pete: i believe what we re seeing is i heard mention of king james so weari swearing on the bible oath of allegiance and the prime minister has done so and departed. if it changes, we ll let you know. will: king charles iii this morning approving an order declaring the day of queen elizabeth s funeral a public holiday. rachel: the uk will hold a series of events as part of a ten day period of national mourning. pete: halleluiah al alex hogan is live from buckingham palace with more. good morning, alex. good morning, rachel, will and pete. there s a lot that need to take place for a monarch of traditions including this morning with a kickoff of the ascension ceremony and kicking off officially formalizing the new sovereign, king charles iii. what took place this morning with the hundreds of members that were there part of that council. proclamation was then signed,
signify there was news to be announced in different regions around the kingdom and it would harolded by trumpets and music and this is at st. paul s cathedral and happening at many cathedrals around the kingdom. this is where charles and diana were married and many reck the imaimages of the young couple coming out on the steps and it was in the middle of the blitz during world war ii. there was damage from the aerial bombs in world war ii to this part of england as well at a time when the world wondered whether or not the entire united kingdom would be taken over by hitler as well as continental europe. extremely historic. pete: are we watching the
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on the throne actually and so i think for king charles, this is going to be of course a monumental challenge. he has so far i think risen to the occasion. he gave yesterday a very moving and powerful address to the british nation. he also went on a walk about in front of buckingham palace greeting hundreds of people, actually, and i think that king charles will settle into this role. the british public will warm to him, but the scale of the task he has on his hands is absolutely vast. after all, his mother was on the throne for seven decades and she was greatly loved, hugely popular with the british people. i think she left the monarchy in a very, very strong position. so king charles must maintain that tradition and follow in the footsteps of his mother and keep out of political matters. that s been a problem i think for charles in the past as he s weighed in on environmental
to play a role as well in the future of the united kingdom, western civilization and of the world as well. thank you for watching this morning. we will have continuing coverage throughout today and the coming days. for right now, fox and friends weekend starts now. reporter: whereas it has pleased all my god. our late sovereign lady, queen elizabeth ii, of blessed and glorious memory, by whose decease the crown of the united kingdom, great britain, and northern ireland, is solely and rightfully come to the prince charles philip arthur george.