it is coming up to 10 o'clock g m t. we all live in london's absent. james is palace, where at the new king, king charles, the 3rd has been proclaimed his king. we've already seen it on t v. this is a kind of formal public corporation that's about to happen. and at that point, there will be a series of companies because london listening to what's going on the, the thing i know my,

he got to call to his mercy on late thought. written lady, queen elizabeth the 2nd of bless, they didn't glorious memory by whom to the thief, the crown of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. if foley and rightfully come to the prince charles philip offered george we therefore the lord spiritual and temporal of this rome and members of the house of commons together with other members of our late majesty privy council and representatives of the realms and territories old women and citizens of london and other do no care by, with one voice and consent of tongue and heart. publish and proclaim that the prince charles philip of george, is now by the death of our late solve,

written of happy memory, become only lawful and right food leads. lord charles, the 3rd by the grace of god of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. and these other realms and territories, king head of the commonwealth, defender of the faith, to whom we do acknowledge, oh, faith and the b. jones with humble affection. but teaching god by whom king and queen was due reign to bless her majesty with long and happy years to write over a given and james's palace, the 10th day of september in the year of our lord, 2022 i . 6 6

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a 3rd has been formerly proclaimed king of course he became king the moment his mother died. it's an old law to ensure that britain is never without him on it for this is the formal proclamation. and if, as i say for the 1st time has been shown in public, the gods revolves. we saw a little bit earlier and about indeed his position has existed since the 15th century. and he gathered with others are above friary courts, which is where we're looking at now. in at saint james's palace and read the proclamation in front of the people got the blood broadcast around the world and straight after this it will soon be read at the royal exchange in the city of london in the presence of the lord mayor of london. and then subsequent reading happened across the country in edinburgh, todd of belfast, and indeed across a couple of wealth. and we've heard guns been fired at the tower of london high park, they'll be far as well elsewhere in the country. we saw pictures of edinburgh where they're preparing to fire guns up there. and as his gun salutes,

as these gun salutes take place, flags that have been flown at half mast in honor of the death of the queen. a will be flown at full mast again. at once, now this principle reading of the proclamation has taken place and and that will carry on an, as in till it's at the proclamations you read across all 4 nations of great britain . and then they will return to half miles out of respect to the queen. so yes, you can hear the gun salutes and see the gun salutes taking place. there's brigand, christopher wilson, raw biographer, he's in london, joints live and been watching. everything has been unfolding extraordinary scenes as to say things that nobody's really witness before and a few alive to day. have seen those scenes within the within saint james's palace. what did you make of it all? well, i think as we can see on the screen now that this is rich's history and pageantry

at its finance. it's wonderfully wonderfully disciplined. it's beautifully choreographed and most of all it is just breathtaking. li, colorful, and spectacular. and it shows the world that we still have a history and linkage which goes back 1200 years to $1066.00 on the norman conquest and the the m that the whole process of celebration of a new king has refined itself over the years. but even in a modern day and age, what it's doing is it's not only celebrating the new monarch, but also are paying respect to the previous monarchy. and also all those 61 marks which went before the week. the extraordinary thing watching this is that

it all weights it well because you know, they little time to practice like a specific, been able to prepare for it. but the last time it actually happened was, was more than 70 years ago. well, that's right, and of course, you know, something always going to go wrong. i mean, i didn't who notice, but there are some helpful person who put the ink pot on the wrong side of the table, which prince charles was supposed to sign his declaration. and it was very difficult for him to actually get his signature onto the paper because of the helpful person . put it on the wrong side. you wouldn't want to be the ink pot to monitor. would you a oh, certainly not. no, but look at this, you know, this is up to him. this is a tower of london. it is the honorable artillery company who are the protectors of the tower of london and behind them. but he can't seem of the moment or the beefeaters in the ancient tutor dresses, because you don't remember her windsor castle is where a few people have had their heads chopped off, including a henry,

the eight's wives. so you know, sort of mix history indeed. and what about the process of charles being proclaimed king and, and what's changed? i mean signatures change one things now. yes, if it is now charles are before he would either sign his signature. charles or it would be charles p, meaning prince am now is charles are meaning charles rex. i am a king and i couldn't quite see was camilla was signing, but i think she also is now. i wish i could remember. i think she probably is r e or something like that. meaning that she is so declaring that she is queen as well . we'll see that in due course. you talk about the, the ceremony. the pump at britain is very good at him. we're watching it right now

