Faithful friends to the end, Queen Elizabeth's corgis waited for her at Windsor

Queen's beloved dogs Muick and Sandy awaited her arrival alongside Prince Andrew

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telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… "The late Queen’s two great passions in life were dogs and horses," writes @CapurrodDaniel.

"It perhaps should not have been a surprise, then, to see the unannounced inclusion of the late Queen’s beloved corgis and Emma, her fell pony, in the funeral procession on Monday"

Duke and Duchess of Sussex ‘uninvited’ to state reception at Buckingham Palace

The couple received an invitation earlier this week to the event to be hosted by the King and Queen for world leaders and foreign royals

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telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… The Duke and Duchess of Sussex appear to have been uninvited to a state reception hosted by the King and Queen at Buckingham Palace on Sunday evening

The four crowns that will play a prominent role in the late Queen's funeral and the King's coronation

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Thread When Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin was adorned with the Crown of Scotland at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, the first of four crowns that will play a prominent ceremonial role in both the funeral arrangements and the Coronation of King Charles.
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The journey the late Queen will make to her final resting place at Windsor Castle

Transportation of Her Majesty's body from Balmoral to London will begin on Sunday

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telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… The body of Queen Elizabeth II will be transported 100 miles by road to Edinburgh from Balmoral on Sunday at the start of the journey back to London for the first full state funeral since the death of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965

King Charles’s coronation: Where, where and how it will happen

Charles became King on the death of his mother on Thursday, but will not be crowned until next year, it is understood.

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telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… King Charles’s coronation will be a very different event to the service for his mother seven decades ago, reflecting his vision for a smaller, more modern monarchy

Asked whether he would carry on “meddling” in politics when he became King, the then Prince of Wales was blunt.

“I’m not that stupid,” he replied.

How King Charles III's reign will differ from Queen Elizabeth's: A thread
telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… “There is plenty of freedom for each monarch to do different things in their own way,” said one former courtier.

“We think there is only one way for it to be done because we have only ever seen one monarch in most of our lifetimes”
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This is how the line of succession changes now Charles is King.

Queen Elizabeth II's death has instigated the first leap forward in the line of succession in seven decades.

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telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… King Charles has now assumed the throne, becoming King of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth Realms.

But what will happen when he dies and who will replace him?

Queen Elizabeth II has died telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… Queen Elizabeth II has died, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2…

👑 Does the Queen have Covid-19?

A simple question to which, in the eyes of Buckingham Palace, there can be no simple answer.
telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… On the one hand, there is an expectation that the nation will be told if its head of state was temporarily unable to carry out her usual duties.

On the other, there is the medical privacy of a 95-year-old monarch, writes @Hannah_Furness

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👑'There was so much more to Princess Margaret than the party-goer you thought you knew'

Lady Anne Glenconner reflects on Princess Margaret’s life, 20 years on from her death.

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telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… “I sat with Princess Margaret, my oldest friend, a couple of days before she died. It feels like yesterday, but it is now 20 years ago," writes Lady Anne Glenconner

🟢For decades, the Prince of Wales has been an eco champion – finally, the rest of the Firm is following suit.

Here’s how 'going green' became the single issue uniting the Royal family 🧵👇

telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… 📰On May 1 1980, a short item appeared in The Guardian’s diary pages alerting the nation to a shocking change in the grounds of Buckingham Palace

➡️A 14-year-old schoolgirl is in the running to win a £1 million eco-prize from Prince William.

☀️🇮🇳Vinisha Umashankar has invented a cart which runs on five hours of sunshine to transform a traditional trade in India

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telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2… 🔧While others her age were on school strikes to protest about climate change, Vinisha Umashankar turned her hand to engineering