“The death of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family,“he said in a statement following his mother’s death.
Asthe 73-year-old royal inherits the crown, his role will undergoundergo many different changes, including a new royal title and an official coronation.
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When will Prince Charles become king?
“Today the Crown passes — as it is has done for more than a thousand years — to our new monarch, our new head of state: His Majesty King Charles III,” Prime Minister Liz Truss announced.
With his accession upon the death of his mother, Charles inherits the responsibilities and privileges of a consecrated king, except one —he won’t be allowed to publicly wear a crownuntil his coronation.
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When will King Charles III officially be proclaimed king?
When will King Charles III’s coronation be?
Charles' formal coronationlikely won’t take place right away. In fact,Queen Elizabeth’s coronation took place 16 months after her accession on Feb. 6, 1952, following her father King George VI’s death.
“Thecoronation ceremony usually takes a yearbecause it’s seen as unseemly, really, to have a coronation ceremony straight after someone’s death. It’s a long period of mourning,” Kate Williams, history professor at England’s Reading University and author ofYoung Elizabeth: The Making of the Queen, tells PEOPLE.
When the coronation is announced, it will likely take place at Westminster Abbey, where it has been held for the past 900 years since William the Conqueror was crowned there.
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What will King Charles III’s wife Camilla’s title be?
As Charles takes on the new title of King Charles III, his wife,Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will get a new title as well. Her title will now be styled asCamilla, Queen Consort.
Who is next in line for the throne?
Now that Charles has assumed the throne, the officialBritish line of succession to the royal thronehas shifted ever so slightly. Most notably, Charles' sonPrince Williamis now first in line to the throne with his three children,Prince George,Princess Charlotte, andPrince Louis, following directly behind him.
Charles' second sonPrince Harryis also now fifth in line to the throne with his two children Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor and Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor following directly behind him.
source: people.com