. and this is the thing, isn't it that his sense of tactile history that connects almost every single britain alive with centuries of tradition, centuries of history and of times long gone. but those times of kind of present with us today because of the sense tradition has been maintained. i think it's important. i mean, you know that a young generation may say why we got all. ready you know, we now live in the internet age. we live in the age of social media, but the world spinning faster and faster as we go along. and it's just as well to remind ourselves to just touch base occasionally and remind ourselves that we've been here as a civilized nation for over a 1000 years. and these are some of the threads which go back to a for dawn of time. you might say suddenly since monarchy established itself in a, in a, a regulated. ready form after normal conquest. and it's interesting isn't it is,

this is all part of the process of monica. we had that the sadness of the announcement of the death of the queen. but now, you know, within 2 days we have this fanfare. and then things will have to get back down again as we head into the, the time of the fuel quick. well, that's right. i mean, oh phrase, the king is dead. long live the king. well, in this case, because it's the queen is dead, long live the king, that has to be absolute continuity. and i think that in times past was about political stability as much anything else. you know, if you don't want somebody coming along and just grabbing the crown and sticking on their head and say no, no, i'm go to be king. and so this is a highly disciplined, a protocol which has been established to make sure you know that everything goes off a successfully and, and what we're seeing here is just the, the stuff the buttress is more like a unit. we are the defenders. all the crown,

just in case you think that you can wander into buckingham palace and give prince charles a hard time. we are the people who defend not only the king but also the monarchy and therefore the establishment indeed. so we've had the proclamation where we're having the gun salutes. what happens next? the new king is off off on thursday. well, yes, he's got off the door. just a word if i may, because people may be interested to know that while they were on the balcony, all these wonderful men and multicolored uniforms, coming out on the balcony along with the state, trumpeters. they be the man who made a proclamation. garza king of arms who is the head and the found over all honor in his country. that's to say you can't become law this. ready that without

his his say so that's his job. and he protects the name and reputation. he creates the coat of arms for members of the royal found a. and you know, when there's a new member of the royal family with the coat of arms in the newspapers, that's his job. and so he gets the job of making the proclamation to the country and he's not going to go off to the city of london and do it all over again because the city of london exists in the minds of some people as a separate city where they must be told separately, what's been going on. and then of course, you're absolutely right. they've got to get off from the country and make this proclamation again. now again, i wasn't around sufficiently a way to be able to tell you what this is done before, but i think this is an innovation by prince charles that he wants to have this proclamation made in the capital city of scotland and wales. and

in know, as well because he, we can see already isn't exclusive, came going to meet the people and shaking their hands before he even shook the hands of his prime minister. that i think is a very significant act and something which gives us a clue as to the way he's gonna. c he's going to be quite touchy, feely, i think i hope inch the i just finally, i know you got to get off shortly. just one very quick question. all this taking place, all this pageantry, all this ceremony taking place just well. he's just lost his mom, his name must be hard to go through the trials of monarchy, i guess. yes, i think that's right. or in fact, actually this whole process helps him through his own bereavement because he's got a job to do. he's got her out. put his clothes on in the morning and he's got to get up. he has got to go and talk to coach. he is to politicians,

to all people who are making this possible. and then he's got to go off and meet people here, there and everywhere. and i think that would help anybody when you are bereaved suddenly. ready activity is what you need rather than stillness. and he suddenly got plenty of that ahead or krista, it will leave there for me. thanks very much. and if you're the novices and your expertise, do appreciate that. i'm sure was meet you bit later as things go on and let's bring in william painting now. he's a former british ambassador to afghanistan and joins us from london at ambassador extraordinary show pageantry as we've just been discussing in a sense of tradition. and indeed, just discipline and getting this done well, i have never any doubt that it would be done to military precision in limbo, b o all run smoothly. what strikes me is the, is the continuity. i'm a historian as well as a former diplomat and it's the continuity these traditions going back

a 1000 years. and none of us have seen them i'm. i'm nearly 17. but the queen came to the throne and just before i was born, so this is all new for me to see this at, but it's also part of a tradition that goes back a 1000 years. so it, so it's a very, it's very interesting times. it goes back to the saxon times. does no one of the origins of it all. well, i mean, i think a lot changed when the lawman said to go in britain and 1066. a lot of us goes back to norman timer and the, the traditions of that we currently have a very much air for those. and you roll eyes of scotland were particularly struck by the as they the very formal announcement to protect the church of scotland, which goes back over 300 years when scotland and england joined to form the united kingdom of great britain, the northern ireland. so that's

