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Britain's Prince William, Prince of Wales (L), Camilla, Queen Consort (2L), and Lord President of the Privy Council Penny Mordaunt (R) listen as King Charles III (2R) speaks during a meeting of the Accession Council in the Throne Room inside St James's Palace in London on Sept. 10, 2022. Jonathan Brady/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
The UK’s King Charles III was formally proclaimed sovereign on Saturday morning, in the first televised accession council.
The 73-year-old new monarch automatically became King when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died on Thursday afternoon, although it’s tradition for the Accession Council to convene, usually within 24 hours of a monarch’s death, to formally proclaim his or her successor.
