Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96 Thursday evening, leaving the throne to the next member of the royal family.
Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales and the queen's son, was next in line for the throne.
Charles, who is now king, is the oldest person to take the British throne.
Seventy-three-year-old Charles automatically becomes monarch, though the coronation might not take place for months. It is not known whether he will choose to call himself King Charles III or some other name.
The palace says her son Charles and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, will stay at Balmoral overnight and travel to London on Friday.

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Charles released the following statement Thursday: "During this period of mourning and change, my family and I will be comforted and sustained by our knowledge of the respect and deep affection in which The Queen was so widely held."
A statement from His Majesty The King: pic.twitter.com/AnBiyZCher
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) September 8, 2022
After Charles, the throne will go to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and then to his son, Prince George of Cambridge.