a 300 year old tradition. so these, there's a sense of continuity here, which is quite reassuring. indeed, just about that. the reading of the scottish shows, which is an oath which has been made by every month since georgia, 1st succession back and what? $1714.00, i think. and as you say, dates back to a time when catholic europe was seen as a threat to britain. how important is that? no. why is it necessary in this day and age to still for, to have the, the monic a read that and make that well the, the church of scotland is an established church in the way the church of england is an established church, protected by the state. and the monarch in practical terms, it's a legal requirement, but in practical terms, nobody, no one feels having a catholic motor week or a catholic right minister there is, i was a degree of religious tolerance of this country were, which makes all that better historical than but these are, these are legal requirements that go back to the, the actor, the act of union. so,

but it impractical terms are the days when the protestants are what religion had. i had susan feel, but others or superiority over us is a thing of the past. but it's still a legal requirement, right. and all this traditional, this pageantry, all this pomp and ceremony, many will say it's when it's wholly unnecessary in this day and age. well, i think, you know, sometimes it's, it's reassuring to, to people. when we just last someone who's been with us for 70, yes it was. it was part of our lives and who most of us didn't know anybody else. she was she was apostle of our everyday, everyday life if you like. she was always there saturday morning and i think it's correct to when you do the transition from one more to another that you do

it, you do it properly. i do get anyone in britain who's going to think we should pair this down to some sort of the events that i think will be a lot of the poor for the sort of 70 we're seeing now about to try to we do with a me the tradition in the ceremony that you're talking about still ongoing and various dignitaries being taken around various parts of the city. perhaps that we saw the got her arms going back to the to buckingham palace and lots of touring and frying happening. so we'll come back to later, but thank you very much. indeed for the time being. we're going to cross now to our cross. one gentle hall was outside buckingham palace. and joanna, as we've been observing all this, that the crowds have been swelling. where you are.

yes, absolutely, that quite lucky that it's still dry. the rain clouds looking pretty ominous as well. we've been listening here to the gun salute taking place in hyde park. and a lot of people here outside buckingham palace. i must say, it's a somewhat fractious crowd at this point because they've all been cleared off the roadway. they've all been in behind barricades for pretty much the entirety of that accession council event. and that was because they thought indeed, we thought that king charles of his convoy would make its way from bucking pilots along this road up the mouth towards james is palace before the event he didn't. it's a bit of a mystery quite how he got that customer wilson may know more than me. is there a tunnel? i don't know, but there's no mystery. it seems as to how he's going to get back, because these crowds have penned back the road is clear. and at some point, shortly, they are all hoping to catch a glimpse of king charles was making his way back to buckingham palace,

where we understand he will outside in the crowd. do another walk about and greet some of the people standing here as he did, of course, on friday when he made the journey from bell moral, arriving at buckingham palace for the 1st time as king. he got out, met and greeted some $200.00 people shaking hands along his hand to be kissed and so on. and there's a note in all of this as it's just been discussed, potentially a clue as to what kind of monarch charles is going to be. is he going to be this more open, accessible, touchy feeling monarch. and he has been a prince of wales when at times he was considered somewhat remote, some other lives. and of course, he's got a job on his hands because he steps to shoes that many would say are impossible to fill of the queen who was hugely popular in and of herself and younger royals who are popular. but prince charles as he was himself,

and his wife camilla didn't have quite the same popularity levels. so he's got a job to reengage the public. he's got a job to put himself into the public imagination and win over their respect to the faction. and if he does indeed, as we expect, and have her do a walk about very shortly here in paris, that could be among the 1st steps towards achieving that. we've just discussing. gen ed, you know, we've had the, the sadness of thursday with the announcement to the queen's death. this today, this morning we've seen this upsurge in emotion with all the fanfare and ceremony, and then the nation. will it national, have to get a grip went? it is as it deals with the funeral of the queen, when it's going to ebony flow isn't in the pace of events, the emotion behind the events and, and indeed potentially the public interest in these events. this is a quite a long period were in a period of national morning. now it last until a day,

the day after the state funeral, which is now we know shed due to take place. monday week monday, the 19th of september. yes. as of now, flags that have been flying at half mast in respect to the queen will fly at full mast for 24 hours to honor the new king. but they will then, as you say, be pulled down to half mast again. and the period of morning will once again progress, and of course it will get started in earnest as the body and casket of the queen. queen elizabeth the 2nd one begins to make its way from balmoral where it still is now where she died. of course on thursday to holy root, a policy in edinburgh to morrow, i believe sunday, and then for service. the funeral service in edinburgh on monday, and it will then begin to make its way down the length of the country eventually here. 2 questions as to buckingham palace, where it will lie briefly shall then move to westminster hall to line state for a number of days. and as i say, culminating in the state through westminster abbey,

and then an internment, at windsor in saint george's chapel. on monday, the 19th of september, and throughout that process, there will be many, many occasions on which crowds will gather to pay their respects. and as we wait for the king to make his way back to bucky upon it, and perhaps as you say, do that work about it. there's been a lot of focus, of course, on what the words that he said yesterday when he made that speech and talking about his unswerving it to serve the nation with the same unswerving devotion as a late queen did during her 70 years. well, that's right. that was really the 1st glimpse everybody got. charles as king. it was very somber, emotional, but it was power. very much captured the moment that speech pre recorded and released last night on television, he did not speak. did they make

a point of recalling them? 947 when the 21 year old princess elizabeth and she was then promised to serve a country in the great imperial family until her death, which she did. he described it as a pe, he described it as a life well lived and a promise of destiny camels. and he made the pledge in that speech to repeat that promise and to serve. he said, for as long as god would allow him, i tell you now that there is sorry i was thrown off for a moment that the gods bent. make his way back now towards the barracks, past buckingham palace. this may be the beginning of the return of king charles from some james's palace, where he has been officially replay proclaimed king in an ancient ceremony. back to bucking generally that for the moments be 2 bit later. let's return to chris wilson

royal, while griffin beat observing events from london that christopher, as we await the return of the king to buckingham palace and those talk of him doing another walk about which, you know, given the one we've already seen him do. plus the words that jenny was talking about yesterday when he made that speech to the nation into the world, giving his clues about how he may rein. well, to start with, everything will be much the same. the one great policy of the house winds and i think probably all successful monica is. don't change anything in a hurry because there's nothing that makes people feel more just re or upset than anything that is going to rock the boat. particularly the change of management at the top is just what this is here. it's going to be some time i think

before the true nature of his kingship is going to emerge. one of the things i think, which is really interesting, and we're going to have to watch this in the coming days, is that there will be a change. the court, the people who surround the monic, there are many people that private secretaries and under secretaries and various other advisors and court is all of whom probably are out of a job. now. those who worked for queen, because charles will have his own court, which he will bring to buckingham palace and. and so they've got to settle that and they go to find desks. they've got to decide what they're getting to do and what the pecking order is. all that sort of thing. these are things that are ongoing. so no one sitting here has been rehearsed before we can see the mansion house in the city of london. busy the mayor of london and the older men

who are arriving to watch the transformation, which we've just seen. we're ahead of them because they're not good. they would have what we will ready had. that's going to be repeated fairly shortly. and that's going to be read in the presence of the lord mayor of london at the royal exchange . that's right, just for the exchange. right. and this is all again, it's all part of the process of your back in the day before the time of tv. how people found out about the fact they had a new monitor. well, that's right. you got to make the proclamation to people locally is over it well, sitting, signing bits of parchment. but people can't read that, you know. and in the days before many people could read the only way you could actually transmit the idea that there was a new sovereign, was to shelter from the rooftops. and that's effectively won't happen. james is

pallets, you know, we're out there on the balcony. it's quite high. up there and, but what it means is that your voice can bring out and the people beneath can hear you. and so we're just about in a moment we'll see the same thing happening over again. but back to charles is administration. he is going to have to look further afield, is in a way, it's like a new prime minister looking for ministers and deciding who they want. you know, we just seen this trust re shuffling the captain. but the fact that you get a bar, johnson's ministers, and we're going to see the same very much, quite low key way with french king charles buckingham palace. we don't know who most of these courtiers all faces people. that's how they like it. and that's how

the monarch likes to serve the king. not to make headlines like cabinet ministers do, but they're just import their own way. administration of the new monarch. so the coaches will be moved about the royal pack, of course, very much being re shuffled, not least, prince william now becoming prince of wales. and perhaps he will take hold in that role of outspokenness that his father had you know, i don't think he will. i think if you, if you look at the actions of prince william over the law that say 10 years, he is very much more. you might almost say the son of the queen, rather than the son of prince charles and his whole approach to a being royal very much echoed the way that princess elizabeth and then the queen went about her duties. charles, for understandable reasons,

