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Salutes were fired from stations at home and abroad to mark the proclamation of King Charles III on Saturday.

The King spoke of his mother’s ‘selfless service’ during a speech.

The composer was travelling to Her Majesty’s Theatre in London on Thursday but diverted his journey to lay flowers at Buckingham Palace.

The King praised the Queen’s ‘selfless service’ and said he would ‘strive to follow the inspiring example I have been set’.

Charles was formally announced as the new King at the Accession Council at St James’s Palace in London on Saturday.

The Accession Council has formally confirmed the the new monarch.

The classical singer sang the new national anthem God Save The King on BBC Radio 4 on Friday.

The Line Of Duty actress will take on the 2km stroll in Nottingham on Saturday.

Admiral Sir Tony Radakin described her as ‘the most magnificent ambassador for our country’ in a video message.

Young people must recite the Scouts Association’s “Promise” to sovereign when they are invested into a new level of the organisation.

The grief of a monarch for his ‘darling Mama’ is splashed across the mastheads as the weekend begins.

The grief of a monarch for his ‘darling Mama’ is splashed across the mastheads as the weekend begins.

Prime Minister Liz Truss had her first audience with the sovereign on Friday.

The Very Rev Prof David Fergusson said ‘we give thanks for all that she has been to our Church and our nation’.

Saturday marks D-Day +1 after the death of the Queen on Thursday.

The singer and actor was found dead in his US apartment, in Rochester, Minnesota, last month at the age of 41.

During the event a Principal Proclamation will be read in public by the Garter King of Arms in the open air.

The Queen’s funeral in expected to take place in around nine days’ time.

Caragh Eaton, 28, died after the collision in a Leicestershire village.

Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick and Barbra Streisand also paid tribute to the Queen.