King Charles’ speech gives us every confidence he will fill his role with the wisdom, skill and compassion of his mother
King’s speech so full of love
KING Charles III. Even two days on, it is taking some getting used to.
That is no reflection on our new monarch.
Just a measure of the Queen’s constant, reassuring presence in all our lives for 70 years and the void she has left.
Charles, with his moving first speech, has given us every confidence he will fill that with wisdom, skill and compassion.
We have occasionally worried he might be an activist King, a risk to our monarchy’s future. But no longer.
He is clearly acutely aware of his role as our impartial head of state.
His TV address was full of love: For Camilla, his Queen Consort. For William and Kate. For Harry and Meghan.
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Love too, and gratitude, for his “darling Mama” and the example she set him.
Charles takes the throne on a tide of goodwill once hard to imagine.
Diana fans used to be adamant they would never accept Camilla.
But over two decades she has won millions round through the charm, wit and diligence The Sun has so often seen up close.
The affection in which the couple are now held was palpable at Buckingham Palace as they arrived to a cheering crowd singing God Save The King.
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This should be a sobering moment for republicans certain the Queen’s death signals the endgame for our monarchy.
Likewise, the global outpouring of grief and love will stun those still insisting Britain is a minor nation in decline:
Flags at half-mast the world over. Tributes in major capitals. Buildings illuminated with our Union flag. Three days of mourning . . . in Brazil.
Glowing praise from world leaders, giants of global politics, rock stars, A-list actors.
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Even Putin bizarrely sent his “condolences to the people of Great Britain”.
This isn’t all just for the Queen.
It’s for Britain. She was, after all, “the rock on which modern Britain was built”, as Liz Truss told MPs yesterday.
Spare a thought for the new PM. Her first five days may already seem an eternity.
Elected on Monday, she has met the Queen, unveiled a vast energy bailout, handled Her Majesty’s death and greeted the new King.
The most moving Commons tribute to the Queen was Boris Johnson’s.
He said she would consider her greatest feat as having prepared her son so well to follow her standards of duty and service.
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Boris is surely right. At 73, our King has had decades to ponder his accession.
He has plainly spent them well, learning from the best there ever was.