King Charles III Remembers Queen Elizabeth on the 1st Mother’s Day Since Her Death: ‘We Are Thinking of You’
usmagazine.comRemembering his mom. King Charles III celebrated his first U.K. Mother’s Day since his mother Queen Elizabeth II’s passing in a bittersweet way.One day ahead of the Sunday, March 19, holiday, the monarch, 74, shared a sweet post via Twitter. “To all mothers everywhere, and to those who may be missing their mums today, we are thinking of you and wishing you a special #MothersDay,” he posted from the royal family’s official Twitter account.
The post also featured two photos, one of Charles with his late mother, as well as one of his wife, Queen Consort Camilla Parker Bowles, with her mother, Rosalind Shand, taken before she died at the age of 72 in 1994.Prince William also showed love for his wife, Princess Kate, via social media.
On Sunday, the Duke of Cambridge, 40, posted an adorable pic of Kate, 41, posing in a tree alongside their kids — Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4 — captioned, “Happy Mother’s Day from our family to yours.”The holiday comes six months after the queen died at the age of 96 on September 8, 2022.
Earlier that day, Buckingham Palace announced she was being placed under “medical supervision” after choosing not to attend multiple public appearances.“The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” the palace said in a statement announcing the news. “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”Not long after, Charles broke his silence in a statement of his own. “The death of my beloved mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family,” the King of England wrote at the time. “We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved Mother.
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