King Charles III has entered Westminster Hall for the first time as monarch. The King and Queen Consort Camilla are visiting UK Parliament to receive condolences from the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

The King told Parliament he was “resolved faithfully to follow” the example set by his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, addressing lawmakers and peers in what he described as the “the living and breathing instrument of our democracy”.

At a ceremony in Westminster Hall, the oldest building on the parliamentary estate, Charles used his address to the upper and lower houses of parliament to pay tribute to his mother and to pledge to uphold the principle of constitutional government.

“While very young, her late Majesty pledged herself to serve her country and her people and to maintain the precious principles of constitutional government which lie at the heart of our nation. This vow she kept with unsurpassed devotion," he told the assembled lawmakers and peers. She set an example of selfless duty which, with God"s help and your counsels, I am resolved faithfully to follow”, - he said.

At Westminster Hall, lawmakers from both the House of Commons and the upper House of Lords expressed their condolences for the death of his mother.