Buckingham Palace has confirmed when the King will be officially proclaimed after the Queen passed away yesterday.
In a statement on its website, it said the ceremony will be at 10am on Saturday September 10 in the State Apartments of St James’s Palace.
The ceremony will be carried out in front of a group of people known as the Accession Council. This is made up of members of the Privy Council - a group of senior MPs, either past or current - as well as some senior civil servants, Commonwealth high commissioners, and the Lord Mayor of London.
Hull Live reports that the Accession Council will be split into two parts.
In Part I, the Privy Council, without The King present, will proclaim the Sovereign. They will then formally approve various consequential Orders, including the arrangements for the Proclamation.
Part II involves 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 also approve Orders in Council which help keep the government going.
What happens after the Accession Council?
After the Accession Council, there will be an announcement called the Principal Proclamation.
This will be read from the balcony at 11am 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.
As per tradition, a second Proclamation will be read in the City of London, at the Royal Exchange at noon on the same day. Further Proclamations will be read in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales at noon on Sunday.
Flags will be flown at full mast to celebrate the new monarch, from the time of the first Proclamation until one hour after the Proclamations in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
They will then be brought back down to half-mast as a sign of mourning for the Queen.
Is this the same as a coronation?
Due to the amount of preparation needed for such an event, it's likely that the King's coronation won't be for some time.
The coronation is the ceremony when the King will be officially crowned, and is always held at Westminster Abbey.
The Archbishop of Canterbury will carry out the religious service, during which he will physically place the crowd on Charles's head.
Many consider the crown and its jewels to be priceless, but a 2019 study estimated that its total worth was over £4.5m.
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