A nation pays its respects
“The wait was over. As hundreds queued throughout central London, the Queen was handed to the care of the nation to lie in state in Westminster Corridor. The general public will be capable to pay their respects till 6.30am on Monday. The mourning started final evening after the Queen left Buckingham Palace, her house for 70 years, for the final time, borne on a gun carriage that processed alongside The Mall watched by tens of hundreds of onlookers. In vivid early autumn sunshine, navy bands performed funeral marches because the King and members of the royal household walked behind the coffin, which was draped with the Royal Commonplace and bore the imperial state crown on a purple cushion. For the household, the procession was a chance to placed on a united entrance as King Charles walked together with his sons, the Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex, the primary time all three have been seen in public collectively for the reason that Queen died at Balmoral every week in the past.” – The Occasions
- The road saved swelling – The Occasions
- How the Royal household solemnly handed over Queen Elizabeth to a nation in mourning – Day by day Telegraph
- All of the pomp was stripped naked and solemn dignity reigned – The Occasions
- Time is paused as Queen Elizabeth is honoured with the final word mark of respect – Day by day Telegraph
- Household pay tribute to late monarch – FT
- Solemn march – The Solar
- Queen passes into monarchy’s 900-year historical past – The Guardian
- Lengthy journeys and winding queues – The Guardian
- Mourners queue by means of the evening – Day by day Mail
- Anger as MPs get 4 additional passes to allow them to leap queue – Day by day Mail
- Queue to see Queen may shut on Saturday evening – Day by day Mail
- Royal guard collapses – Day by day Categorical
- Queen Elizabeth’s closing journey might be prolonged so extra folks will pay respects – Day by day Telegraph
- King retreats to Highgrove for day of reflection – The Occasions
- Harry and Meghan ‘livid’ as Archie and Lilibet won’t get HRH standing – The Solar
- US paper criticises ‘moneymaking’ Charles property – The Occasions
- Readers bombard New York Occasions with complaints – Day by day Mail
- BBC ‘politicising’ protection of Queen Elizabeth’s loss of life is ‘outrageous’ – Day by day Telegraph
- The Charles aide who gained’t shy from talking fact to royalty – The Occasions
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Truss set to satisfy Biden in personal earlier than Queen’s funeral
“Liz Truss is predicted to carry one-to-one talks with President Biden and different world leaders gathered in London earlier than the Queen’s funeral on Monday. Downing Avenue and the International Workplace had been eager to emphasize that the occasion wouldn’t be used as a diplomatic train, regardless of the presence of greater than 100 heads of state within the capital to pay their respects. However yesterday it emerged that the brand new prime minister would use the event to carry a small variety of bilateral conferences with key allies over the weekend. Nonetheless, due to the circumstances, the leaders won’t pose for images or participate in any formal press conferences. No details about what they talk about shall be launched. It’s thought that amongst different leaders, Truss will meet Biden for the primary time since she turned prime minister.” – The Occasions
Extra royal workers concern redundancy through ‘loss of life clause’
“Royal workers are braced for additional job losses after former Buckingham Palace staff claimed that they got contracts which expired six months after the Queen died. Former aides advised The Occasions {that a} six-month grace interval following the monarch’s loss of life was included of their employment agreements. It follows redundancy letters being despatched to about 100 staff of Clarence Home simply as they had been working lengthy hours to easy the King’s elevation to the throne. Buckingham Palace workers may additionally now be dealing with an unsure future. One former aide, who didn’t wish to be named, mentioned that Buckingham Palace staff recognised that when the monarch died, their employment standing may change.” – The Occasions
- Private aides face redundancy however these in grace and favour houses gained’t be evicted – Day by day Telegraph
Bankers’ bonus cap might be scrapped
