The Queen’s granddaughters Princess Eugenie and Zara Tindall shed tears as they and other senior members of the Royal Family inspected flowers left by mourners at Balmoral.
It is the first time they have been seen in public since the death of the Queen on Thursday.
The granddaughters were joined looking at bouquets by Prince Andrew, Princess Beatrice, Prince Edward, Sophie Countess of Wessex, their daughter Lady Louise Windsor, and Princess Anne on their way back from a private prayer service at nearby Crathie Kirk.
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Hearing one group of mourners who had come from Glasgow to show their support, Prince Edward said: “Thank you very much for coming all that way, we appreciate it.”
Prince Andrew was overheard saying: “We’ve been allowed one day, now we start the process of handing her on.”
Prince William and Queen Consort, Camilla were seen in London earlier on Saturday as they took part in the Accession Council as Privy Counsellors at St James’s Palace.
On Friday, King Charles III stopped to greet crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace as he arrived in the capital for the first time as monarch.
He shook hands with countless members of the public.
Tearful and overwhelmed with emotion, people applauded and cheered the King during his 12-minute walkabout outside the palace gates, with several shouting “God bless you, Charles” and “God save the King”.
One woman, Jenny Assiminios, even hugged and kissed the King on the cheek as he stopped in front of her, but the new monarch appeared to take it in his stride.
