Irish Examiner view: Role will be to modernise and change

King Charles III places the Queen's Company Camp Colour of the Grenadier Guards on the coffin during the Committal Service for Queen Elizabeth II held at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, Berkshire. 

While the solemn and dignified funeral and burial of Queen Elizabeth II in London yesterday closed a chapter in the history of the British monarchy, it opened another new volume for her successor, King Charles III.

Undoubtedly — and the new monarch appears to have already grasped this — Queen Elizabeth II will be a very hard act to follow, both nationally and internationally, and the love and devotion shown to her memory will be hard for her son to recapture. In fact, the realm over which his mother ruled could realistically diminish considerably in the wake of her death, with the discussion in many countries about republicanism having already gathered pace.