Carlos III will be proclaimed king this Saturday at a meeting of the Ascension Council in the State Apartments of St. James’s Palace. The act will begin at 10:00 a.m. -one more in Spain-

After this meeting, at 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. in Spain- the proclamation of Carlos III as king will be read from the balcony of the St. James Palace.

King Charles III, eldest son of Elizabeth II and his successor to the British throne, delivered his first speech as King of England on Friday. “I will serve you with love and with the help of my dear wife Camila”he said in his televised address.

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Before the speech, the son of Elizabeth II met with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Liz Truss, as well as with the count marshal, Edward Fitzalan-Howardthe person in charge of preparing the proclamation and the funeral of his mother, in order to approve the schedule scheduled for the next few days.

Queen Elizabeth II passed away on Thursday at the age of 96. after 70 years and 214 days on the throne and has become the second longest-lived monarch in history, only behind King Louis XIV of France who held the position for 72 years and 110 days.

Elizabeth II climbed the list of monarchs with the most days at the head of a country by overcoming the barrier of 70 years and 126 days and taking second place from King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand.