King Charles Makes First Appearance as Monarch Following Queen Elizabeth's Death

Mar. 15, 2025

King Charles IIIis making his first public appearance since inheriting the throne.

King Charles III is scheduled to address the nation at 6 p.m. local time in a televised speech. He will be proclaimed King at the Accession Council on Saturday at St. James’s Palace, an event which will be televised for the first time.

King Charles and Queen Camilla.DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images

King Charles III and Britain’s Camilla, Queen Consort greet the crowd upon their arrival Buckingham Palace in London, on September 9, 2022

Charles and Camilla, 75, rushed to the Queen’s side in the Scottish Highlands after the palace announced that her doctors were"concerned"for Her Majesty’s health on Friday. Charleshad been in ScotlandWednesday carrying out royal engagements.

Sept. 9. 2022: King Charles and Queen Camilla outside Buckingham Palace following Queen Elizabeth’s death.Yui Mok/AP/Shutterstock

King Charles III, left, and Camilla, the Queen Consort, walk past floral tributes left outside Buckingham Palace following Thursday’s death of Queen Elizabeth II, in London,

Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth in June 2022.Hannah McKay/getty

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 05: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Queen Elizabeth II, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, Prince Louis of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge stand on a balcony during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant on June 05, 2022 in London, England. The Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II is being celebrated from June 2 to June 5, 2022, in the UK and Commonwealth to mark the 70th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1952. (Photo by Hannah McKay - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

The Queen’s eldest son immediately ascended to the role of monarch upon her death, becomingKing Charles III. Camilla will also now be styled as Queen Consort, an honorQueen Elizabethdirectly expressed her wishesfor in February.

Charles was further referred to as “His Majesty, the King” on letterhead from Buckingham Palace, in hisfirst statementas monarch following the death of his mother.

“The death of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family,” King Charles said.

source: people.com

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