Monarch pays tribute to Smith for "her many great performances, and her warmth and wit that shone through both off and on the stage."

King Charles III is mourning the loss of legendary British actress Maggie Smith, who died early Friday at 89. In a statement from the monarch and his wife Queen Camilla posted to X, the pair paid their respects to the countrywoman who became a two-time Academy Award-winning actress and garnered several other acting accolades.

Maggie Smith, the British actress who made an indelible impression on viewers in a multitude of roles including the sharp-tongued Dowager Countess of Grantham in “Downton Abbey,” has died. She was 89.