This ceremonial body had not met since 1952, when George VI died. On Saturday, the Accession Council will meet at St. James’s Palace, London, at 11 a.m. This body, which could be translated as “accession board [au trône]or “succession board” has the function of officially proclaiming the new sovereign of the United Kingdom.
The Accession Council is made up of the members of the Privy Council (made up of political, legal and religious personalities), senior state officials, members of the House of Lords (the upper house of Parliament), the Mayor and Councilor of London, Commonwealth High Commissioners and other officials. It is located in Saint James’s Palace, the oldest British royal palace.
Of the approximately 700 people who theoretically make up this succession council, only 150 to 200 are expected, as during the proclamation ceremony of Elizabeth II. The President of the Privy Council, in this case Penny Mordaunt, Conservative MP, will loudly announce the death of the Queen. She will read a proclamation aloud.
The first advice broadcast on television
Then Carlos III will be proclaimed king, and will make a declaration. He will also take an oath, pledging to uphold the Church of Scotland, a particular protocol stemming from the separation of church and state in that province. The statement will then be read from the balcony of St. James’s Palace by David White, an official known as the Garter Principal King of Arms. The declaration will be read again at the Royal Exchange in the City of London and then in the provinces of the kingdom.
According to the British newspaper the GuardianCiting the royal family secretary, this advice will be broadcast on television for the first time. Another ceremony, that of the coronation, will also take place, but only in a few weeks or months. That of Elizabeth II took place on June 2, 1953, more than a year after her proclamation.
Source: BFM TV
