just after 8 in the morning in the united states, it is 1:00 p.m. here in london. i m don lemon. thanks so much for joining us. we re following the pomp and pageantry in the united kingdom as king charles iii is officially proclaimed the new king of england and head of the commonwealth. a second proclamation of king charles has been read out from the royal exchange. it s all part of a shift in power in the united kingdom, the end of one reign and the beginning of the next. the prince charles philip arthur george is now by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful liege lord, charles iii. by the grace of god of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, and of his other realms and territories, king, head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith. the proclamation being read out was signed by members of the privy council, including prince william, the new prince of wales, and camilla, the queen consort. now look
another place. i never forget the flowers outside kensington palace when princess diana died. there was this eerie silence. when we get to the point where it s a sea of flowers, that will become the focal point actually. live pictures now of lawmakers, uk lawmakers, squaring their allegiance to the king now. talk to me about this, max. take us behind the scenes here. so, when you the queen is an element of parliament. the commons, the lords and the queen. you have to swear allegiance to the crown in order to be able to sit in the house of commons. they have all committed oaths, the queen. they now have to recommit to the king, is that right, kate? yes, that s right. the king and queen s role is so crucial in parliament. you were talking whether we have too much pomp in britain. parliament is the key place. we always remember when the queen opens the parliament, some
mps in various countries who say we re not going to swear. reasons we were just discussing questions about colonialism, the suffering of indigenous peoples particularly these matters are coming up again and again when it comes swearing allegiance to the monarch. it s very important, that s why i said, where is this on the list? you said it s a challenge. where is it on the priority list? it s glacial as everything is with monarchy. they got to the point now where i think they re going to if i was a member of the royal fam lirks i would think twice about doing a royal tour to the caribbean and parts of africa because every republican group in those places or camps, reparation campaign has basically come at it. it s so sensitive, the thing about the caribbean, when kate and william got in such trouble in jamaica is that they were asked by the jamaican government to recreate a moment which was from the 1950s the queen on the
have historically very recently had a more divided view of the monarchy than historically, going back many years. monarchy hugely popular across a huge wide section of british society. the time after oprah this changed and the youngest generation, gen-g became slightly more divided. some polling had very much in favor of abolishing the monarchy. what will happen around the public mourning around the queen passing away, you ll probably see even among the younger generation people start to rally around the monarchy again and see whether a new view emerges of king charles and see about some of those opinions may be soften a little bit in the months to come. that will be whether abolish the monarchy or whatever it is, that is dependent how they handle this moment? i think that s true but i don t think that s a red hot touch point. in fact, i was just listening i was thinking that king charles is quite the zillenial. he cares about the environment.
countries in britain they wish to alie to. overseeing that change will be charles most significant job as monarch. what do you think the overall sentiment is? and it could be both, right? is it optimism or is it uncertainty among the people? i think in the uk, the monarchy is still incredibly strong. overriding sadness about the queen. that will take a very long time to get used to when she s not there when we need her. wait and see in relation to king charles. but so far the speech was pretty good, wasn t it? so far he seems to be modernizing in a subtle way and he seems to have got approval. getting cheers from crowds. how else do we measure it? kate s point about the commonwealth and particularly the realms is really important. i ve traveled with him to the caribbean, all the royals. and the challenge they ve got is that they can t apologize for the role that britain undoubtedly had, the slave