There's a reason King Charles III wasn't singing along to the British national anthem at his mother Queen Elizabeth's funeral.
"I speak to you today with feelings of profound sorrow," King Charles began, seated in the Blue Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace, a photo of Queen Elizabeth beside him."Throughout her life, Her Majesty The Queen — my beloved Mother — was an inspiration and example to me and to all my family, and we owe her the most heartfelt debt any family can owe to their mother; for her love, affection, guidance, understanding and example.
Britain's King Charles attends the state funeral and burial of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in London, Britain, September 19, 2022. Pointing to the"fearless embrace of progress" his mother valued with"warmth, humor and an unerring ability always to see the best in people," he noted that Queen Elizabeth ascended to the throne in the wake of World War II amid an uncertain future for democracy and freedom at large.proceedings Monday.
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