He's now 68 and is the longest-serving heir apparent in British history. As speculation around the day that he inherits the throne gains momentum , questions around his future title are bubbling up. Back in , multiple reports said the Prince had discussed giving up the title Charles III because of unfortunate associations with previous monarchs named Charles. Charles I was the only member of the monarchy to be tried and executed for treason, and his son, Charles II, who was known for his legendary love life, ruled during a particularly nasty bout of the plague and the Great Fire of London.
And former Buckingham Palace press spokesman Dickie Arbiter said by using the name George, Charles would be paying tribute to the both his grandparents. But Clarence House quickly denied these claims. Some royal experts also think it's unlikely the future king is considering ruling with a different name. Royal biographer Marcia Moody agrees. Prince Charles will no doubt have regard to public opinion at the time of his accession, in deciding whether Camilla should become Queen; and he may also want to seek the advice of the government of the day.
The fallback position is that Camilla would become Princess Consort as announced at the time of their marriage. Charles was created Prince of Wales in when he was aged 10, with an investiture at Caernarvon Castle in As an adult, Prince William might expect to become Prince of Wales soon after his father's accession; but that will be a matter for the new King to decide because, strictly, the title is not heritable. In a statement issued by the Commonwealth Heads of Government after their retreat at Windsor Castle on 20 April , they said "We recognise the role of the Queen in championing the Commonwealth and its peoples.
This followed the express wishes of the Queen, when she said "It is my sincere wish that the Commonwealth will continue to offer stability and continuity for future generations, and will decide that one day the Prince of Wales should carry on the important work started by my father in ". Will Charles only become King once he has been proclaimed by the Accession Council; or crowned at his coronation? No: Charles will become King the moment the Queen dies.
The Accession Council merely acknowledges and proclaims that he is the new King, following the death of the Queen. Parliament is recalled for parliamentarians to take their oaths of allegiance to the new sovereign. Peers in the House of Lords have to take a new oath. MPs in the Commons are not required to do so because their oath is to 'bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, her heirs and successors' , but they may if they choose.
Parliament will then mourn the death of the Queen in debates led by the Prime Minister. Although for many years the main London residence of monarchs, their gradual departure — finalised by Queen Victoria in - to Buckingham Palace purchased by George II in left it as the continuing site of the Royal Court for much formal royal state business.
It consisted of a series of courtyards and included the Chapel Royal. Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands have never had one; Denmark, Norway and Sweden discontinued theirs from , and respectively; and there have been no coronations in Spain since medieval times.
Although watched on television by millions, the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was essentially a private affair: they decided on the guest list, and the form of the service.
The coronation by contrast is a state occasion. Prince Charles may have views, but the government will have ultimate control of the guest list, and the government pays for the coronation. The coronation will continue to be an Anglican service, but finding a place for other Christian denominations and other religions: as happened at the recent royal wedding, and as practised for some years at the Abbey's Commonwealth Day services.
Such people may be invited to give readings; and religious leaders other than Anglicans are likely to be seated prominently, as happened at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee service at St Paul's in Historically, coronations have included homage where the senior members of each order of the peerage have knelt to the new monarch and paid homage for their order. Homage is not part of the religious rite but a survival from the feudal age and a residue of the old aristocratic constitution. In this tradition led to peers and their wives being still the largest single group attending the coronation.
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