King Charles III was proclaimed as Britain’s monarch as trumpets — the tweets of yore — blasted.
, took to the balcony of St. James’s Palace in central London on Saturday to proclaim to all of the United Kingdom that there was a new monarch: King Charles III.Holding a scepter and wearing an ostrich-feathered velvet hat, his reading from a large written proclamation was a historic ritual that’s gone on for hundreds of years. Trumpets — the tweets of yore — blared.
He referred to the “irreparable loss” the nation has suffered with the death of Queen Elizabeth II and hailed her reign as “unequaled in its duration, its dedication and its devotion.”“I am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of Sovereignty which have now passed to me,” he told the council. “I shall strive to follow the inspiring example I have been set.”Outside the palace, crowds from across the U.K.
“It’s like we’re so close and yet so far,” said Adam Stanton, 32, as he tried to refresh his social media feeds for news. “What are they doing in there? Where are the trumpets?” Charles’s mother made her own history when encouraged by her husband, Prince Philip, she gave permission for her coronation to be televised for the first time in 1953.Amanda Kingston traveled from the Welsh town of Tenby, waking up at 3:15 a.m. to travel to London with her family for the event. In a time of national flux, she said Charles had proved reassuring.
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