King Charles III held his first walkabout with the public since his accession to the throne, meeting crowds of cheering fans as he arrived at Buckingham Palace.
Charles became King on Thursday (local time) after Queen Elizabeth died aged 96 at her Scottish residence, and on Friday he flew down from Scotland to London and delivered his first speech as sovereign.
The crowd clapped and cheered as the new monarch met and greeted a line of fans behind a fence after arriving at his new London home. Many shouted, "God Save the King" or "God bless you" and one woman even kissed him on the cheek.
But it was the crowds of people holding their phones out to get a shot of His Majesty that irked one of his bodyguards.
"Put your phones down ... enjoy the moment," he snapped.
Many people praised the bodyguard's actions online.
"King Charles III close protection with a brilliant message," one person wrote
"I love how King Charles's protection officer told people to put their phones down and enjoy the moment as he did his walkabout. This must be so difficult for him," said another.
BBC home editor Mark Easton said the bodyguard's comment would have been made "to demonstrate [and] illustrate a direct connection between King Charles III and the people he now rules".
The walkabout preceded the King's historic address to the nation, where he paid tribute to his mother and bestowed on his eldest son William and daughter-in-law Kate the titles of Prince and Princess of Wales.
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