decided that he had to strike out and make a life for himself and her a and a reputation for himself when he became prince of wales all those years ago. but i think william was born at a different time in a different place. and i think that he saw that the example of his grandmother was probably more to his taste and the example of his father. so i don't think we're going to see charles at mark to refer them. i think we're going to see more cleaners with the 2nd factor. okay, cuz we'll just hang on font for a little bit, but you can have a listen to a

to just to recap, we've had the for more a proclamation that charles is now king charles. the 3rd that's taken place. it's a james's palace and her right now is a big gathering of dignitaries. oh god, and so forth, broadband outside and meant to house in the roll exchange. a head of the proclamation be read once again, all part of the tradition, the ceremony of a you monarch, been announced and that the proclamation will be read in the presence of the lord mayor of london. and then subsequent readings will follow across the country in edinburgh. in cardiff, in belfast and across the commonwealth. and then king charles will be off on to around the country to the various component parts of

the united kingdom. so very much a part of the history and tradition. what we've been witnessing today, and it's something that hasn't been witnessed ever before publicly em. charles, of course became king the moment his mother died. it's, that's a process, an old process to ensure that the key that britain is never without a monic. but what we've been watching at this morning to day as being the kind of formal process of king charles the 3rd becoming king. and it will men, of course it will be a coronation as well. he will be actually crown, but that will be some months away. this is a full will process and very much part of the great ceremonial assistant britain. this is famous for with its living connection to more than a 1000 years of history. let's bring in journal,

outside bucking pallets and, and jonah we were talking a little bit earlier about at the king coming back to buckingham palace. we're waiting for him to return and then we expect that there may be a walk about yes, that's right. well, they haven't arrived yet. crowds, of course, going nowhere, as i mentioned a little earlier getting a little fraction as of the pushing and shoving tempers slightly afraid they've been pending behind barricades now for a good long while, but they're not going anywhere. they're waiting for. can charles the 3rd to make his way, perhaps in his ceremonial bentley with those enormous windows waving at them? at some point before he enters the gates of buckingham palace, he's expected to stop and get out of the car and do a little bit of a walk about little bit of a meat. great. as he did on friday evening when he arrived here from balmoral,

and as we were saying a little earlier on a clue that perhaps of the early efforts of charles to to put himself inside the imagination of the crowd. crowds were gathered here, of course, to remember the queen who reign for 70 years and in 70 is and to the hearts the affections, the admiration, certainly in respect of millions and millions of people, not just in this country, but all over the world. charles himself not a figure of quite such loaded popularity, that of course, will change naturally as he becomes king, but he may have to help that process along a little bit and make a real effort to engage with people incidentally in opinion bowls. charles is the 7th only the 7th, most pop in a royal among the young people in particular who are increasingly indifferent dakota as opposed towards the monarchy. he's only the 11th most popular royal and, and so perhaps that is why we see already forming this so called quad at the head

of the house of windsor lead now by king charles the 3rd and his wife, queen, consort camilla. but very close at hand to both of them will always be at prince william, the duke of cambridge, now also the duke and of course, prince of wales and his wife katherine and expect to see i think more of the younger roles as well. william and catherine extremely popular figures. they will be much, much more prominent in terms of all duties than ever they were and a real effort there, i think, to try and re engage with the public in this new kara leon era of the monarchy. and just, just one more thing quickly when the king comes back and perhaps he does that walk about what happens next. what happens in the coming days? well, immediately this afternoon, the king will meet again. the prime minister is trust. he's done that already,

but he will have an official meeting with his trust and her entire cabinet. the prime minister will meet his government for the 1st time, the present king. i beg your pardon, me, is government for the 1st time? remember, he does that at the age of 73, his mother, queen elizabeth, the 2nd, met her 1st government at the age of 25 and went through 15 of them all together. and then king charles will prepare to embark on a tour of the realm. visiting scott and visiting wales, i'm visiting northern ireland and presumably at each of those both making himself available to people face to face. pressing the flesh and putting himself as i say, in the mind's eye and the imagination of people all over the land and land, which one of his great priorities will be to try and encourage and increase an attitude of unity. a union itself, beginning to fray somewhat of the edges. roger that back with you shortly. in the

