King Charles III King Charles III to be proclaimed Britain's new monarch tomorrow, speech tonight
London/IBNS: King Charles III will make his first address at 10:30 pm IST Friday as Britain mourns the demise of its longest-reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II who died on Thursday at the age of 96.
He will officially succeed the Queen as the new monarch on Saturday.
The inaugural address of King Charles III, set to be pre-recorded, was not immediately released by the palace.
Following the Queen's death, her eldest son Charles succeeded as the new monarch.
King Charles III will officially be proclaimed as Britain's new monarch on Saturday morning at a meeting of the Accession Council in Buckingham Palace said.
The formal body overseeing the succession from Queen Elizabeth II will meet from 2:30 pm IST, with a first public pronouncement from a balcony of St James's Palace in London at 4:30 pm IST.
The British government declared a period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth, and a ceremonial 96-gun salute was fired in her memory from London's Hyde Park and the Tower of London in the capital, Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland and Cardiff Castle in Wales, as well as the Channel Islands and Gibraltar.
The state funeral is expected to take place in Westminster Abbey in central London on Sept 19.
The queen's coffin will be taken to Windsor Castle for a televised committal service at St George's Chapel.
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