Queen Camilla Tells Well-Wishers 'We're Doing Our Best' After Queen Elizabeth's Death

Mar. 15, 2025

AsKing Charles IIIandQueen Camillacontinue their U.K. tour following thedeathofQueen Elizabeth, the Queen Consort told well-wishers that the royal family is doing their “best.”

On Tuesday, the couple greeted people gathered outside of Hillsborough Castle in Belfast, Ireland.

Barbara told Queen Camilla, “You’re doing an amazing job,” and she replied, “We are doing our best.”

Barbara also showed the photo to King Charles, 73, explaining, “It’s you and me” after he asked if it was her. She also shared her condolences with the monarch.

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During their visit to Belfast, the couple viewed the flowers, notes and other tributes left in honor of the late Queen. At one point, King Charles smiled and pointed ata corgi named Conniebefore giving her a royal pet on the head.

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In Northern Ireland, King Charles shared a message for the people of Northern Ireland.

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“In the years since she began her long life of public service, my mother saw Northern Ireland pass through momentous and historic changes,” Charles said. “Through all those years, she never ceased to pray for the best of times for this place and for its people, whose stories she knew, whose sorrows our Family had felt, and for whom she had a great affection and regard.”

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“My mother felt deeply, I know, the significance of the role she herself played in bringing together those whom history had separated, and in extending a hand to make possible the healing of long-held hurts,” he continued. “At the very beginning of her life of service, The Queen made a pledge to dedicate herself to her country and her people and to maintain the principles of constitutional government. This promise she kept with steadfast faith. Now, with that shining example before me, and with God’s help, I take up my new duties resolved to seek the welfare of all the inhabitants of Northern Ireland.”

King Charles and Queen Camilla are set to visit all four countries that make up the U.K. in the days leading up toQueen Elizabeth’s funeral on September 19. They attended engagements in Scotland on Monday, including the Queen’s four childrenfollowing her coffin in a processionthrough Edinburgh and laterstanding vigilinside St. Giles' Cathedral.

On Friday, the royal couple will visit Wales. The country is of particular significance to Charles, who spent most of his life as the Prince of Wales.

source: people.com