Charles Proclaimed King In Ceremony Carried Live On TV For First Time

Charles Proclaimed King In Ceremony Carried Live On TV For First Time

Charles Proclaimed King In Ceremony Carried Live On TV For First Time

LONDON — The Garter King of Arms, an official member of the royal household since 1415, entered a balcony at St. James’s Palace in central London on Saturday to proclaim to all of the United Kingdom that there was a new monarch: King Charles III. We're following changes at the palace after the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Get the Post Elizabeth newsletter for updates. Holding a scepter and wearing an ostrich-feathered velvet hat, his reading from a large written proclamation was a ritual that has been repeated for hundreds of years. Trumpets — the tweets of yore — blared. Cries…
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