What is a Queen Consort?

Queen Consort Camilla and Princess Beatrice have been given important new royal roles under King Charles III’s reign. Charles formally became King on September 10, just two days after Her Majesty the Queen’s passing.

Prince Harry reportedly turned down a dinner invite with his father King Charles and brother Prince William at Balmoral after his wife Meghan was banned from joining the family on the day the Queen died.The Duke of Sussex had insisted that his wife join him for the emotional journey to Scotland, but Charles intervened and said it was “not appropriate”, sources claim. Rather than an outright snub, it is believed that Charles felt saying goodbye to The Queen should be restricted only to close family members, with Kate, the Princess of Wales also excluded.

Among the lesser known Royal relatives at the Queen's state funeral service was Prince William and Prince Harry's step-sister. Laura Lopes, 44, is the daughter of the new Queen Consort, Camilla, and her first husband Andrew Parker Bowles.This makes her King Charles' step-daughter and the step-sister of William and Harry.The art curator and her food writer brother Tom Parker-Bowles, 47, both made a rare appearance alongside the Royal Family at the service on Monday, as they tend to stay away from the limelight.They were both there to support Camilla as she was installed as an honorary Royal Lady of the Order of the Garter in June.

Queen Consort Camilla has the same "sort of naughtiness" as the late Queen Mother. The 75-year-old royal has been compared to her husband King Charles' beloved grandmother because she has a similar "lovely charm" and the same "great" sense of humour. Camilla's friend, Gavin Barker, said: "King Charles was so in awe of the Queen Mother, and his wife has the same lovely charm.

King Charles III wants a "slimmed down coronation" next year on his mother's coronation anniversary.The eldest child of the Queen is set to be coronated next year and could choose the date of Friday 2 June. According to MailOnline, sources have said that the service will most likely be "shorter, smaller and less expensive" than the late Queen's in 1953. However, the service will also celebrate her life.

The Queen has finally been laid to rest after an emotional funeral procession, which saw thousands of mourners pay their final respects.

The Queen's response when she found out about how her coffin would be brought to the UK if she died abroad has been shared by an army officer. 'Operation Overstudy' included a plan to bring the back to the UK on a small BAe 146 if tragically passed away overseas. However, the plan was scrapped following problems in bringing back Princess Diana in September 1997, after her shock death in Paris.

The former captain of the Royal Yacht Britannia has declared Queen Elizabeth's committal service at Windsor will be "poignant". Commodore Anthony Morrow served under the late monarch on the royal family's yacht until it was decommissioned in 1997 and he is among the guests who will be attending the service at St George's chapel in Windsor on Monday (19.

, the children and grandchildren of Camilla, Queen consort, were also in attendance at on Monday, September 19. Tom Parker Bowles, 47, and Laura Parker Bowles Lopes, 44, Camilla's two kids with ex-husband Andrew Parker Bowles and step-siblings to Prince William and Prince Harry, were photographed among the mourners at Westminster Abbey. Lopes's husband, Harry Lopes, and their three children, Eliza, Gus, and Louis, were also in attendance. Though they are not considered official members of the royal family, both Tom and Laura have been spotted accompanying their mother at various formal events.

Royal fans have expressed their sadness as Prince Harry joined the procession behind his grandmother's coffin as the royal family, and the world, pay their final respects to Queen Elizabeth II.

Meghan Markle has joined the royal family at Westminster Abbey for a final farewell to the Queen.

When Camilla married King Charles in 2005, she became the stepmother of his children Prince William and Prince Harry and took over the duties as the Duchess of Cornwall.  Due to their desire to live a more private life away from the spotlight, many forget Camilla had two children of her own when she married Charles.  Camilla has a son, Tom Parker Bowles, and a daughter, Laura Lopes, from her first marriage to Andrew Parker Bowles.The couple was married from 1973 to 1995.The official divorce statement said their marriage was ending because there was "little of common interest between" the couple. While the marriage didn’t work out, the pair managed to raise their children to become highly successful.

The King and Queen Consort are visiting Wales today, as the late Queen's lying in state continues at Westminster Hall. King Charles III has begun his first visit to Wales as monarch and will start his tour by attending a service of prayer and reflection for the life of the Queen at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff. Charles arrived by helicopter with the Queen Consort and travelled by state limousine in bright sunshine to the service, which is also being attended by Prime Minister Liz Truss and leading figures from Wales.

King Charles was told his mother was dying in a frantic phone call before “everything was silent”.

Prince Andrew will be taking on a key role during his late mum Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's funeral on Monday 19 September.The Duke of York, 62, will once again march behind the late sovereign's coffin next week, a duty he upheld on Wednesday 14 September when the casket was moved from Buckingham Palace's Bow room to Westminster Hall – where she is currently lying-in-state to ensure the public have the opportunity to pay their respects. He's also been allowed to keep a prominent role within the Royal Family since his brother, 73, ascended to the throne last week.

King Charles is taking a day of “contemplation” amid the exhausting schedule of public engagements and formal ceremonies in the wake of his mother’s death. The new monarch, 73, retired to his Highgrove estate on Wednesday evening (14. 09.

Prince William was seen sweetly comforting wife Kate Middleton as they left a service at Westminster Hall following the Queen's coffin procession through central London on Wednesday afternoon. The coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, who died on 8 September, was moved from Buckingham Palace at the highly significant time of 2.22pm to Westminster Hall where it will lie-in-state for members of the public to pay their respects until Monday 19 September, the day of the late monarch's funeral.

Prince Harry was seen wiping his eyes at Her Majesty's coffin procession through central London on Tuesday afternoon. The coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth II, who died on 8 September, was moved from Buckingham Palace at the highly significant time of 2.22pm to Westminster Hall where it will lie-in-state for members of the public to pay their respects until Monday 19 September, the day of the late monarch's funeral.The Queen's coffin was followed on foot by her four children, King Charles III, 73, Princess Anne, 72, Prince Andrew, 62, and Prince Edward, 58, as well as her grandsons, Prince William, 40, and Prince Harry, 37, - who walked side-by-side - and Peter Phillips, 44, who is the son of Princess Anne.

King Charles II has paid tribute to his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, at Westminster Hall as he addressed Parliament, where he seemed to fight tears. The new monarch thanked the Speakers for their addresses and paid tribute to “the late sovereign, my beloved mother, the Queen”.