Buckingham Palace has confirmed that King Charles III, who is replacing Queen Elizabeth II on the throne, will be officially proclaimed as the new British monarch at a meeting on Saturday, which will be organised by the Accession Council at St James’s Palace.

According to the statement by Buckingham Palace, the Accession Council meeting will begin at 9 am GMT on Saturday and will have two parts, the first one of which proclaims the new sovereign and the second will see to it that the new monarch signs an oath to uphold the security of the Church in Scotland.

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After the meeting, the Principal Proclamation will take place at 11 am GMT from the balcony of St. James’s Palace, which overlooks the Friary Court. Another Proclamation will then be read in London at the Royal Exchange at noon, Saturday. Other proclamations will also be read in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales at noon the next day.

The Accession Council consists of the Privy Counsellors, who are advisors of the British King/Queen and have worked in the capacity since the Norman period. The current number of the Privy Counsellors stands at 670, which includes newly elected Prime Minister Liz Truss.

Apart from the Privy Counsellors, Lords Spiritual and Temporal, who are the bishops of the Church of England, will also be present at the meeting on Saturday. This includes the Archbishop of Canterbury and the secular peers of the realm.

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The Lord Mayor of London, accompanied by senior civil servants and High Commissioners of 14 commonwealth countries will also be present at the meeting. The current Lord President of the Accession Council is Penny Mordaunt, a lawmaker.

Queen Elizabeth’s death comes as a global shock, as she was the longest-serving monarch in the history of Britain. She was also the longest-serving head of state in the world, after ascending to the throne on February 6, 1952.