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What's happening today? It's another busy day: In the morning: King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, will visit Belfast where the monarch will meet Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Chris Heaton-Harris, as well as other party leaders. After a meeting with religious leaders, the...

It's 7:30am and great swathes of people are still filing past the coffin at St Giles' Cathedral up in Edinburgh. People have been queuing up and filing past all night, with the queue up to a mile long. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-62866826

You also have to remember that Charles has just lost his mother so he's in the darkest stages of grief right now so that would make him seem not quite his normal self. He's having to go about his monarchical affairs whilst grieving for his beloved mother. Many people have time off work when...

I don't see that. They both seemed quite confident and regal to me. The King is 74 on 14th November and he's spent his entire life in the public eye and has spent decades making public speeches, so this isn't new to him.

King Charles III addresses Parliament King Charles and the Queen Consort arrive at Westminster Hall this morning to address both Houses of Parliament. In the speech, he quoted William Shakespeare in a tribute to his late mother, saying: "As Shakespeare said of the earlier Queen Elizabeth...

The Queen's four children perform the Vigil of the Princes

Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward stand vigil Members of the public file past as the Queen's children stand is silence alongside their mother's coffin After a poignant 10 minutes, the vigil has now come to an end, with the Royal Family returning to their cars to applause from the crowd outside...

The Queen's children take their places King Charles III (far right), Princess Anne (centre), Prince Andrew (far left) and Prince Edward (back centre) - the Queen's four children - stand guard around her coffin As we reported earlier, the Queen's four children are performing the traditional...

King and Queen Consort arrive for vigil King Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, are now arriving at St Giles' Cathedral where they will hold a vigil for the Queen. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-62866826

Tears and hugs as mourners file past Queen's coffin A stream of mourners has been queueing in the late summer sunshine to enter St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, where the Queen's coffin lies at rest. They collected wristbands about a mile away at a station in The Meadows park earlier on...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla hear condolences King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla sit down on the thrones inside the hall, ready to hear messages of condolences from parliamentary members present. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-62866826

What's happening today? Good morning. If you're just joining us, here's what's happening today: This morning, King Charles III will visit Westminster Hall, where both the House of Commons and the House of Lords will meet to express their condolences The King and Camilla, Queen Consort, will...

A distinctly Scottish moment for the King Jonny Dymond BBC royal correspondent There will be a lot of ceremony at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, but it will also be a deeply personal moment for the King, and for his brothers and sister as they all walk behind the Queen's coffin to St Giles'...

Another moment in the history of Westminster Hall Chris Mason Political editor The new King makes his first trip to Parliament today as Sovereign. And what a spot he is heading to.The oldest part of the Palace of Westminster: Westminster Hall. I will be commentating as part of a special...

Queen Elizabeth II is the first British monarch to die in Scotland, and she is the first monarch to die in Scotland since King of Scots James V, who died aged 30 at Falkland Palace in Fife in 1542 (he was the nephew of the English King Henry VIIII, who died five years later).

Incredibly, this will be the first funeral of a monarch to take place at Westminster Abbey since that of King George II in 1760. He was also the last monarch to be buried there, although a total of 30 monarchs are buried in that ancient building. Every English and then British monarch bar...

Queen Elizabeth II on the world stage across the decades How Britain's longest-reigning monarch championed her beloved Commonwealth, met more American presidents than anyone else in history, projected British soft power across the globe and became a global megastar

Queen Elizabeth's coffin arrives in Edinburgh to thousands of people Queen's coffin carried into the Palace of Holyroodhouse The palace, situated opposite the Scottish Parliament, is the monarch's official residence in Scotland

She's going to be buried at Windsor Castle. Her final resting place is thought to be in the castle's King George VI memorial chapel, an annex to the main chapel - where her mother and father were buried, along with the ashes of her sister, Princess Margaret. Her committal will be televised...