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Jacob Phillips and Megan Howe

King Charles and Sir Keir Starmer lead tributes to 'People's Pope' who died aged 88

Charles and Camilla during a private meeting with Pope Francis in Rome on April 9 - (PA Wire)

The King and Prime Minister have led tributes to Pope Francis, who died aged 88, hours after he greeted thousands of people gathered in St Peter’s Square to celebrate Easter Sunday.

The Vatican announced that the pontiff, who had recently been in hospital for 38 days fighting pneumonia, died at 7.35am on Monday morning, before tributes quickly flooded in from faith leaders and politicians across the world.

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