New Delhi: After the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, King Charles III will be officially proclaimed King of the United Kingdom in a ceremony on Saturday.
Charles, the eldest son of late Queen Elizabeth will take charge as her successor in the monarchy axiomatically under the old common law rule shortly after the demise of his mother, he will be officially declared as the King at the historic Accession Council's convention according to constitutional formality at 10 am UK time or 2:30 pm Indian Standard Time on Saturday at St James's Palace, London.
There will be a multi-stage process publicly announcing his new title of King Charles III. However, Flags lowered in mourning for the late Queen will fly full-mast after the Accession Council to welcome New King Charles from the time of the Principal Proclamation until one hour after the other proclamations are read..A wave of further proclamations will take place across the UK until Sunday when flags will return to half-mast in mourning for the death of Queen Elizabeth.
Since his mother's death, Charles has declared a period of royal mourning, which is set to last until seven days after the late monarch's funeral, the date of which has not yet been announced.
The Accession Council consists of other royals and political and religious figures including Queen Consort Camilla, Prince William, Prime Minister Liz Truss and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The King will then make a personal announcement about the death of the Queen at the council and make an oath to preserve the Church of Scotland - because in Scotland there is a division of powers between church and state.
It is worth mentioning that, this is for the first time that the Accession Council's ceremonial gathering will be broadcasted LIVE while they bestow the official proclamation to King Charles III's giving him the new monarch status publicly.
The "principal proclamation" will be read to the public at 11:00 am from a balcony at St James's Palace. It will be followed by a fanfare by three trumpeters.
The proclamation will then also be read out in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
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