The King will make his declaration and oath at St James’s Palace at 10am. He will be joined by the Duke of Cornwall and Cambridge and Queen Consort Camilla, along with Prime Minister Liz Truss and her cabinet. King Charles will attend the televised Accession Council – follow live updates The Privy Council, which includes politicians, senior members of the clergy and High Court judges, will first meet without the King to proclaim the new monarch and arrange the work related to the proclamation. Then the King will hold his first privy council and make his personal declaration and oath to “assume the duties and responsibilities of sovereignty” and follow in his late mother’s footsteps. A Principal Proclamation will be read publicly for the first time by the Garter King of Arms from the balcony overlooking Friary Court at St James’s an hour later at 11am. As the proclamation is read, a 41-gun salute will be fired by The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Hyde Park. A number of other proclamations will follow across the country, with the second in the City of London at the Royal Exchange at noon today and further proclamations in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales at noon tomorrow. Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player 1:03 God Save The King sung at St Pauls Flags will fly at full mast from the Main Proclamation until 1pm on Sunday in recognition of the new monarch, when they will be lowered to half-staff again to commemorate the Queen. More about the King: What is the Council of Accession and how does it declare a new monarch? The King has his first audience with the Prime Minister at Buckingham Palace King Charles and the Queen Consort enter the palace after being greeted by crowds It comes after King Charles held his first hearing with Ms Truss at Buckingham Palace yesterday ahead of his televised address to the nation. Despite his grief, he vowed to serve the people of the United Kingdom with “faith, respect and love.” The King also paid tribute to his mother’s “love, affection, guidance, understanding and example”. Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player 1:17 King Charles thanks his ‘dear mum’ The King returned from Balmoral yesterday after being rushed there when the Queen’s health deteriorated and became King when the Queen died on Thursday afternoon. Earlier in the day he held his first public walk and meeting since joining as he greeted well-wishers outside Buckingham Palace.
