there s the new king of england, king of the uk. formal title is the king of great britain and northern ireland. yeah. part ii of the council. your majesty, to make your declaration. my lords, ladies and gentlemen, most sorrowful duty to announce to you the death of many beloved mother, the queen. i know how deeply you, the entire nation, and i think i may say the whole world sympathize with me in the irreparable loss we have all suffered. it is the greatest consolation to me to know of the sympathy expressed by so many to my sister and brothers and that such overwhelming affection and
an opinion we need to get rid of it. bringing cameras in, all the symbolism, it was done when a time they didn t have cameras and people needed to be told. perhaps it s redundant but it is tradition. i take richard s point as well that, you don t want it to be challenged. you don t want it to be challenged. of course they could pass an order in council that says this doesn t have to be read out in all those various different regional nations. but imagine if you re in wales and you re suddenly told the proclamation of your new king doesn t have to be read out formally. it sort of pulling at the threads. you can modernize, i m all in favor of modernizing, but i think there s some crucially important parts of constitutional monarchy that require make you feel part of it. exactly. elizabeth, i was talking to richard and i said, this is essentially housekeeping, but it s important and i wish it was happening at a better time for
i now invite the dedeputation party to accompany me to wait on the king in the council chamber. so that s the end of part i. we re now going to part ii which is effectively she s essentially laying out what s going to happen and what has happened now? she completed that part of the process. part ii is going to the council chamber, the king s first privy council meeting. he ll be invited in. one of the first things he has to do, essential really, declare an oath to the church of scotland to clarify why they re doing that. the church of the scotland and the state are separated in scotland, not the case in england and wales. so he has to declare his oath to the judge of scotland promising to keep independent. so that would be the first thing you see. if you are just tuning in
that s a big challenge for the king going forward to retain the same sort of authority going forward as the queen had. the question why so much formality here. you said it would certainly be challenged if it didn t go through all the formalities. let s talk about the united states and the change of power that takes place from one administration to another. he s so aware of how profound this moment is. go on, sorry, richard. no. hang on. authorizing your majesty s declaration to be made public. approved. draft of an order in council for recording the oath relating to the security of the church of scotland to be transmitted to the court of session, to be recorded in the books of sedrent and lodged in the state papers of london and in the council register. approved. draft order in council
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 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