Britain's weekend papers headline Prince Charles's tribute to his father.

Many of Britain's Sunday newspaper front pages bear the words "My dear Papa" as they lead on Prince Charles's tribute to his father.

The Sunday Times - wrapped in striking portraits of the Queen and Prince Philip taken 56 years apart - describes the address as an "emotional farewell,'' the BBC reports.

The paper says it is a sign that the Prince of Wales and his father had become reconciled after "years of distance".

And, according to the Times, it marked the moment that Charles stepped up as the most senior man in the Royal Family.

He is now set to assume an even more high-profile role, the paper says, as the Queen's right-hand-man, and King-in-waiting.