Charles will be formally proclaimed King at an accession council in an ancient ceremony at St James’s Palace on Saturday, which will be televised for the first time.
The accession council will be followed by the principal proclamation, the first public proclamation of the new sovereign, held at 11am. It is traditionally read by the Garter King of Arms in the open air to a trumpet fanfare from the Friary Court balcony at St James’s, with gun salutes fired in Hyde Park and at the Tower of London.
