Both the new prime minister and the king will travel to Scotland on Monday morning, followed by visits to Northern Ireland on Tuesday and Wales on Friday. While King Charles and Ms Truss, who only won the keys to Number 10 on Tuesday, will attend the same “reflection services”, Number 10 said the Prime Minister was not accompanying the monarch. Kate reveals Louis’ touching words for his great-grandmother – live updates “It is not a requirement, but the prime minister feels it is important to be present at an important time of national mourning across the UK,” the spokesman said. On Friday, the monarch welcomed Ms Truss to the first of their weekly meetings. During the audience, the king told Mrs Truss that the Queen’s death was a “frightening” moment. Ms Truss also offered her condolences. Read more about the King: King Charles in pictures The events that shaped Britain’s new King King Charles, accompanied by The Queen Consort, will attend Parliament on Monday morning to receive speeches from both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. They will then travel to Edinburgh to take part in a procession from Holyroodhouse to St Giles Cathedral. The procession will depart at 2.35pm, with the King and some members of the Royal Family following on foot. At 2.55pm, the coffin will be carried into the cathedral with the Crown of Scotland on top, where it will lie in repose until Tuesday. Last Tuesday, Ms Truss traveled to Balmoral to meet the Queen, who formally appointed her Prime Minister and then asked her to form a government. The photo of the two meeting showed the Queen’s last public appearance. Just 48 hours later, Ms Truss gave a speech on the steps of Downing Street to mark the Queen’s death and offered her support to the King. MPs paid tribute to the Queen with speeches in the Commons on Friday. Boris Johnson made his first appearance since resigning as prime minister, asking the public to “think about what we asked for and think about what it gave”. Tributes continued at a rare sitting of the Commons on Saturday, where senior MPs also pledged their allegiance to King Charles III. It was only the sixth time the Commons had sat on a Saturday since the Second World War. The other times were: • September 2, 1939 – for the outbreak of World War II • July 30, 1949 – on the summer adjournment debates • November 3, 1956 – to discuss the Suez Crisis • 3 April 1982 – to discuss the invasion of the Falkland Islands • 19 October 2019 – to discuss Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal The Parliamentary tributes followed an outpouring of grief from across the political spectrum as the world digested the news of the Queen’s death aged 96.
