the accession council, televised, as we saw. the importance of that is it is an important part in establishing his reign and an opportunity to pledge himself to constitutional government and a good place to do it in front of all the main political figures in the land. in front of all the main political figures in the land. many thanks. members of figures in the land. many thanks. members of the figures in the land. many thanks. members of the cabinet - figures in the land. many thanks. members of the cabinet have - figures in the land. many thanks. | members of the cabinet have had figures in the land. many thanks. i members of the cabinet have had an audience with king charles after he was formally proclaimed monarchy in succession to the late queen. liz truss took her senior ministers to buckingham palace to be received by the new sovereign for the first time. he spent time with opposition parties, including sir keir starmer. chris mason is at buckingham palace. this is
i propose that when certain necessary business has been transacted, a deputation consisting of her majesty, his royal highness, the archbishop of kant bury, the lord chancellor, the archbishop of york, the prime minister, the clark of the council and myself shall wait on the king and inform him, the council is assembled. i now call on the clark of the council to read aloud the text of the proclamation. where as it is pleased all mighty god to call to his mercy, our laid sovereign lady, queen elizabeth ii a blessed and glorious memory, by whose decease the crown of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland is solely and rightfully come to the prince charles phillip arthur george. we members of the house of commons together with other members of her late majesty s council and representatives of the realms and territories citizens of london and others do now hereby with one voice and consent of tongue and heart publish and proclaim that the prince charles philip
She reigned for almost three quarters of a century as the world changed around her. She was a symbol of unity in good times and bad. Successful because she knew her unique place and she understood it. The act of being there, of being. You know, a. A continuing. Reference point of stability and endless duties is something that i think is. Is of the greatest importance. It was really about service and her definition of service, and that was a lifetime. Literally 24 7, 365 days of the year. It was never something you could turn off and turn on. It was there all the time. It is so strange to almost everyone in this countryl that she is no longer queen. It will take a long while to come to terms with that. I declare before you all, that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service and to the service of our great imperialfamily to which we all belong. As Queen Elizabeth ii, she reigned over more than 135 Million People and, as head of the commonwealth, a third
has faced scandal, war. adultery. it would have been far easy to have had two wives. and tragedy. diana, the princess of wales, has died at the age of 36. they would do whatever it takes to survive. we are here to celebrate six decades of the queens reign. duty, power and sacrifice. the windors . 1911, the future of the british monarchy rests on the shoulders of a teenage boy. prince edward. he is the eldest son of king george v and his wife, queen mary. on his father s death, edward would reign over britain and the vast empire. edward is only 17 when his father, king george the fifth, forces him to go through this special ceremony declaring him prince of wales and heir to the throne. the whole ceremony is all planned by his father, king george. everything about is one giant symbol of what george thinks monarchy should be. king george the fifth is the 30th monarch in a line that stretches back nearly 1000 years. through eight royal houses, all the