At a time of political and constitutional uncertainty, Elizabeth II's choice to name her son Charles is significant in understanding the monarchy's vision for the future of the United Kingdom.

In Edinburgh's Old Town as the proclamation for King Charles III was read out and a gun salute echoed from the city's ancient castle, a small but noisy group of protesters began heckling.

The governing Scottish National Party (SNP), which wants another independence referendum following the 2014 "no" vote, is not calling for a republic.

At least a million people are expected to come to see the coffin in London. Officials warning that people should expect to wait "many hours" and possibly even to queue overnight.

One of the 73-year-old's biggest challenges will be how to keep together the worldwide family that his late mother Queen Elizabeth II so loved.

Looking back on Elizabeth II's life raises key questions about not just how the monarchy has changed, but also how Britain itself has transformed throughout the twentieth and twenty-first century.

British foreign minister Liz Truss said on Sunday she would set out immediate action in her first week in power to tackle rising energy bills and increase energy supplies if she is, as expected, appointed prime minister.

The two candidates battling to be Britain's next prime minister vied to present themselves as defenders of Scotland's place in the United Kingdom on Tuesday, promising more scrutiny of Scotland's government to undermine a new push for independence.

Scotland's ruling nationalists on Tuesday angrily rounded on British Conservative frontrunner Liz Truss.

The accord was the first free trade deal to be signed since Britain's formal departure from the European Union at the start of 2021.

The leader of the Labour Party in Scotland on Monday ruled out any deal with the Scottish National Party (SNP) after the next British election, dismissing the idea that such a pact could lead to a new independence referendum.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced plans on Tuesday for a second referendum to be held on Scottish independence in October next year, vowing to take legal action to ensure a vote if the British government tried to block it.

The results, expected from Friday, could have huge constitutional implications for the four-nation UK's future

CCTV cameras, a new security gate, and a police entry point are in place on the access road to Craigowan Lodge.

In Britain, at least 5.3 million long-resident Europeans have applied for settlement status to ensure their pre-Brexit rights are preserved

In currency markets, the pound was higher against its main rivals after the Scottish National Party fell short of an outright majority in UK regional elections.

Tightening immigration rules and securing borders were vote-winning promises of Johnson's campaign for leaving the European Union in Britain's 2016 Brexit referendum.

The strongly pro-Brexit constituency has never voted Conservative since its creation in 1974.

Sir Sean's son Jason told the BBC that his father died peacefully in his sleep overnight while in the Bahamas, having been "unwell for some time".

Despite expressions of disquiet even from some members of the ruling Conservatives, the House of Commons passed the bill by 340 votes to 256.

In a separate 20-page response, the government said there was 'no evidence of successful interference in the EU referendum'.

He didn't rush -- as many other Brits in Germany did -- to secure citizenship following the 2016 referendum vote to quit the EU.

Top of Johnson's to-do list is a bill to ratify the terms of Britain's exit from the European Union.

Queen Elizabeth II will open parliament in a lavish ceremony on Thursday.

Thursday's snap general election has been called in a bid to break the Brexit deadlock.

52% of Scots have said they would vote for independence if a referendum on the issue were to take place.

MPs across the House of Commons have backed a law change that will create millions of pounds of tax relief for wealthy donors to the Leave and Remain referendum campaigns

Readers of a pro-Remain newspaper tweet apocalyptic vision of Britain after exit from the European Union.

IBTimes UK's analyses of Twitter data reveals Britain First followers' obsession with Madeleine McCann's disappearance and other conspiracy theories.

Whereas once the West was responsible for everything good in the world, today it is the source of everything that is bad.