EXCLUSIVE: Royal experts said Prince Harry releasing a sensational memoir so soon after the death of the Queen would be ‘tasteless’, and would ruin any chance of a family reconciliation.

An emotional and pensive King Charles III smiled through his tears and waved at the crowd of well-wishers gathered outside the gates of Buckingham Palace after his proclamation today.

MAILONLINE LIVE BLOG: Follow all the latest updates as Charles is formally proclaimed as King in a ceremony to be broadcast live for the first time today.

Royal beekeeper, John Chapple, has informed the hives kept in the grounds of Buckingham Palace and Clarence House of the Queen’s death. The bees were also told King Charles is now their boss.

MAILONLINE LIVE BLOG: Follow all the latest updates as Charles is formally proclaimed as King in a ceremony to be broadcast live for the first time today.

Prime Minister Liz Truss has left Number 10 Downing Street in London for St James’s Palace to attend the formal proclamation of King Charles III this morning.

ROBERT HARDMAN: Of all the countless messages, none captured the mood any better than one child’s unsigned drawing of a red love heart and in big letters: ‘We want you back, our Queen.’

President Joe Biden will go to the Queen’s funeral, but the White House won’t confirm his trip to London without Buckingham Palace extending the invitation first.

The day of death is traditionally D+0, but since the announcement came late in the day – at 6.30pm – plans for the complex arrangements were shifted back a day, meaning today is D+1.