The most famous monarch on the planet, Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96 this Thursday, September 08, 2022, in her Scottish residence of Balmoral, opening a new era for the British crown to which she had dedicated her life. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and Queen consort will stay at Balmoral tonight and return to London tomorrow“, Buckingham Palace said in a brief statement.
The disappearance of the sovereign, whose state of health had deteriorated for a year, aroused immense emotion in the United Kingdom and in the world. His son and heir, who arrived very quickly at his bedside with his wife Camilla, acceded to the throne at the age of 73, with the name of Charles III. The latter expressed his “very great sadness” in a press release.
If Queen Elizabeth II had everything carefully organized for her funeral, following the protocol established to cover the ten-day period of national mourning, King Charles III is also entering into a very precise process.
Tomorrow, Friday September 9, the bereaved son of Queen Elizabeth will be proclaimed king. The very first protocol step concerning him. From this evening, he leaves Balmoral to join England and London. The proclamation will take place during the Accession Council, which meets after the death of a sovereign at Saint James’s Palace in London. Forty-one shots will be fired for the occasion in Hyde Park, in the heart of London. His wife, Camilla, will also be designated queen consort, as requested by Elizabeth II in February 2022.
If the next few days and weeks will be devoted to Elizabeth II, her funeral at the end of national mourning, Prince Charles will not be crowned for several weeks or months. “When Elizabeth II became queen after her father’s death on February 6, 1952, her coronation did not take place until June 3 the following year.e”, recalls Inews. Enough to leave “enough time to mourn the death of the previous sovereign”.