The eldest of the four children of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, Charles, Prince of Wales, has become the king of England.
This followed the death of the Queen who died on Thursday at age 96, according to Buckingham Palace.
The queen’s death came after the palace announced on Thursday that doctors were “concerned” for her health and recommended she stayed under medical supervision.
All her children — Charles, Princess Anne, 72, Prince Andrew, 62, and Prince Edward, 58, flocked to her Scottish Highland retreat, Balmoral.
They were joined by Charles’s sons, Prince William, and his estranged brother Prince Harry.
