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Michael Howie

King Charles tells Liz Truss: Queen’s death was ‘the moment I’ve been dreading’

King Charles III greets Prime Minister Liz Truss during their first meeting at Buckingham Palace

(Picture: POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

King Charles described the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth as the moment he had “been dreading”, in an exchange with Prime Minister Liz Truss which was picked up by television cameras.

The prime minister’s first meeting with the new monarch came after Charles returned from Scotland to London to cheering crowds outside Buckingham Palace who had come to pay their respects to the queen.

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