King Charles III gave his first public speech after taking the throne following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
He focused on the important role two women had played already in his life, his mother and his wife, but also how the latter, Camilla, would continue to support him during this moment and the years to come. The new king insisted that a primary part of his mission as monarch would be to provide a form of consistency in matters both temporal and spiritual, in the way he said his mother had done, despite huge social, political and cultural changes across Britain over the last seven decades. "This important work will go on in the trusted hands of others," he said.
KING CHARLES III paid tribute to the late Queen as he was formally declared head of state in a historic ceremony.
Charles was proclaimed to the nation as new head of state on Saturday morning during a meeting of the Accession Council attended by privy councillors at St James's Palace in London, which was televised for the first time. "And in carrying out the heavy task that has been laid upon me, and to which I now dedicate what remains to me of my life, I pray for the guidance and help of Almighty God." "In this purpose, I know that I shall be upheld by the affection and loyalty of the peoples whose sovereign I have been called upon to be, and that in the discharge of these duties I will be guided by the counsel of their elected parliaments."
King Charles III looked tired and drawn in the moments after filming his touching tribute to his “darling Mama” Queen Elizabeth II, as seen in ...
“To my darling Mama, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late Papa, I want simply to say this: thank you,” he had said a few minutes before. “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 Saturday in a personal address to his privy council. “Am I done?” the king asked quietly as he rose.
The king's recorded television speech on Friday—his first public remarks since the passing of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II—appeared to hit all the right ...
The king “was framed in a close-up shot…the deliberate focus was on his facial expressions and words. He showed that he had warmth and compassion yet [has] his own leadership style,” Ponce observed. “In all crisis situations, those affected want to know [what’s next], and King Charles made it clear that he is 100% committed to continuing his Mother’s legacy. Finally, not only did he pay a beautiful tribute to his Mother; he also made it clear that his own children remain an important part of his life.” He was eloquent and appropriate as he spoke kindly of his wife and children. He then went on to say that “As the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion, I too now solemnly pledge myself, throughout the remaining time God grants me, to uphold the Constitutional principles at the heart of our nation.
In a behind-the-scenes video recorded after his first address to the nation as sovereign, King Charles III is seen in a rare showing of emotion.
Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." May 'flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest'." [Royal Family](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/royal-family) Channel and it's clear to see the emotion in Prince Charles after recording his speech. time, during a special service of remembrance at St Paul's Cathedral. Charles' address was recorded after he traveled to London from Scotland where Elizabeth II had died on Thursday. "It's strange at the moment isn't it?
King Charles delivered both a tender tribute to his mother and a look to the future in his first speech.
Whether King Charles will prove to be as adept a reader of the public mood as she was remains to be seen. Touchingly, he encouraged people to remember her "unerring ability always to see the best in people." The speech also straddled the professional and personal—a balance the royal family will be striking for the next days and weeks as they mourn a beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother at the same time as fulfilling their very public roles. [Prince and Princess of Wales](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a41135995/prince-william-kate-middleton-become-prince-princess-of-wales/). But he also knew that his were the words that the world was waiting to hear, and the ones that will be most repeated whenever this historical moment is retold. But then it was also about the future, which due to the seamless system of constitutional monarchy, is now already upon us.