North East MPs have paid tribute to the Queen in a special House of Commons debate, as the nation’s new monarch King Charles III was given a rapturous welcome by well-wishers outside Buckingham Palace.
It was the new King’s first walkabout and encounter with the public since his historic accession and crowds lined up behind a barrier clamouring to greet him, smiling and taking photos of him on their phones.
One woman leaned over to kiss Charles’s right hand and another kissed him on the cheek as he thanked people for their good wishes, shaking countless hands after stepping from his state Bentley.
