King Charles speech

2022 - 9 - 10

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Watch the King's speech: 'My darling mama' - Charles tells of ... (New Zealand Herald)

The new monarch used his first public address as King to pay tribute to the Queen after her death at 96. "Throughout her life, Her Majesty The Queen - my ...

"As my Heir, William now assumes the Scottish titles which have meant so much to me. "They mean more to me than I can ever possibly express. But I know this important work will go on in the trusted hands of others. "The institutions of the State have changed in turn. The affection, admiration and respect she inspired became the hallmark of her reign. The new monarch used his first public address as King to pay tribute to the Queen after her death at 96 - and to pay tribute to his wife Camilla and heir apparent William. Our values have remained, and must remain, constant. "In that faith, and the values it inspires, I have been brought up to cherish a sense of duty to others, and to hold in the greatest respect the precious traditions, freedoms and responsibilities of our unique history and our system of parliamentary government." At the same time, he extended an olive branch to his youngest son. "In the course of the last 70 years we have seen our society become one of many cultures and many faiths." "When The Queen came to the throne, Britain and the world were still coping with the privations and aftermath of the Second World War, and still living by the conventions of earlier times. "Her dedication and devotion as Sovereign never waivered, through times of change and progress, through times of joy and celebration, and through times of sadness and loss," king Charles said.

3 takeaways from King Charles' 1st public speech (NPR)

King Charles III gave his first public speech after taking the throne following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

He focused on the important role two women had played already in his life, his mother and his wife, but also how the latter, Camilla, would continue to support him during this moment and the years to come. The new king insisted that a primary part of his mission as monarch would be to provide a form of consistency in matters both temporal and spiritual, in the way he said his mother had done, despite huge social, political and cultural changes across Britain over the last seven decades. "This important work will go on in the trusted hands of others," he said.

King Charles shows grief behind the scenes of his first speech (New York Post)

King Charles III looked tired and drawn in the moments after filming his touching tribute to his “darling Mama” Queen Elizabeth II, as seen in ...

“To my darling Mama, as you begin your last great journey to join my dear late Papa, I want simply to say this: thank you,” he had said a few minutes before. “I am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty which have now passed to me,” he said Saturday in a personal address to his privy council. “Am I done?” the king asked quietly as he rose.

King Charles III pays tribute to 'darling Mama' in first speech (RNZ)

"Queen Elizabeth was a life well lived," King Charles III said, before shaking hands with well-wishers and looking at floral tributes with his wife Queen ...

Do you have memories of meeting her? Have you done a special tribute to the Queen today? [pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/474478/world-leaders-pay-tribute-to-queen-elizabeth-ii), the United Kingdom's longest serving monarch.

King Charles overcome with emotion after first speech (1 News)

Behind the scenes footage showed the 73-year-old's eyes filled with sadness.

A TikTok video, released by the Royal Family Channel, shows King Charles III's eyes wrought with sadness in the moments after filming as he asks the crew, 'Am I done?' Behind the scenes footage shows King Charles III overcome with emotion in the moments after his first speech following the death of his "dear Mama" Queen Elizabeth II. [READ MORE: King Charles III vows 'lifelong service' in first speech](https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/09/10/king-charles-iii-vows-lifelong-service-in-first-speech/)

Pomp and ceremony abound as King Charles III accession proclaimed (Stuff.co.nz)

The words God Save the King have rung out in Britain for the first time in 70 years as Charles takes his place on the throne after the death of his "dear ...

He promised to dedicate his life to the service of his people, including the Commonwealth, as she had. “What he was demonstrating is that the system continues to move. And those articles are free. The succession was instantaneous with no court challenges ... “He signalled significant continuity in the roles between Queen Elizabeth II, himself as King and his heir Prince William, while also acknowledging the role the Queen played as his mother.” Palmer said the speech was probably one of the most important speeches of the 21st century, and he thought King Charles delivered it well. Handing over the mantle of Prince of Wales to his son William recognises the succession of the constitutional monarchy, he said. King Charles acknowledged his responsibility to the Church of England, also known as the Anglican Church, but also his duty to others, Gregurec said. [bestow the title Prince of Wales on his oldest son, William](https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/royals/300684709/william-and-kate-named-prince-and-princess-of-wales) – an act which will also see the title of Princess of Wales pass to William’s wife Catherine. He has long campaigned on environmental issues and climate change, and has also been intent on slimming down the monarchy, confining it to an inner core of the sovereign and his or her consort, children and grandchildren. [formally proclaimed King to a fanfare of trumpets](https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/royals/300685013/trumpets-sound-as-charles-is-formally-proclaimed-king-at-accession-council-ceremony) on Saturday night (NZ time), the first time in history that the ancient ceremony would be televised live. The words God Save the King have rung out in Britain for the first time in 70 years as King Charles takes his place on the throne after the death of his “dear Mama” Queen Elizabeth II.

King Charles III vows 'lifelong service' in first speech (1 News)

The new King spoke to the UK and the Commonwealth the day after the Queen's death.

He spoke of his son Prince William, now heir to the throne and formally given the title that Charles long held, Prince of Wales. Charles, who became the monarch immediately upon his mother’s death, will be formally proclaimed king at a ceremony on Saturday night NZT. The King's speech was broadcast on television and streamed at St Paul’s Cathedral, where some 2,000 people attended a service of remembrance for the Queen.