The Papers: 'The buck stops here!' and 'Prickly heat!'

Key developments are emerging from the global stage. 'The buck stops here! 'Published4 minutes agoImage caption, Several papers lead with King Charles III and Queen Camilla's decision to not live at Buckingham Palace, instead opting to remain at Clarence House. "The buck stops here!

" is the Daily Star's take, adding "no monarch to live at Palace". Image caption, "King will never live at the Palace" is the Daily Telegraph's lead, saying it is "the first change to the monarch's residence in nearly 200 years". Additionally, "Royal accounts show sovereign paid £30m in tax since ascending to throne" in 2022, the paper reports.

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It says he joined the Prince of Wales who revealed his tax bill was "£7. 76m in the last financial year". Image caption, "Big bucks for an empty home" says the Daily Mirror.

Published royal accounts reveal "billionaire William is richer than his dad" because of land inheritance, the paper writes. It quotes former Liberal Democrat MP and royal critic Norman Baker who says the royals are "hugely expensive". Image caption, "A palace not fit for a King," continues the Daily Express, as King Charles "shuns" Buckingham Palace "despite £369m refurbishment".

Image caption, "King and Queen to quit palace" writes the Sun, quipping: "Buck stops here". If you think that you have read that pun already, that is because you have. Image caption, "The monarchy's core funding will double within three years, rising to £100 million a year," the Times says, explaining: "Under an adjustment set out before parliament, new formula has been agreed whereby the royal household will receive 20.

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5 per cent of Crown Estate profits, up from 12 per cent. " Elsewhere, the paper leads with "hundreds feared dead after double earthquake in Venezuela", where "near-simultaneous magnitude 7. 5 quakes struck within 39 seconds".

Image caption, London Mayor Sadiq Khan's "Heat Ready London plan" leads the Metro. It says the blueprint contains a proposal for the British capital to "become hot-weather ready – like the desert-locked US city Phoenix". To visually take us there, it uses the headline "prickly heat", calling to mind the cacti of Arizona.

As temperatures rise to 36. 7C in London, the paper says "it felt even hotter for Londoners baking on buses, sweltering on Tubes or sheltering at home". Image caption, "Heatwave UK: 50-year record broken again" reports the i Paper, as the Met Office forecasts 37C on Friday.

The development has drawn wide international attention, with diplomatic circles watching closely.