Carlos III was officially proclaimed this Saturday the new monarch of Canada by assuming the post of king of the United Kingdom after the death last Thursday of his mother, Elizabeth II.
Canada’s Governor General Mary Simon, who acts as the country’s head of state on behalf of the British monarch, met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday to sign the proclamation.
After Simon and Trudeau signed the document in Ottawa making Carlos III official, the proclamation was read aloud and a formal salute followed with 21 salutes.
The proclamation states that “His Royal Highness Prince Charles Phillip Arthur George is now, on the death of our last sovereign, King Charles III, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom, Canada and her other domains and territories .”
The proclamation ended with the classic “long live the king”.
After the proclamation, Trudeau spoke by telephone with British Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss.
The Canadian prime minister’s office said in a statement that Trudeau offered his condolences to the British people and congratulated Truss on his recent appointment as prime minister.
In addition, the two leaders discussed the situation of the conflict in Ukraine, the global economic crisis as well as the instability of the energy markets and the food sector.
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