Death of Elizabeth II, what happens now: Charles’s speech, the proclamation, the funeral

A meeting with Prime Minister Liz Truss and with the officials in charge of Elizabeth II’s funeral, and a speech to the nation: the new king, Charles III of the United Kingdom, who will be proclaimed king tomorrow, begins his royal duties today. At the time of the queen’s death, the throne passed immediately and without ceremony to the heir, the former Prince of Wales.