Amid the personal family tragedy on Thursday, when the Queen died at the age of 96, a small domestic drama was playing out involving the Duke and Duchess of Sussex .

It marks a new era for the Prince of Wales and the Queen Consort after years of a difficult relationship while his mother Princess Diana split from Charles in 1992, and later divorce in 1996.

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.’