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Today marks the one-year anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s passing and King Charles\u2019s accession to the throne. King Charles and Queen Camilla stepped out this morning in Scotland, making sure that they were photographed going into the small church at Balmoral. The king also released a statement and several portraits of his mother, including \u201cone of his favorite portraits\u201d of QEII, a 1968 Cecil Beaton portrait taken of the queen in all of her Garter regalia. You can hear\/read Charles\u2019s statement below.<\/p>\n
I am deeply grateful, too, for the love and support that has been shown to my wife and myself during\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/NfM6LDWTA0<\/p>\n
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) September 7, 2023<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Project Embiggening Charles continues unabated. There\u2019s been a flurry of \u201cone year of Charles\u2019s reign\u201d pieces throughout the week, and Valentine Low\u2019s piece in the Times included a hilarious comment about how Charles perked up as soon as his mom kicked the royal bucket.<\/p>\n
\nA source who knows the King well said: \u201cBefore he acceded the throne, there was obviously a lot of nervousness around what would happen to the country following the demise of the Queen. And there was certainly nervousness around how people would accept him in those first few days.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, within a day of her death, when the King made his first address to the nation, in which he spoke of his \u201cprofound sorrow\u201d at the loss of his \u201cdarling mama\u201d, that nervousness began to dissipate.<\/p>\n
\u201cImmediately, things began to steady themselves,\u201d said the source. Since then, the source argues, the King has shown himself to be sure-footed, and has enabled the public to refocus on the causes he champions, including the environment.<\/p>\n
That much would seem to be borne out by opinion polls. A recent survey by YouGov found that 59 per cent of people thought the King was doing a good job. As for Charles, who became monarch a year ago on Friday, he seems to be thriving: \u201cSomeone who knows him well said to me, \u2018He looks ten years younger and he has got a real sense of purpose about him,\u2019\u201d said the source.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
[From The Times]<\/p>\n
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