Buckingham Palace has confirmed King Charles III’ will be formally proclaimed monarch in a special ceremony at St James’s Palace tomorrow.
The proclamation is a public announcement of the accession of the new monarch, and will happen multiple times.
Buckingham Palace said: “His Majesty The King will be proclaimed at the Accession Council at 10.00hrs tomorrow morning 10th September in the State Apartments of St James’s Palace, London.
“The Accession Council, attended by Privy Councillors, is divided into two parts. In Part I, the Privy Council, without The King present, will proclaim the Sovereign, and formally approve various consequential Orders, including the arrangements for the Proclamation.”
Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest son, who rushed to be at her bedside in Balmoral on Thursday, automatically became King after his mother’s death.
Following the first Proclamation tomorrow at 10am, a second will be read in the City of London at the Royal Exchange around midday on the same day as the first Proclamation.
Further Proclamations will be read in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales at midday on Sunday.
In recognition of the new sovereign, flags will be flown at full-mast from the time of the Principal Proclamation until one hour after the final Proclamations.
Flags will then return to half-mast in mourning for the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
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