Northern Ireland's headline-makers of 2022: No2. The King and Queen

A new monarch was announced for the first time in 70 years

Queen Elizabeth II is joined by the Prince of Wales, and (rear, left to right) the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at a reception at Buckingham Palace in London to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the investiture of the Prince of Wales

Aine Toner

It is a year written into the history of the royal family.

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning British monarch, passed away on September 8, and her son Charles became King.