First visit today by King Charles III to the British Parliament in Westminster , the oldest in the world, for the condolence ceremony .

To meet Charles - who recently succeeded his mother Elizabeth as constitutional monarch , who died on 8 September in the Scottish residence of Balmoral at the age of 96 and after seven decades of reign - about 900 parliamentarians in assembled chambers . Waiting for the sovereign in the House of Lords - the elective one of Commons is precluded to kings and queens by centuries-old tradition, to underline the limits of the power of a no longer absolute monarchy - and deputies (including members of the Tory government, the Labor opposition and of the other parties), is equal to the Kingdom .

Then the messages of condolences , pronounced in order by Lord John McFall, speaker of the Upper House, and then by Lindsay Hoyle, speaker of the Municipalities.

For Carlo - accompanied by the queen consort Camilla - a short speech to solemnly reaffirm his commitment to loyalty to the British "constitutional government" model. The sovereign recalled "the unsurpassed dedication " of his "beloved mother " to the country and to her duties, promising to follow in its footsteps. Then, quoting Shakespeare once again, he defined her as the "model of life of all principles".