Putin congratulated Charles III on his accession to the throne
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Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory telegram to the King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Charles III on the occasion of his accession to the throne, informs Kremlin press office.
“Your Majesty, please accept my sincere congratulations on your accession to the throne. I wish Your Majesty success, good health and all the best,” the congratulation says.
Earlier it became known that Vladimir Putin does not plan to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, who died on September 8 at the age of 96. At the same time, the Kremlin representative also did not answer the question of who will represent Russia at the funeral of Elizabeth II. Peskov clarified that it is necessary to wait for the official protocol of the ceremony.
Today at St James’s Palace in London ceremony official proclamation of Charles III as the new king of Great Britain. The new monarch took the traditional oath and confirmed that he would continue the tradition of transferring part of the crown’s income to the British state in exchange for a sovereign grant. Charles III called the reign of his mother Queen Elizabeth II “unsurpassed in its duration, selflessness and devotion”.
After the queen’s death, her 73-year-old son Charles, who took the name of Charles III, took the throne. The British royal family will observe the death of Queen Elizabeth II for seven days after her funeral.
96-year-old Elizabeth II of the Windsor dynasty ascended the British throne 70 years ago, in 1952, when Winston Churchill was the country’s prime minister. The Queen’s husband, Duke Philip of Edinburgh, died in 2021 at the age of 99.
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