Hundreds flooded the streets as Liverpool came together to officially recognise King Charles III.
People descended on the city centre this afternoon as Liverpool’s Lord Mayor, Councillor Roy Gladden, delivered the Proclamation Reading from the rear Town Hall balcony. Mourning members of the public were invited to share the moment as the city recognised the new monarch.
The service, which took place around 1pm today (Sunday, September 11), was one of many in cities across the country following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday, September 8. Earlier today, the Queen was moved from her Balmoral estate in Scotland where she died.
The hearse set off from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh at 10am, with people lining the road to pay their respects to the longest-reigning monarch in the country’s history.
Liverpool’s official Proclamation of the Accession of the New Sovereign King Charles III at Liverpool Town Hall by Lord Mayor Cllr Roy Gladden.
The journey typically takes two hours but will take three times longer to allow people to pay their respects along the route. The coffin will be carried to the Throne Room of the Palace of Holyroodhouse where it will stay until Monday afternoon to allow palace staff to honour the Queen.
On Monday, King Charles and Camilla will travel to Edinburgh to join members of the Royal Family in a walking procession, taking the coffin at 2.35pm along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile from the Palace to St Giles’ Cathedral.
