For the first time in more than seventy years, the United Kingdom will change its sovereign. Prince Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, succeeds his mother, who died this Thursday after more than 70 years of reign. A record in the history of the British monarchy.
In such cases, the protocol is as follows: The Council of Members, the ceremonial body that meets at St. James’s Palace on the death of a British monarch, appoints him king. Parliament, for its part, must call its members to pledge allegiance to the new king.
“The best prepared monarch in the history of the United Kingdom”
Unlike his mother, who became queen at the age of 25, the 73-year-old Prince of Wales has been preparing for this role his whole life. And even if he were not Prince Regent, and if the queen continued to reign until the end, often in recent years he has represented his mother in important and symbolic official engagements, such as during Commonwealth Day or the Easter Mass. He also delivered in May 2022 the speech from the throne before the British parliament, which the sovereign with health problems could not deliver.
Lately, he has also been in charge of giving the decorations in the ballroom of Buckingham Palace or reviewing the troops. It is also at his Clarence House residence that foreign dignitaries were required to pass, when passing through the British capital.
Mission Popularity
“The Prince of Wales is possibly the best prepared future monarch in the history of the United Kingdom,” he said in 2013 in The world Julia Cleverdon, executive director of the NGO The Prince’s Charities. “She understands the issues facing the country at the bottom of the social ladder. She has identified challenges in society that she can help address or highlight what is important to him in the long run.”
If Elizabeth II had followed in the footsteps of her father George VI by relying on the same pillars (particularly the army and the church), Carlos should develop his own style, he who has particularly shone in recent years with his philanthropic action. .
Above all, he will have to win the hearts of the British, who largely prefer his son William to him. According to an Ipsos poll conducted in April 2022, 42% of Britons would like to see him abdicate in favor of Prince William.
Source: BFM TV