meantime, it is many decades as prince wells. charles was a controversial figures we discussed in the previous are unlike the queen. he made no effort to hide his views on things like climate change and other issues. and the sonya diego explains the new king's interest may have an impact on its way. he has been waiting for the longest time. there has never been any doubt of prince charles's desire to become king, but the share span of his mother's reign has left him becoming king charles at relatively advanced years himself. and charles may cause a war, controversial figure as head of state. the queen elizabeth the 2nd did married 1st to diana spencer. he began having an affair with camilla parker bowles before diana's tragic death. that in itself was of public relations problem. diana died so tragedy in 1990 several. the challenge was how does he inadvertent common

rehabilitate camina who was his mistress? and the answer to that was years of painstaking work emphasizing her good qualities. the fact that she had them he had so much in common like a lot together, they were similar ages, had similar programs of to him and the principal well produced a wealth of cultural up kate charles's seeming detachment, a perceived aloofness, have frequently led to accusations that he is out of touch with his subjects and that will matter far more once he takes the throne, creating sustainable foods. but there are other concerns too many years. he has been writing private letters to government ministers, urging their interest in political issues close to his heart. these range from medicines, homeopathy, which is a favorite to fish stocks, to the power of corporations, of farmers convention states that members of the royal family also bidden to express political opinions. when reporters have tried to ask his

a literally behaving on prostitution, the violence was exactly like that. so it's king. will he be able to keep his opinions to himself too much? why tradition, the prime minister visits the monarch every week to tell her all him what's going on in government. it's only supposed to be an exercise in explaining policy and no more. a key question surrounding charles is rain is whether he will reserve the right to tell the prime minister exactly what he thinks about decisions being taken by elected politicians. government has been closed. those we don't know the details, the conversations, but even know the need for the conversation. so maybe that has to be opened up. so as you can see, what is a good thing? that's a healthy thing, or maybe this is which shouldn't happen from the sound of it. he has been advised to keep quiet. he knows very well what is expected of him as king. he has

strong views on things in national life. that's true, but i think he's also got a very strong awareness from an early age, from the queen and from his own training and his own judgment. that is a constitutional monarch. you have to be a little bit more circumspect and i'm sure that he will be at the school. but you cornel charles and also li, behind an enormous business empire in the south west of england. it's worth more than a $1000000000.00 and has been accused of helping drive local traders out of business . and that is perhaps is a particular concern for supporters of the monarchy. which as of now, is a large majority in the u. k. the question is whether he can maintain that popularity. queen elizabeth kept her support during many years when the behavior of her family raised many eyebrows, the colonel, the richmond, and it got to the cambridge. and it's on arguable that in terms of the brand to the house of windsor, charles, his son, william and his wife catherine, are seen as

a more exciting proposition, more glamorous than a man who seems often to prefer his own company to that of others. charles has no doubt had many years to dwell on these things. his choices will help determine whether support for the monarchy continues as it is now, all the world sonic i, eagle al jazeera so we been watching scenes. few have witness. king charles the 3rd has just been formerly proclaimed as the british monarchy we heard from him, he made a declaration, acknowledging his mother's death and the responsibilities of sovereignty and so forth. and his determination to follow her queen elizabeth seconds in sparring sense of duty as he put it. and then a short time ago, the clerk of the privy council claimed the new king, the prince charles fillet off the george is now by the death of our late sovereign of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful liege lord. charles,

the 3rd by the grace of god of the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and all his other realms and territories. king heard of the commonwealth defender of the faith, of course, tells became king the moment his mother died. that is a part of an old law that in short britain never is without a monarch, but this is what we been witnessing and to day saturdays this kind of formal proclamation that, that he is now king. and it'll be some months before he's actually crowned before the coronation takes place. but this is, as i say, very much part of the formal process of proclaiming him king. and miss hamilton listened to his personal declaration and that he made to the accession counsel at st. james pass, i am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty which have now passed to me. in

taking up these responsibilities, i shall strive to follow the inspiring example. i have been set in up, hold in constitutional government and to seek the peace, harmony, and prosperity of the peoples of these islands and of the commonwealth realms and territories throughout the world. in this purpose, i know that i shall be upheld by the affection and loyalty of the peoples who sovereign i have been called upon to be. yes, king charles of her deeply. where of his responsibilities and sense of duty at something of course displayed by his mother. queen elizabeth the 2nd at whose body is still in scotland and still at bell moral castle. it's cross to our correspondent rob matheson, who's at balmoral at sir rob. just tell us

