Baghdad-INA
It is scheduled to officially declare Charles III King of Britain tomorrow, Saturday, according to what was announced by Buckingham Palace.
The world honored the memory of Queen Elizabeth II, who accompanied the British for 70 years, on Friday, with church bells ringing and artillery fire from Australia to the United Kingdom, where a ten-day national mourning period begins, while her eldest son Charles became king.
Charles III, 73, returned to London after spending the night in Balmoral in Scotland with his wife Camilla, to be officially declared king on Saturday morning.
Thousands saluted his arrival at Buckingham Palace in the British capital.
The new king mingled with the crowd in front of the palace after he got out of the car that was carrying him. He shook hands with the crowd as shouts of "God save the king.".
The new king will address the British this evening, Friday, with a highly anticipated televised speech, during which he will honor the memory of his mother, who was described by the new Prime Minister, Liz Terrace, on Friday, as "one of the most important leaders the world has known."
Terrace had said before that that the queen, who died Thursday at the age of 96, "was the rock upon which modern Great Britain was built."
The new government, "united in support of His Majesty the King," observed a minute of silence for the spirit of the Queen, who ascended the throne for more than 70 years, according to what the British Prime Minister confirmed after an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers.
A religious ceremony will be held on Friday evening at St Paul's Cathedral in London, in the presence of a terrace, which will meet the new king shortly after his arrival in London.
After that, 96 cannon rounds were fired from several places in the British capital, such as the Tower of London and Hyde Park, as well as the palaces of Cardiff, Edinburgh, York, Portsmouth and Gibraltar.
Life without the Queen" The Queen died Thursday "quietly" at Balmoral Palace in Scotland, in the presence of her son Charles and daughter Anne. Her other two sons, Andrew and Edward and Prince William, who became heir to the throne, arrived after her death. In a statement that is rarely issued by the royal family.
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