Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to call to His Mercy our late Sovereign

Lady Queen Elizabeth the Second of Blessed and Glorious Memory, by whose

Decease the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is

solely and rightfully come to The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George: We,

therefore, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm and Members of the House

of Commons, together with other members of Her late Majesty’s Privy Council and

representatives of the Realms and Territories, Aldermen and Citizens of London, and

others, do now hereby with one voice and Consent of Tongue and Heart publish and

proclaim that The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George is now, by the Death of our

late Sovereign of Happy Memory, become our only lawful and rightful Liege Lord

Charles the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories, King, Head of the

Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to whom we do acknowledge all Faith and

Obedience with humble Affection; beseeching God by whom Kings and Queens do

reign to bless His Majesty with long and happy Years to reign over us.

Given at St. James’s Palace this tenth day of September in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-two.

GOD SAVE THE KING