Thank you for your messages, King Charles tells Britain and the world

Britain's King Charles interacts with people outside Cardiff Castle, following the death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, in Cardiff, Wales, Britain, September 16, 2022. REUTERS/Molly Darlington

LONDON (Reuters) - King Charles thanked people from Britain and across the world on Sunday for their messages of sympathy following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth.

The state funeral for Elizabeth will be held at London's Westminster Abbey on Monday, concluding 10 days of solemn ceremony and mourning during which hundreds of thousands of people have paid tribute to the monarch, 96, for her seven decades on the throne.