a little bit about what's happening up barrons. as all these grand events are unfolding at down south in london. well i think it's, sir, so to say that we've had good no information about what so the whole family are doing at the moment, sir, who those who are still in the castle with you understand that the queens are often is still with inside the castle. next, perhaps be to give staff and their immediate family who been working in and around these states for many years. the opportunity to say are to pay their final respects . there is speculation that are some members of the or family might come out and have a look at, at the bowl the flowers that have been gathering here over the last. ready or so people have been walking down and laying a bunch of flowers by the, the main gate. and the reason for that, speculation is because that's actually what happened

a following the death of princess diana, back in about 25 years ago. at that time, her sons william and harry were actually at some balmoral with a prince charles as he was that the queen herself and also prince philip and bay came out on the right. some of the messages had given by well wishes and looked at the the flowers there. as far as the queen's a coffin is concerned that in terms of the logistics of what is going to happen, it's going to be remaining here until sunday. it's then going to be taken to hollywood palace in edinburgh and where it is going to lie in state temporarily the following day. it will then be carried into processional the while while in edinburgh. and it's going to them go to the san jose cathedral for the service will be health. and from that moment on it's going to be transferred by air will relieve to buckingham palace in london for the continuation of the funeral arrangement

spots. even if the queen's coffin is not here, it is expected that there are going to be continual flows of people who want to pay their respects to. oh, for many of them, the only monarchs that they have known and the longest for any one of the course of the u. k. indeed, and robert not to talk in recent years about scottish independence, which might make one thing that menaced in scotland would prefer no connection with the monarchy in scotland. but it's not the case that i, it's an interesting situation because there seems to be a definite split between a written britain's politics and of great britain's, a monarchy. obviously a king charles. the 3rd is now had a seat for scotland, and he has passed on the, on a lot of the, his original scottish titles to prince william, who is of course, prince of wales. but he now has titles such as the duke of roth say,

the earl of caddick, the lord of the isles as well. however, you are quite right that it was back in 2014, that this country held a referendum for independence to break away from the union of great britain. and although the decision was made eventually on the basis of that to stay. the margin wasn't that great. and then in 2016, during the u. k brags referendum, scotland almost overwhelmingly voted to remain with europe going against the wishes of the majority of the rest of the country. there is another proposed referendum for independence from the union and that 2023. i know that one of your guest previous christopher wilson and story and was saying they're describing king charles as an inclusive king because he was making a tour of the union after this morning's events in order to be able to meet his subjects and scotland wells. and northern ireland, but there is, of course, a question about whether or not people really feel that that is going to be enough

to be able to warrant binding the union together. so it is fair to say that there is a distinction. certainly going by the response of people that we've seen over the last day. and there is the distinction to be made between people who are value the royal family and regard the royal family very highly. and those who don't regard the politics, particularly the politics of westminster, quite as highly rob, i just gonna come back to you in just a 2nd. just to recap what we're looking at here. this is the scene in london. we've had the official proclamation of king charles the 3rd being king and were waiting for another proclamation. the same proclamation to be read out it at the royal exchange of the city of london. in the presence of the lord, mayor of london and assorted dignitaries and members of household garden, so forth. and that will, is all part of a traditional process of telling the people that they have a new monarch in the days before television is something that we've witnessed on, on television for the 1st time. and is never been seen in the way that we have seen

it to day say that's been quite an extraordinary thing. i wrote while we wait for things to move on in london. let's talk about but moral itself very important to the queen of course, but also to king charles exactly . it's important i'm central to the royal family, particularly to the queen because she spent most of her summers here ever since she was a little girl. the reason for that is really, but it's easier actually to show you if i can just bend over a slightly you might receive the a lot of the trees behind me. the holy state is covered predominantly is called pine trees, but avoid a variety of other trees. as well, but they are very dense, it makes it very privateer. the whole estate is about 50000 hector's is so it is extremely large, but it is surrounded by very high and very bleak mountains when the weather can be bad here and it's been bad over the last couple of days. it can be very forbidding . but what that meant for the war family was that it gave them

