The Daily Mirror reports that the King’s coronation will be shorter, smaller, and less expensive than his mother’s. The paper reports the King is planning a “slimmed down” coronation as part of a drive to “modernise the monarchy”. The paper says he is “mindful” of the cost of the ceremony, given so many are struggling with the cost of living crisis, adding it will be “inclusive and reflect the whole country and commonwealth”.
The Daily Express says its own poll shows public support for King Charles’s idea of a slimmed-down monarchy. The paper reports more than two-thirds of the public believe he will make a good monarch, while a similar number of people “back his idea of cutting the number of working royals”.
The Sun reports that Holly Willoughby is fighting to keep her TV job after claims she skipped the Queen’s lying-in-state queue. “Queue jump Holly” is how the paper describes the ITV This Morning presenter. The paper says the petition is “gaining momentum despite an on-air apology” on Tuesday, with sources close to the embattled presenter telling the paper she is “utterly devastated” over the row.
Wednesday’s papers report on Prime Minister Liz Truss’s plan to cut a variety of taxes as politics makes a full return and the PM heads to New York for meetings.
The west has condemned Russia’s plans to hold urgent referendums in parts of Ukraine that are under Russian control.
Protests are escalating across Iran with female protesters burning headscarves, following the death of a young woman in custody after she had been detained for breaking hijab rules.
Joe Biden will urge PM Liz Truss to negotiate with the EU to resolve tensions around the Northern Ireland protocol, the White House has said.
The pilot of the plane that killed a football star told his friends that the aircraft was “dodgy” before the flight that killed Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala.
The Queen’s name has been added on a new ledger stone in the Windsor chapel where she was buried on Monday.
The Metro says Last night saw more travel misery for many on one of the busiest ever days for transport in the capital.
The Metro says At least one person is dead after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked Mexico’s central Pacific coast on the anniversary of two other devastating quakes.
The Metro says The subject of a popular true crime podcast was released from prison on Monday after a judge overturned his sentence.
The Independent says Moscow’s submarines have retreated from Crimea to Krasnodar in southern Russia amid a local security threat, the British defence ministry said today.
The Independent says Madeleine McCann’s parents have lost a court battle over a former Portuguese detective’s suggestions that they were responsible for their daughter’s disappearance.
The Independent says California has legalised a burial process known as “human composting,” which advocates say will help cut down on the carboon footprint of funerals.
The Independent says The judge overseeing the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz refused to step down Monday, rejecting a motion by his attorneys who accused her of being biased against their client and prejudicing the jurors who will decide if he should die for murdering 17 people four years ago.
The state funeral was a perfect way to end the Elizabethan age and usher in the new Carolean era.
The Guardian says The parents of Madeleine McCann have lost their European court of human rights challenge to the Portuguese supreme court’s decision to throw out their libel case against a former detective who implicated them in their daughter’s disappearance.
The Guardian says The inquest into the death of the teenager Molly Russell, who killed herself after viewing graphic content online, opens on Tuesday, with executives at Instagram’s parent company and Pinterest among the witnesses scheduled to appear.
The Guardian says The UN general assembly summit this week will be dominated by a struggle – between the US and its allies on one side and Russia on the other – for global support over the fate of Ukraine.
The Guardian says Brad Pitt has unveiled his sculptures in a lakeside art museum in Finland as part of the actor’s first-ever public art exhibition that came as an unexpected surprise to the Nordic country.
The front page uses a full-length image of the Queen’s coffin being carried into Westminster Abbey for her state funeral. King Charles III and Camilla are seen walking behind the coffin. The front page says “a family and a nation lay the Queen to rest,” noting the final service – the burial – took place at 7:00 pm away from the cameras and was attended only by close family and friends.
“Unsurpassed pomp and public spectacle” gave way to “intimacy” as the Queen was laid to rest, The Guardian says, noting that the Queen’s “final farewell” belonged only to her family.
The UK’s longest-reigning monarch was laid to rest in a private ceremony, away from the cameras and surrounded by only her loved ones, the paper reports.
The Metro’s wrap features two images, with front showing the King and Prince William walking behind the Queen’s flower-strewn hearse. The second shows the procession as it enters Windsor Castle, with hundreds gathered on both sides of the town’s Long Walk to watch her “journey’s end”.
“Until we meet again…” – that is the Daily Mirror’s tribute to the Queen following her funeral. The front page shows the late monarch’s coffin being carried by pall bearers, adorned with flowers, the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign’s orb and sceptre.
