Charles III: what people in Scotland, Wales and NI think of their new king

‘He has a job to do to win people over’: Katie Mal and her son Elliott, who were at Cardiff Castle for the gun salute to commemorate the death of the Queen. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Observer

King Charles ascends to the throne at a time when nationalism is rising in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The two largest political parties in Scotland and Northern Ireland want to leave the UK, while a quarter of the population in Wales support independence. Observer reporters in Belfast, Edinburgh and Cardiff assess attitudes to the new king.

Scotland