a sense of privacy. it gave them a chance to relax and essentially be a family. it's reported that they regarded this as their family home. few in scotland would also made a difference to the way that they behaved here was their ability to be able to walk across the states with very little security, with very few people accompanying them that were very often seen driving around the streets of below, for villages that would use the village shops queen herself when she was able to would go in and buy things from the shops. one of the local villages, vallarta, i think in 2015 had a very severe funding maybe a couple of years ago and very severe flooding. and that was a great concern to the whole family. and the queen and the prince both went down to try to talk to a lot of the local people. they're not at the businesses with badly affected. and we understand that the reverse supports of, of the, the efforts to try to rebuild abolish her after those those floods. so that in many

ways has endeared certainly to the local community here who over the years have become very protected of protective. and as a result of protect protected, that privacy that has been so important to the a family or a rob, thanks so much. that's the scene at balmoral it, sir. move our focus back down to london, where we can see the ongoing ceremonial processes happening and bring back our cultural historian and social commentator. christopher wilson, chris, can you just give us an update of what we're looking at and what we're waiting for now? well, yes. what you're doing here is saying that these are the they are all members of the college of arms and they each have wonderful titles. one for example, is called rouge per se. we bought clara sir king of arms. and actually what his

job is is to create coast bonds for people who wish for them or have earned them or deserve them. but they are also what might be called the found of honor in this country. and they say they support the ancient traditions and the college of arms has been going for centuries and centuries. so, and they are the proclaimers, particularly in the city of london, which is where the college is based. they are the proclaimers rather than the clerk of the privy council of the new reign. so here they come. just one point was rob was making going back to charles in scotland. you know, the ro, family are very, very keen to just show how keen they are scotland and particularly of this time, of course, is very crucial. and he bought or cause to have bought don frays house in asha. i think to show that he got another set of roots outside the ro

compound, which is balmoral the whole all those that you just state that 50000 acre estate. and the question i think now is what he wants to get his roots down in dumb phrase house and build multiple town around it. well, that project failed and i want to know what is actually going to happen so that you won't have time to administer that house as well. also, we has many, many rooms to sleep on the already. but so, but scotland is terribly, terribly important. because if it decides on independence, it can choose somebody else. there is actually a king of scotland sitting in somewhere in germany, who is a descendant of the king. james is who keeps pretty clot, but you know, if scotland decided to go independent, he could suddenly be we might suddenly find some german aristocrat turning up and

sitting on a throne somewhere in hollywood house. but i think that's unlikely situation, but you can't this up right in the meantime, here in london and the pictures we are looking at, i think we're going to get the, the proclamation read out in a few minutes time in the presence of the law, maryland. and again, all part of the process is the traditional telling of the people that there is a new monarch on board. yes indeed. and i, you can see that. so this ceremonial is terribly important. and city of london really existed as a power historically long before i'm in the, in the 15th and 16th century. it was the commercial heart of the nation. and it was the important part of the nation, m. and you know, westminster, at that stage. ready was it was a kid, brother,

and things have changed and gone the other way round. but here we see the city of london reasserting itself as, as the prime part of the capital city of ingram. and now we will, after this, there'll be further readings around the country in edinburgh and car to from belfast and, and indeed across the commonwealth around the world at. and then prince charles, king charles, the 3rd goes off on a, on his sewer with her all fe brownstone at his house. it's not to break the habit. and then he's off on her as the around the country. it was. so what's the purpose of that? i think wow, you could say is trailing his cloak. that's to say are making sure that everybody knows that he is king, but i think it's more than that. i think that he he wants to touch the people i. he knows he is pretty popular. i mean, not as popular as his mother,

but you know this time to work on that. and i think that what he wants to do is a re establish or their trust in him. or, you know, when he was a young prince, everybody hoped that he was going to be the great new thing is had to wait a very long time and got slightly tired as he went along the way as prince of wales . but he is now as king, and i think that he just wants to go and touch base with everybody and, and say, here i am, come and say hello to me in this pageantry that we're observing. today's it is, it's the last bit of pageantry that we're going to see until the, the funeral of the queen takes place because that that will be something particularly special. and i think so because i'd rather like out the symbolic or lowering of the flags on the flag posts or when the queen died

and then bringing them up to the top of the flag post or just to proclaim charles was king. and then once you've done that, you bring them down again. i think what we're doing here is we're celebrating the birth of a new reign. but then for the next few days, we're going to pull back, there will be fewer uniforms and, and, and this kind of ceremony because we want to return to the queen. alright, chris, thanks very much to leave for that. are back with you as the minutes in the hours go on ah ah.