The late ruler passed away at Balmoral Castle in Scotland in September 2022, aged 96, following a record-breaking 70 years on the throne. Her eldest son, Charles<\/a>, automatically inherited the powerful position, becoming the oldest person in history to become King.<\/p>\n Queen Elizabeth’s legacy will be commemorated throughout this week during a string of royal<\/a> events. This’ll include a royal gathering of all the charities<\/a> and organisations that she supported, including Cancer Research UK<\/a> and the Army Benevolent Fund.<\/p>\n In this week’s video, Charles, 77, described his ‘darling Mama’ as having ‘remained constant, steadfast and wholly devoted to the people she served’ throughout her seven-decade reign.<\/p>\n Charles went on to acknowledge, however, that ongoing conflicts across the globe, as well as the challenges currently faced by British citizens, would have ‘troubled her deeply’.<\/p>\n With this in mind, the father-of-two renewed his ‘own solemn pledge of duty and service to you all’.<\/p>\n “Much about the times we now live in, I suspect, may have troubled her deeply, but I take heart from her belief that goodness will always prevail and that a brighter dawn is never far from the horizon,” Charles continued.<\/p>\n “For, as a young Princess Elizabeth put it in her first ever public broadcast, aged just 14, we can each play our part ‘to make the world of tomorrow a better and happier place’.<\/p>\n “It is a belief which I share, with all my heart.”<\/p>\n It’s also possible that The King was referencing his brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s<\/a> recent arrest – as well as the stripping of his royal titles – over his February arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office<\/a>.<\/p>\n The move came amid allegations that the former ‘Prince’ – the Queen’s second son – had shared confidential information with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> between 2001 and 2011 while serving as the UK’s<\/a> trade envoy.<\/p>\n The issues that would have ‘troubled’ the late Queen may have also been the US<\/a>–Israeli<\/a> attack on Iran<\/a>, which quickly prompted a widespread, devastating war across the Middle East.<\/p>\n The conflict simultaneously triggered a spike in petrol prices, especially in the UK, and wreaked havoc on global shipping costs.<\/p>\n Charles may have also been referring to the ongoing Russian<\/a> invasion of Ukraine<\/a>, which has dragged on now for five long years.<\/p>\n Continuing his message, which was reportedly recorded from the library at Balmoral, The King added of his mother: “Queen Elizabeth’s \u2018promise with destiny kept’ shaped the world around her and touched the lives of countless people across our nation, the Commonwealth and beyond.<\/p>\n “Her near-century was one of remarkable change and yet, through each passing decade, through every transformation, she remained constant, steadfast and wholly devoted to the people she served.”<\/p>\n He added: “Millions will remember her for moments of national significance; many others for a fleeting personal encounter, a smile, a kind word that lifted spirits – or for that marvellous twinkle of the eye when sharing a marmalade sandwich with Paddington Bear in the final months of her life.”<\/p>\n Charles concluded his heartfelt statement by emphasising the importance of following the late Queen’s example.<\/p>\n “So, young or old, and whatever our differences, let us therefore seek to follow this example as we make today not the marking of a milestone felt by absence but the celebration of a life well-lived, and a legacy of hope, as we strive together towards a ‘better, happier tomorrow’,” he gushed.<\/p>\n “One rooted in peace, justice, prosperity and security.”<\/p>\n Speaking to Queen Elizabeth directly, The King said: “God bless you, darling Mama; you remain forever in our hearts and prayers.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a new video message honouring what would have been his late mother’s 100th birthday, King Charles III…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[5636,9,24,63,122,124,123,486,1245,38945],"class_list":["post-204547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-king-charles-iii","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-royal-family","tag-the-queen","tag-uk-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Charles](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0OGJiZjE2YzJkN2EyMDllNS9ibHQxMDVhNDUy.webp\"\/)
Charles believes The Queen would have been ‘deepy troubled’ (Sean Gallup\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n![\"Charles](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0OGJiZjE2YzJkN2EyMDllNS9ibHQxMzg2MWVj.webp\"\/)
Charles may have been referencing the ongoing conflict in Iran (Contributor\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n![\"Queen](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0OGJiZjE2YzJkN2EyMDllNS9ibHQ4YzkyYjE4.webp\"\/)
Queen Elizabeth took to the throne in 1952 (Bettmann \/ Contributor)<\/p>\n