The King attends a second meeting of the Accession Council, along with the Privy Council. This proclamation is then signed by a number of senior figures including the prime minister, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Lord Chancellor.Īs with all these ceremonies, there will be attention paid to what might have been altered, added or updated, as a sign of a new era.
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The wording of the proclamation can change, but it has traditionally been a series of prayers and pledges, commending the previous monarch and pledging support for the new one. At the last Accession Council in 1952, about 200 attended.Īt the meeting, the death of Queen Elizabeth will be announced by the Lord President of the Privy Council (currently Penny Mordaunt MP), and a proclamation will be read aloud. More than 700 people are entitled in theory to attend, but given the short notice, the actual number is likely to be far fewer. This is made up of members of the Privy Council - a group of senior MPs, past and present, and peers - as well as some senior civil servants, Commonwealth high commissioners, and the Lord Mayor of London. This will happen at St James's Palace in London, in front of a ceremonial body known as the Accession Council. It is expected that Charles will be officially proclaimed King on Saturday. There is also a new title for Charles' wife, Camilla, who becomes the Queen Consort - consort is the term used for the spouse of the monarch. He has inherited his father's title of Duke of Cornwall - William and Kate are now titled Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and Cambridge. He is not the only one who faces a change of title.Īlthough he is heir to the throne, Prince William will not automatically become Prince of Wales - that will have to be conferred on him by his father. He could have chosen from any of his four names - Charles Philip Arthur George. That was the first decision of the new king's reign.
At the moment the Queen died, the throne passed immediately and without ceremony to the heir, Charles, the former Prince of Wales.īut there are a number of practical - and traditional - steps which he must go through to be crowned King.
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