The 'D' day of Carlos III

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One day after the death of

Carlos III's "D" day has arrived.

The new king will address the nation in his

Friday evening, in which he will pay tribute to the Queen and announce national mourning until the Sept. 19 funeral at Westminster Abbey.

The 73-year-old heir to the throne will address millions of Britons amid a sense of

left by Elizabeth II after her 70-year reign.

In a brief statement, Carlos referred to his mother's death on Thursday as "

and my family."

The new king promised to be guided "by respect and deep affection" towards the Queen "in this period of mourning and change."

Carlos spent Thursday night at

after having shared the last hours with the Queen on her deathbed, in the company of her sister Anne. The rest of the family arrived at the royal residence in Scotland after death of the Queen.

The monarch left on Friday morning for London to have his first meeting with the "premier"

, who on Tuesday personally received the order of the new Government from the Queen and has witnessed the tragic relief two days later. of his arrival at Downing Street.

His "proclamation" as king is scheduled for Saturday at ten in the morning (one hour later in Spain) in a ceremony at St James's Palace, although his official coronation - as happened with Elizabeth II after the death of her Father George VI -

Tributes to the Queen begin on Friday with

(one for each Queen's year) fired from various locations around London and a

attended by the full Government.

The Queen's coffin will remain at Balmoral for another day and will be transferred to Hollyrood Palace on Saturday and then to St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.

Thousands of Scots will be the first to pay tribute to Elizabeth II in a religious ceremony that will take place on the same day at St. Giles, and will be attended by members of the royal family.

Charles III will symbolically start

which will then take him to Northern Ireland and Wales.

Over the next week he will preside over several events in London and will join the procession that will finally accompany the coffin on September 19 between Westminster Abbey and Windsor Castle.

Elizabeth II will be buried that day next to the tomb of Philip of Edinburgh in the crypt of St. George's Chapel.

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