Charles III swears an oath as he is proclaimed king during an elaborate ceremony at at St James’s Palace
In a speech at St James Palace, the new monarch said he is ‘deeply aware’ of the ‘duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty’.
“I am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of Sovereignty which have now passed to me.”
In taking up these responsibilities, I shall strive to follow the inspiring example I have been set in upholding constitutional government and to seek the peace, harmony and prosperity of the peoples of these Islands and of the Commonwealth Realms and Territories throughout the world.
In taking up these responsibilities, I shall strive to follow the inspiring example I have been set in upholding constitutional government and to seek the peace, harmony and prosperity of the peoples of these Islands and of the Commonwealth Realms and Territories throughout the world.
The proclamation was read publicly in the other capital cities of the UK – Edinburgh in Scotland, Belfast in Northern Ireland, and Cardiff in Wales – and at other locations.
One of the orders approved by King Charles III, during the proclamation ceremony, was for the day of the Queen’s funeral to be a Bank Holiday.
We don’t yet know the date.
Source: BBC and Aljazeera