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King Charles III signs oath during country’s accession ceremony

The UK’s Accession Council, senior politicians, and advisers to the monarch attended a ceremony in St. James’s Palace, which officially declared King Charles III as the country’s monarch. The event is a constitutional and ceremonial step meant to introduce King Charles III to his country. Charles III officially became King of the UK when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died Thursday.