King Charles' speech pleases the media, his 'thank you mum' is popular

King Charles' speech is popular with the media, his 'thank you, Mom' is a hit. The tabloids are quoting the Bard, may the angels sing for you.

"May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest", "May the song of angels watch over your rest"The British press welcomed the Shakespearean quote King Charles made in an emotional farewell to his mother, Queen Elizabeth, at 96, in his first televised address to the nation as sovereign.

A calm and deeply personal speech, which, according to newspapers, seems to have struck a chord with the country, mourning the passing of its sovereign after 70 years of reign. Charles' reference to Hamlet makes headlines in the Daily Express among the tabloids.

While in almost all newspapers, from the most popular to the opinion-based ones, the "thank you" pronounced by the incoming monarch - barely holding back tears - towards his "darling Mama" dominates the front pages.

The progressive Guardian and Daily Mirror, however, prefer to underline, in their opening headlines, the solemn "pledge" made by Charles III in his "King's Speech" - in continuity with the dedication to the spirit of service recognized in Elizabeth II - to "serve" the Kingdom with "loyalty, love and respect".

Overall, everyone positively highlights the new king's approach, which appears to have passed this first 'test' with flying colors.

A king as mature as he is "sincere and surprisingly intimate," according to the Times; inspired yesterday, according to the Telegraph, by words that flowed "from the depths of his heart."