- King Charles III posted a rare photo of him and Queen Elizabeth II for Mother’s Day in the UK.
- The photo marks the country’s first Mother’s Day since the death of Queen Elizabeth.
- Queen Elizabeth died of old age in September 2022. She was 96 years old.
King Charles III shared a rare photo of himself and his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, for Mother’s Day in the UK via the Instagram account of the royal family.
The photo shows a smiling baby, King Charles, standing on Queen Elizabeth’s lap.
“To all mothers everywhere, and to those who may miss their mothers today, we are thinking of you and wishing you a special #Mother’sDay,” the caption read.
A second photo on the Instagram carousel showed Queen Camilla with her mother, Rosalind Shand. Shand died of osteoporosis, a bone disease, in 1994.
“Watching someone you love die slowly, in agony, and not knowing anything about the disease that killed them is heartbreaking,” Camilla wrote of her mother’s death in a 2011 article for the Daily Mail.
Queen Elizabeth II and King Carlos III in 1948.
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Following the death of Queen Elizabeth in September, King Charles made a speech, his first as king, to commemorate her life.
“I speak to you today with feelings of profound sadness,” said King Charles.
“Throughout her life, Her Majesty The Queen, my beloved Mother, was an inspiration and an example to me and my entire family, and we owe her the most sincere debt a family can owe to her mother; for her love , affection, guide, understanding and example”.
Queen Elizabeth also spoke highly of King Charles while she was alive. In 2018, Queen Elizabeth toasted him at her 70th birthday party.
“Throughout his 70 years, Philip and I have seen Charles become a champion of conservation and the arts, a great charitable leader, a dedicated and respected heir to the throne who is like no other in history, and a wonderful father,” Queen Elizabeth said. she said she in her speech.
king charles coronationwhere will he be crowned next to Camila, the queen consortIt is scheduled for May 6.
