The first time the Accession of a Monarch is televised
Prince Charles becomes King Charles III
King Charles III takes over from his late mother the longest reigning Monarch
The line of accession after the death of the late Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II sees Prince Charles becomes His Majesty The King Charles III.
The sudden death of the late Queen Elizabeth II at her holiday retreat in the Highlands of Scotland, Balmoral Castle, has seen the nation and beyond the borders of the United Kingdom in shock and mourning for a much beloved Monarch.
While the late Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II was the longest reigning Monarch of 70-years, but His Majesty The King Charles III is the longest waiting Prince of Wales.
It is bittersweet, where your promotion is at the demise of your mother, but this is the way it has always been since the creation of royalty in England and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Commonwealth realms, and becoming Head of the Commonwealth.
King Charles III like his mother who became Queen in 1952, after the unexpected death of her father King George VI, will hit-the-road running as Operation London Bridge (the name given to Queen Elizabeth II, and the subsequent Protocol's that's meant to be activated when she died) gets underway and the necessary procedures for King Charles III needs to fulfill the legalities to ascend to the Throne.
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The Accession of King Charles III was for the first time televised, though the appearance of his sons Prince William and Prince Harry and their wives at Windsor Castle looking at the many bouquets of flowers and then greeting wellwishers who had waited for hours to express their sympathies, united in grief at the death of their late grandmother, took centre stage in the media.
It is now a new period for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Commonwealth realms and Head of the Commonwealth, as King Charles III puts his stamp on his time as the Monarch.