Queen’s funeral set for September 19; Charles takes the throne

Bloomberg

Queen Elizabeth II, Great Britain’s longest-serving monarch, will be laid to rest on Sept. 19, Buckingham Palace announced, hours after her son was officially proclaimed King Charles III.
The funeral, which will be designated a national holiday, will be held at Westminster Abbey in London, the Palace said in a statement.
Over the course of the next week, the Queen’s body will travel from Balmoral, Scotland, where she died on Thursday, to Buckingham Palace in London and on to Westminster Abbey. The public will have a chance to pay their respects as she will lie in state in Edinburgh and London.
Charles III, 73, said earlier he would dedicate the rest of his life as King to honoring his mother’s service. He was officially proclaimed monarch in the first Accession Council ceremony to be held since 1952, when his mother took the throne at the age of 25. The King said he was “deeply aware” of the responsibility he has inherited from his mother, who died at the age of 96.
“I shall strive to follow the inspiring example I have been set in upholding constitutional government and to seek the peace, harmony and prosperity of the peoples of these Islands and of the Commonwealth Realms and Territories throughout the world,” he said.
The council, made up of about 200 members — primarily current and former politicians and other dignitaries — proclaimed his ascension to the throne in the State Apartments of St. James’s Palace in London.
A proclamation also took place outside the Royal Exchange, next to the Bank of England in the City of London, the capital’s historic center.