“The Chancellor may scrap the cap on bankers’ bonuses to extend London’s competitiveness towards its monetary rivals New York, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and Paris. Kwasi Kwarteng is claimed to be contemplating the transfer as an indication of his new “Massive Bang 2.0” method to Metropolis laws after Brexit. The Monetary Occasions reported that though no closing selections had been taken, folks near the Chancellor’s considering mentioned that he wished to scrap the cap that was launched by EU laws in 2014. The UK has lengthy opposed the bonus cap, which limits annual payouts to twice a banker’s wage. If a financial institution wished to pay one in all its staff in London £3 million for his or her work over the previous 12 months, it will have to pay that individual a wage of at the very least £1 million.” – The Occasions
- Kwarteng to desert bankers’ bonus cap to spice up Metropolis – FT
- Doubts over Tory’s concierge enterprise – The Occasions
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Truss seeks to allay fears of civil service purge however traces up modifications
“Liz Truss is searching for to calm fears throughout Whitehall of a purge of senior civil servants, following the abrupt sacking final week of Sir Tom Scholar as everlasting secretary to the Treasury. However a number of senior officers advised the Monetary Occasions that it was broadly anticipated that Simon Case, head of the civil service and cupboard secretary, would get replaced within the coming months, as soon as the brand new prime minister has stabilised her authorities. In addition to Scholar’s sacking, Truss has changed Sir Stephen Lovegrove as nationwide safety adviser with Sir Tim Barrow, a senior International Workplace diplomat. However one senior authorities insider mentioned Truss was not searching for to oust vital numbers of high-ranking officers. “She hasn’t arrived with a way that every one everlasting secretaries and the civil service are hopeless. It was extra coping with particular points,” he mentioned.” – FT
- Former head of civil service says transfer is ‘disgraceful’ and may have a ‘chilling impact’ – The Guardian
- Labour MPs warned about speaking to media aside from Queen tributes – The Guardian
Ukraine push liberates 150,000 from Russian occupation
“Some 150,000 Ukrainians have been free of Russian occupation throughout a latest counteroffensive within the nation’s northeast, Ukraine introduced at present, after President Zelensky mentioned prisoners, “saboteurs” and alleged collaborators had been being rounded up. The Ukrainian chief mentioned that about 3,100 sq miles (8,000 sq km) within the north jap area of Kharkiv that was beforehand occupied by Russian forces had now been liberated — an space practically as massive as North Yorkshire, or equal of Crete. Zelensky this morning visited the newly recaptured city of Izium, a key provide hub within the north jap Kharkiv area, a Ukrainian navy brigade mentioned, following the departure of Russian troops a number of days in the past.” – The Occasions
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Swedish PM resigns as right-wing bloc wins
“Magdalena Andersson, the Swedish prime minister, resigned at present and conceded defeat in final weekend’s election after it turned clear that the right-wing bloc had gained by a slim margin of three parliamentary seats with virtually all of the votes counted. The result was a historic political shift within the historically liberal nation amid a surge in assist for the Sweden Democrats, a celebration with neo-Nazi roots. It emerged because the second largest drive in parliament, and the largest within the right-wing bloc, forward of the Average Get together, which historically leads the conservative camp. Jimmie Akesson, chief of the Sweden Democrats, has the function of kingmaker and has begun talks with the leaders of the opposite three events of the fitting.” – The Occasions
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Obituary: Tessa Keswick, political adviser to Ken Clarke, director of the Centre for Coverage Research and Sinophile
“Tessa Keswick, who has died aged 79, was a widely known Society determine who shocked those that didn’t know her – and even some who did – by rising in center age as a far-from-grey eminence within the Conservative Get together. She straddled each side of the celebration in its bitter ideological struggles. Her first appointment was as political adviser to Kenneth Clarke, Chancellor of the Exchequer in John Main’s authorities, one thing of a “moist” and an arch-Europhile. However then, having served with this bête noire of the Tory Proper, in 1995 she turned director of the Centre for Coverage Research. This was the mental centre of the dry, free-marketing Proper of the celebration, the place the Thatcherite revolution had been given a few of its theoretical sustenance. Even then she was not simply branded by way of moist and dry, Left and Proper. She disapproved in idea of “perverse incentive”, as in: “When you pay single moms profit, why would they marry and relieve the state?” – Day by day Telegraph
