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King may have sought to bring ‘poetic shape’ to emotions by quoting Shakespeare

Charles III referenced lines from Henry VIII and Hamlet during two of his first major speeches as head of state.

The Independent UK

Why Princess Anne is the only female royal walking behind the Queen's coffin

The Queen's coffin is being transported to St Giles Cathedral were the public will be permitted to pay their respects.

Daily Record

Sophie Wessex chokes back the tears during Queen's emotional coffin procession

Sophie Wessex, the wife of Prince Edward and a daughter-in-law of the Queen, looked teary-eyed as she watched the Queen's coffin process up the Royal Mile in Edinburgh to a service at St Giles Cathedral

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King Charles leads procession behind Queen’s coffin in Edinburgh

Charles III walked behind the casket with his siblings to St Giles Cathedral in sombre tribute ahead of service of thanksgiving

Evening Standard

King Charles III and his siblings walk behind Queen's coffin as it travels to St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh

A service of thanksgiving for the life of the late monarch will be held before the public pay their respects

Wales Online

Queen’s children led by Charles walk behind late monarch’s coffin

The public in Edinburgh will be able to pay their respects by viewing the Queen’s coffin for 24 hours.

The Independent UK

Why Princess Anne is walking behind Queen's coffin - but other female royals are in car

The Queen's children, King Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward, walked in a line behind their mother's coffin as it is taken from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to the nearby St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.

Daily Mirror

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William and Harry will not be part of procession following Queen's coffin on Monday

The Queen's children will take the lead as her coffin is taken to Edinburgh’s St Giles’ Cathedral

Wales Online

King and Queen Consort fly to Edinburgh as tour of home nations continues

The new monarch is visiting England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales this week.

The Independent UK

From King Charles III to King Lear: what theatre tells us about taking the throne

Mike Bartlett’s 2014 play anticipated a constitutional crisis, while playwrights including Shakespeare and Chekhov have shown how traumatic a transfer of power can be

The Guardian - UK

King Charles 'visibly moved' hearing 'God Save the King' for first time in person

King Charles III receives condolences from Parliament on the death of his mother the Queen - with many royal fans praising His Majesty for showing a 'vulnerable side'

Daily Mirror

King quotes Shakespeare in moving tribute to Queen in speech to MPs and peers

Later, the Queen will be taken from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to nearby St Giles’ Cathedral.

The Independent UK

Emotional King Charles pays tribute to 'darling mother' in historic address in Parliament

In a historic statement to both Houses of Parliament from Westminster Hall, King Charles III recalled how Shakespeare described Elizabeth I and said 'I cannot help but feel the weight of history which surrounds us'

Daily Mirror

Charles and Camilla sit on thrones for first time as King and Queen - but hers is shorter

King Charles III is receiving the motion of condolence at Westminster Hall today - with Queen Consort Camilla taking her place beside her husband

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‘She has been the one and only stable female in my life’: Jeanette Winterson on mourning the Queen

‘When I realised there was going to be an announcement about her death, I changed into black and waited. She deserved that. Part of us goes with her’

The Guardian - UK

‘I think the king is but a man’: why we, like King Charles, always reach for Shakespeare’s words

The new monarch is quick to quote the playwright, but given the bard’s genius with simple language, who wouldn’t?

The Guardian - UK

The Lost King review – Frears and Coogan’s Richard III excavation story rewrites its own history

Toronto film festival: Sally Hawkins is amiable enough as the amateur historian who locates the long-dead monarch – but the uneven script digs its own grave

The Guardian - UK

Timothy Spall: ‘Cockroaches in your mouth and a bucket of leeches – that’s when you know you’re in a Ken Russell movie’

The actor answers your questions, from his memorable impersonation of a sloth at Rada to what it was like having to execute one of his son’s best friends

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The Independent UK

John Adams sets Shakespeare's play about love and politics

When composer John Adams decided to base his new work on Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra,” he was aware that the project might evoke an unhappy chapter in opera history

Wales Online

Four castles and a cathedral named the top historic Welsh attractions by Which?

The Welsh sites beat other iconic locations like Westminster Abbey, Stonehenge and Shakespeare's birthplace

Daily Mirror

What Boris Johnson could do next - £115k allowance, Shakespeare book and memoir

Boris Johnson won't slip away quietly as the first real celebrity politician, says one British politics specialist

The Guardian - UK

Unfinish’d sympathy: can literature get over reading disability morally?

The ‘crookednesse’ of Richard III’s back was presented by Shakespeare as an expression of his villainy while Quasismodo embodied saintly unworldliness. Are we ready to see disability without symbolism?

The Guardian - UK

How will history recall the reign of Bad King Boris?

King Lear may have divided the country in two and turned it against itself but perhaps, like the outgoing Tory leader, he ‘got all the big calls right’

The Guardian - UK

What links Ingrid Bergman, Shakespeare and James Lovelock? The Saturday quiz

From June Spencer to wild monkeys, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

Daily Mirror

Richard III: The RSC creates history with groundbreaking production

Arthur Hughes becomes the first disabled actor ever to perform the lead role as the wicked royal 'crookback' at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre

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