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Kate Lally

Everything that will happen today as King Charles ascends to throne

The UK is in an official period of national mourning following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday.

Here is the day-by-day account of what is expected to happen next, leading up to the Queen's funeral in around 10 days' time. Thursday would traditionally have been D-Day or D+0 in the plans for the aftermath of the Queen's death, codenamed London Bridge.

But the announcement came late in the day - at around 6.30pm on Thursday, September 8 - meaning plans have been shifted a day to allow the complex arrangements to be put in place, meaning D Day was considered to be Friday.

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