
His mother had also been suffering from mobility and health issues at the time, so was unable to attend the whole parade. The royals were celebrating the late monarch's official birthday parade, Trooping the Colour, and after two years of a global pandemic that saw many large-scale events cancelled, the sight of the thousands of well-wishers lining the Mall seemed to overwhelm Charles.

The King looked visibly moved and teary as he stepped out onto the balcony of Buckingham Palace with his mother the Queen during her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June 2022. Tears welled up in the new monarch’s eyes as he looked on at the thousands of people who had gathered outside the royal residence on Sunday 11 September, three days after his mother's death.

King Charles III was choked up with emotion as the giant Buckingham Palace crowds overwhelmed him during the official mourning period of Her Majesty the Queen. Take a look at the touching moments when the royals showed they're just like the rest of us, and they couldn't help let their emotions get the better of them.
