The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth will be held on Monday, September 19, royal officials said on Saturday, as her son Charles was officially proclaimed Britain's new king in a colourful ceremony laden with pageantry and tradition.

Britain's Prince William said on Saturday he would honour the memory of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, by working to support his father King Charles.

King Charles pledged on Saturday to follow the example of his late mother as he was officially proclaimed Britain's new monarch in a ceremony featuring pageantry, centuries-old tradition, trumpets sounding and cries of "God Save the King".

A historic Accession Council proclaimed Charles III as Britain's new king on Saturday following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II aged 96.

The crown jewels form the centrepiece of the royal coronation, and symbolise the pomp and history of the British monarchy over the centuries.

More than 800 migrants expelled this week by Algeria have reached the northern Niger town of Agadez, local authorities told AFP.

Poignant photographs of Queen Elizabeth II dominated the front pages of Britain’s grieving newspapers yesterday, charting her journey from coronation to matriarch of the nation.

Britain’s King Charles III, in his first national address after succeeding his mother Queen Elizabeth II, yesterday remembered his “darling mama” as “an inspiration and example to me and to all my family”.

Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday, broke record after record as monarch, becoming an enduring symbol of the country over which she reigned for 70 years even as it changed beyond recognition, losing its empire and undergoing social upheaval.

Presidents, prime ministers, monarchs, leaders and ordinary people around the world have paid tribute to the life and service of Queen Elizabeth II, many of them reflecting on a 70-year reign that encompassed some of the most turbulent and decisive moments in modern British and world history.

Denmark’s popular Queen Margrethe II is now Europe’s longest-serving monarch and also its only reigning queen after the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.

King Charles III greeted crowds singing “God Save the King” outside Buckingham Palace yesterday before making his inaugural address to Britain and the Commonwealth after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

Republicans in Australia and New Zealand held back on demands for a removal of the British monarch as head of state yesterday, biding their time as tributes poured in for the late Queen Elizabeth.

Poignant photographs of Queen Elizabeth II dominated the front pages of Britain’s grieving newspapers yesterday, charting her journey from coronation to matriarch of the nation.

Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday, broke record after record as monarch, becoming an enduring symbol of the country over which she reigned for 70 years even as it changed beyond recognition, losing its empire and undergoing social upheaval.

Dozens of civilians were killed this week in a northern Malian town attacked by jihadists affiliated with the Islamic State group, a local elected official and the leader of an armed group told AFP yesterday.

Swiftly advancing Ukrainian troops were bearing down on the main railway supplying Russian forces in the east yesterday, after the collapse of a section of Russia’s front line caused the most dramatic shift in the war’s momentum since its early weeks.

The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security and its minister, accusing them of being tied to a disruptive July cyberattack on Albania and engaging in other cyber activities against the United States and its allies.

The accession of King Charles to the British throne has stirred renewed calls from politicians and activists for former colonies in the Caribbean to remove the monarch as their head of state and for Britain to pay slavery reparations.

Britain's King Charles will address a nation in mourning on Friday following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth, the only monarch most Britons ever knew.