we, therefore, the lord s spiritual and temporal of this realm and members of the house of commons together with other members of her late majesty s privy council, representative of the territories, the citizens of london and others, now hereby, with one voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim that prince charles philip arthur george is now, by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful leige lord charles iii, and his other realms and territories, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith, to whom we acknowledge all faith and obedience with humble affection. beseeching god, by who kings and queens do reign, bless his majesty with long and happy years to reign over us. at st. james s palace, the 10th day of september in the year of our lord 2022. god save the king! [cheers and applause] three cheers for his majesty the king! hip hip! hooray! hip hip! hooray! hip hip! hooray! reporter: goo
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,