MPs and public gather at St Paul’s for service of thanksgiving for the Queen

Congregation of more than 2,000 people attends cathedral to listen to readings and sing hymns

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They listened in silence – some with babes in arms, some in black mourning suits, others in the T-shirts and jeans of daily life – as the voice of King Charles III echoed around St Paul’s Cathedral.

As a service of thanksgiving coincided with the first public address of the new King, it was his words about his “darling mama” that were the focus before anything else at a solemn event which included a lament from a lone Scottish piper and ended with the first singing of God Save the King.

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