King Charles Is Proclaimed Monarch in Arcane, Very White-Looking Ceremony

King Charles, with Queen Consort Camilla and son and heir Prince William by his side, was proclaimed monarch at St James’ Palace in London Saturday morning by a gathering of the “lords spiritual and temporal” who make up the so-called Accession Council.

In the declaration he read out, Charles said: “I am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty which have now passed to me. In taking up these responsibilities, I shall strive to follow the inspiring example I have been set...