The nation’s new monarch King Charles III has started his poignant journey from Balmoral to London, following the death of his mother the Queen. He will be proclaimed at the Accession Council at 10am on Saturday in the State Apartments of St James’s Palace, Buckingham Palace said.
The event is mainly ceremonial to confirm the new monarch and Buckingham Palace stated: “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. Part II, is the holding by The King of His Majesty’s first Privy Council. The King will make his Declaration and read and sign an oath to uphold the security of the Church in Scotland and approve Orders in Council which facilitate continuity of government."
The statement continued: “The Accession Council will be followed by the Principal Proclamation, which will be read at 11.00hrs from the balcony overlooking Friary Court at St James’s Palace. The Proclamation will be read by Garter King of Arms, accompanied by the Earl Marshal, other Officers of Arms and the Serjeants at Arms. This is the first public reading of the Proclamation.”
The council is made up of Privy Councillors, Great Officers of State, members of the House of Lords, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, the aldermen of the City of London, high commissioners of Commonwealth realms, and other civil servants. It only assembles upon the death of a monarch and formally confirms the new sovereign succeeding to the throne.
The last time the Accession Council met was in February 1952 to officially mark Elizabeth II succeeding her father. Penny Mordaunt was appointed Lord President of the Council, on September 6 in Prime Minister Liz Truss’s new cabinet
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