10 September,2022 03:06 PM IST | London | PTI
Britain`s King Charles III speaks during a meeting of the Accession Council inside St James`s Palace in London on September 10, 2022, to proclaim him as the new King. Pic/AFP
King Charles III was on Saturday proclaimed Britain's new monarch in a historic ceremony of the Accession Council that was televised for the first time in history.
The throne had passed to the 73-year-old former Prince of Wales following the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday and Saturday's ceremony marked his formal declaration and oath-taking at St. James's Palace in London.
King Charles was joined by his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, and his son and heir Prince William, the new Prince of Wales.
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The King had travelled back from Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Friday, where the Queen's health deteriorated and she breathed her last.
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