LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles will not mark the first anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth with an official public event or a private family gathering, a royal spokesperson said.
Charles, 74, ascended to the throne on Sept. 8 after the death of his mother Elizabeth. The death of the 96-year-old monarch, Britain’s longest-reigning king or queen, prompted an outpouring of emotion around the globe, a 10-day mourning period and a state funeral with crowds of thousands of people lining the streets of central London.
But the first anniversary of the day she died will not be a public affair.
The king and his wife, Queen Camilla, will be spending the day quietly and privately, said a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace. In doing so, Charles follows in the footsteps of his mother, who used to spend the anniversary of her father’s death in the same way.
