​Charles III will be officially crowned King by the Council of Succession on Saturday in a historic ceremony at St James’s Palace. For the first time ever, the Succession Council ceremony, which will start at 12:00 Romanian time, will be televised.

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What will happen in the Council of Successors:

  • Historically, it involves all members of the Privy Council, a body of advisers to the sovereign that dates back to the Norman kings. But given that there are 700 members, most of whom are former and current politicians, only 200 will be called. First, they will meet in St. James’s Palace without the King. Conservative MP Penny Mordaunt, appointed Lord President of the Privy Council by Prime Minister Liz Truss, will announce the sovereign’s death.
  • The Clerk of the Council reads aloud the text of the Proclamation of Accession, including Charles’ chosen title of king, Charles III.
  • The proclamation was signed by a group that included the Queen Consort, the Prince of Wales, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of York and the Prime Minister.
  • The Lord President calls for silence and reads other articles relating to the proclamation relating to the public proclamations and orders for volleys in Hyde Park and the Tower of London.
  • The king enters the second part of the council, where only the privy councilors are present, and makes a personal statement regarding the queen’s death.
  • He takes an oath to preserve the Church of Scotland and signs two documents to record this, witnessed by the Queen Consort and the Prince of Wales
  • Privy Councilors will also sign the proclamation

The first public proclamation is due to take place from the balcony of St James’s Palace in London at 1pm (Romanian time), a time usually accompanied by the centuries-old ritual of trumpets and volleys in Hyde Park and the Tower of London. .

Although the words “The Queen is dead, long live the King” are not part of the official proclamation, they are often added later.

A second proclamation will be read an hour later at the Royal Exchange in the City of London. Separate proclamations will be read in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland at noon on Sunday.

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