STATEMENT | Here is the full statement issued by Buckingham Palace after Charles, 73, ascended the throne following his mother's 70-year reign.👑 RoyalFamily QueenElizabeth KingCharles cc RoyalFamily
Britain's new king, Charles III, said on Thursday that queen Elizabeth II was a"cherished sovereign and a much-loved mother" who would be missed around the world.Here is the full statement issued by Buckingham Palace after Charles, 73, ascended the throne following his mother's 70-year reign:"The death of my beloved mother, her majesty the queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family.
But the late monarch's eldest son, 73, made the most of his record-breaking time as the longest-serving heir to the throne by forging his own path. Charles has seen it as his duty to help improve the lives of his mother's subjects, and been outspoken on issues close to his heart, notably architecture, the environment, farming, faith and alternative medicine.
He bombarded government ministers with lobbying letters on topics ranging from inadequate army equipment to the plight of the Patagonian Toothfish. He has stuck with the same side hair parting from the age of five, shoes from 1968 and coat from 1985 and wears immaculate double-breasted Anderson and Sheppard bespoke suits.He was second in line to the throne and became the heir when his grandfather king George VI died on February 6, 1952, and his mother became Queen Elizabeth II.
At 13, Charles was sent to Gordonstoun, the stark Scottish boarding school his father attended. Desperately lonely, he hated it, describing his years there as"absolute hell", a"prison sentence" and"Colditz in kilts". He served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1976, and while away for eight months in the Caribbean, his girlfriend Camilla Shand married her old boyfriend Andrew Parker Bowles, much to Charles's sorrow.He launched the Prince's Trust with his £7,400 navy severance pay and the charity had helped more than 825,000 disadvantaged youngsters find a vocation by its 40th anniversary.
When Diana was killed in a car crash in 1997, Charles repatriated her body from Paris and insisted she be granted full royal honours in death.
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