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It was a moment that summed up the wishes of goodwill being sent to the monarchy at a time of such turmoil and sadness.
The King was kissed on the face by a mourner as he spent 10 minutes greeting members of the public who had gathered to greet him at Buckingham Palace.
Thousands lined the barriers to welcome the King, as he arrived just after 2pm in central London.
He went along the entire line, shaking hands and talking to those cheering his name.
The monarch then held an audience with Liz Truss, the Prime Minister, and pre-recorded a televised address to the nation, which will be broadcast at around 6pm this evening. You can watch it here.
Cheers rang out at Buckingham Palace as the King and Queen arrived, along with shouts of "God save the King".
Many people held their phones aloft to try to catch a glimpse of them as they greeted members of the crowd and looked at the tributes left for the late Queen as the sun shone.
Here is a guide to what happens next for the King as the nation continues to mourn Queen Elizabeth II.
Details about the nature of the new monarch’s reign are beginning to emerge.
The King will take a more "entrepreneurial" approach to the way royal palaces and residences are used and could gift Balmoral to the nation, senior sources have suggested.
His Majesty faces major decisions over who will live at the large number of state-owned and privately-owned homes that now come under his control, and he is likely to decide on radical changes for some of the country’s most famous buildings.
His future Coronation will be a streamlined event compared to the service for his mother seven decades ago and will reflect the new King’s vision for a smaller, more modern monarchy.
He will not be crowned until next year, it is understood.
Here is everything we know about the event – and what we know about the developing plans for the late Queen’s funeral.
Boris Johnson today paid tribute to "Elizabeth the Great" as he told a hushed House of Commons "it is in the depths of our grief that we understand why we loved her so much".
The former prime minister told MPs that the late Queen had been a "changeless human reference point in British life" and the nation had perhaps been "lulled into thinking that she might be in some way eternal". Here is his speech in full.
Liz Truss described Queen Elizabeth as "one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known".
Read the tributes made by MPs in the Commons.
To mark her passing, the Death Gun Salute was fired at 1pm at posts around the world.
Tributes have continued to pour in from across the globe, with Joe Biden ordering US flags to be flown at half-mast for the next 10 days.
The official account of Paddington Bear tweeted its own very special respects.
See how Britain and the world’s newspapers covered her death.
The King and the Princess Royal were the only two senior members of the Royal family who made it to Balmoral before Queen Elizabeth’s death, it is understood.
The late monarch’s sudden demise saw her nearest and dearest make an eleventh hour dash to be by her side on Thursday.
But only two of her four children were already in Scotland and managed to make it in time.
Her Majesty’s final days saw a flurry of royal activity after a quiet summer in which the family enjoyed their traditional break.
The first hints that she was not in the best of health had come last Wednesday but over the last year it had become increasingly clear that her incredible reserves of strength were becoming depleted, with plans often being changed at short notice.
Gordon Rayner details how her final year was a triumph of strength and willpower over grief.
Her Majesty’s inner circle offers a unique insight into a shy, funny woman who was superb at accents, loved jokes and a Line of Duty fan
Read their stories
People across nation and around the world pay tribute to Britain’s longest reigning monarch.
View the gallery.
Buckingham Palace has announced details of how members of the public can pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth, revealing that the Royal family will observe a period of mourning from now until seven days after the funeral. Read on for details. It comes as some members of the public and celebrities express controversial views on Queen Elizabeth’s death:
The Premier League and Football League have postponed all weekend fixtures despite the Government giving sport the green light to continue after Queen Elizabeth’s death. Women’s Super League matches and the grass-roots game are also off, even as cricket, golf, rugby and racing make plans to resume. England’s series-deciding third Test against South Africa will resume tomorrow with no extra day added. England captain Ben Stokes said he would "be honoured to play" in the late Queen’s memory. The BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth looks set to be reduced to a 54-hole competition. Premier League and English Football League matches next weekend are also under threat amid concerns about staging them safely on the eve of the late Queen’s funeral.
The Bank of England has taken the unprecedented step of delaying its interest rate decision by a week following the death of the late Queen. Threadneedle Street said policymakers would not meet next Thursday to decide whether to raise rates from a current level of 1.75pc as they battle the highest inflation in four decades. Its policymakers were expected to vote for an increase in interest rates of up to 0.75 percentage points in what would have been the biggest rise since Black Wednesday in 1992.
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