Town halls across South London proclaim King Charles III
Town halls across South London held proclamations for the new King Charles III.
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, her son Charles became king, which is now being formalised at a series of proclamation ceremonies across the capital in different boroughs.
Councils have a civic obligation to hold a local public proclamation event.
Lambeth borough’s local proclamation on the accession of King Charles III was held in Windrush Square in central Brixton on Sunday afternoon, attended by local dignitaries including representative deputy lieutenant for Lambeth, Christopher Wellbelove DL, and the Mayor of Lambeth Councillor Pauline George.
They were joined by the Leader of Lambeth councillor Claire Holland, Lambeth council’s chief executive Bayo Dosunmu and the borough’s three Members of Parliament with musical accompaniment from Southside Harmonics Orchestra, who played the national anthem God Save The King following the official pronouncement.
In Lewisham, the speaker of the borough cllr Tauseef Fanwar proclaimed the accession of King Charles III.
The public announcement of the new monarch was followed by a rendition of the national anthem by Cllr Clarke.
The crowd gathered at the proclamation to sing God Save the King, with three cheers for King Charles III started by mayor.
In Greenwich, following a two minute silence in the town hall, a historic proclamation event has began with an address from mayor Leo Fletcher, which was followed by a performance of Dona Nobis Pacem canon (Give us/Grant us peace) by the Woolwich singers.
Mayor Fletcher said: “It is my humble duty to read this proclamation to the residents of the Royal Borough of Greenwich.”
The proclamation is read outside the Civic Suite in Lewisham (Picture: Lewisham council)
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