Queen Elizabeth II: Funeral set for Sept. 19, at Westminster Abbey
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12:10 p.m.: Palace officials say the state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II will take place on Sept. 19 at Westminster Abbey in London after the public gets an opportunity to pay their last respects to the monarch.
Elizabeth, the nation's longest-reigning sovereign, died Thursday at her summer retreat in the Scottish Highlands.
Details on the 96-year old queen's funeral will be released later, but organizers on Saturday described the ceremony as a a fitting farewell to one of the defining figures of our times.''
Palace officials said there would be opportunities to see the late sovereign's oak coffin as it journeys from Balmoral Castle in Scotland to Edinburgh and again in London, where her body will lie in state for four days starting Wednesday.
10:45 a.m.: King Charles III has been proclaimed Canada's new head of state at an accession ceremony attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Gov. Gen. Mary Simon in Ottawa.
Trudeau and members of the federal cabinet and Privy Council met prior to the ceremony today as part of the protocol needed to formally proclaim the new sovereign.
The Prime Minister then signed the order-in-council and the proclamation for the accession in the presence of the Governor General at the same table used by Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II, during her first official visit to Canada in October 1957.
The accession ceremony at Rideau Hall comes as the federal government prepares a series of events to commemorate the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday.
Officials are waiting for public confirmation of when her state funeral will be held in London before announcing the date of Canada's national commemoration ceremony for the Queen.
Protocol calls for 10 days of mourning following the Queen's death, but the rules around the actual funeral are not as rigid.
10:13 a.m.: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has arrived at Rideau Hall for the accession ceremony that will proclaim King Charles III the Canadian head of state.
Trudeau is to sign the order-in-council and the proclamation for the accession today in the presence of the Governor General at Rideau Hall.
8:49 a.m.: Prime Minister Liz Truss and senior members of her government have taken oaths of loyalty to King Charles III in the House of Commons.
House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle was the first to pledge he will bear true allegiance to his Majesty King Charles, his heirs and successors," followed by the longest-serving lawmakers and the prime minister.
All lawmakers pledge allegiance to the monarch after they are elected. Making a new vow when the monarch changes is not a legal requirement, but all 650 lawmakers will have a chance to retake the oath in the coming days if they wish.
Normal parliamentary business has been suspended during a period of mourning for the queen. The House of Commons is holding a rare Saturday session so that lawmakers can pay tribute to the late monarch.
8:16 a.m. Saturday: Two days after the death of his mother elevated him to the throne, King Charles III was officially proclaimed Britain's monarch Saturday, in a pomp-filled ceremony steeped in ancient tradition and political symbolism - and, for the first time, broadcast live.
Charles, who spent seven decades as heir apparent, automatically became king when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died on Thursday. But the accession ceremony was a key constitutional and ceremonial step in introducing the new monarch to the country, a relic of a time before mass communications.
Scores of senior politicians past and present, including Prime Minister Liz Truss and five of her predecessors, gathered in the ornate state apartments at St. James's Palace for the meeting of the Accession Council.
They met without Charles, officially confirming his title, King Charles III. The king then joined them, vowing to follow his mother's inspiring example" as he took on the duties of monarch.
I am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty which have now passed to me," he said.
Speaking of his personal grief, he said: I know how deeply you and the entire nation, and I think I may say the whole world, sympathize with me in this irreparable loss we have all suffered."
The new king formally approved a series of orders - including one declaring the day of his mother's funeral a public holiday. The date of the state funeral has not been announced, but it is expected to be around Sept 19.
This is the first time the accession ceremony has been held since 1952, when Queen Elizabeth II took the throne.