sovereign.
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Amid the personal family tragedy on Thursday, when the Queen died at the age of 96, a small
domestic drama was playing out involving the Duke and Duchess of Sussex .
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The new Prime Minister had been thrashing out the final details of her £150 billion energy
bailout with close aides when she was told that the monarch was gravely ill and it was a
'matter of hours, not days'. As she tried to absorb the enormity of the news, Ms Truss realised
that she would have to mask her anguish until Buckingham Palace had formally told the
nation - after she had delivered her Commons statement.
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Prince William and Kate Middleton, both 40, have updated their social media profiles to
reflect their new titles, the Prince and Princess of Wales, after King Charles' speech.
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EXCLUSIVE: Royal experts said Prince Harry releasing a sensational memoir so soon after
the death of the Queen would be 'tasteless', and would ruin any chance of a family
reconciliation.
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Penny Mordaunt was today lauded for her 'superb' job of officially announcing the Queen's
death and proclaiming Charles as Britain's new King. The conservative MP, who is the first
woman to proclaim a new monarch, was applauded online for doing an 'outstanding job'
during Saturday morning's 'moving and sombre' ceremony. Twitter users pointed out that Ms
Mordaunt, who was appointed to her new role by Prime Minister Liz Truss, had little time to
prepare for the Accession Proclamation but still managed to be 'very polished' and spoke with
'authority.' Several alleged she was a better public speaker than Ms Truss and noted how they
wished she had become the head of the Government instead. However, many poked fun at
how Ms Mordaunt has become the first-ever ITV Splash! contestant to preside over the
accession of a monarch. They jokingly questioned if she aspired to be 'Lord President of the
Council one day' while competing on the diving programme.
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For the first time in more than 60 years, the country has a new Prince and Princess of Wales.
King Charles III announced that William is now officially the Prince of Wales and Kate the
Princess of Wales.
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King Charles III made history today as he was proclaimed the new King - but viewers of the
momentous occasion found themselves distracted when the new monarch suddenly gestured
'furiously' to one of his aides. As he went to sign the historic Proclamation, the King
frantically motioned to an aide to move the pen's box from his desk, which viewers described
as far too small for the huge document and stationery. The fountain pen set he used to sign
the momentous document was a gift from his sons Princes Harry and William.
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'You were my nanny's idol and the best Queen EVER':
Children pen charming tributes to Her Majesty -
alongside Paddington Bear teddies (and even a marmalade
sandwich)
The Queen's youngest subjects have been leaving tributes to Her Majesty, including
Paddington teddies and drawings, at Buckingham Palace since her death on Thursday.
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King Charles III paid homage to his loved ones during his appearance at the Accession
Council this morning in London - while also marking new beginnings.
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The moment sparked outrage among viewers who said the commotion was both distracting
and insensitive. Edwards, 61, has received widespread praise for his sensitive and genuine
delivery of the news, and it's reported that he spent months preparing for moment. But in the
background of his live cross to the right of the screen, two newsroom employees held up
their phones for at least 20 seconds, scanning around the room before settling in the direction
of Edwards.
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Legendary Mail on Sunday cartoonist Mac has been sketching the Royal Family for decades,
below are some of his most memorable, including one loved by the Queen herself of her
corgis...
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DAN HODGES: The day MPs showed they CAN act with
humanity, maturity - and humility
DAN HODGES reflects of the day the Palace announced the death of Queen Elizabeth II and
the moving tributes that MPs have paid to her.
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