King Charles III is proclaimed

Main photo by Martin Pailthorpe, inset Matt Bushell

At 10am on Monday, September 12th, the Mayor of South Molton Stephen Lock read out the proclamation of King Charles III, at a moving ceremony held in the town’s pannier market.

It was followed by prayers led by Rev Dr Michael Grandey, and the singing the first verse of the national anthem, which is now ‘God Save The King’.

The principle proclamation was made on September 10th at St James’s Palace in Westminster, where the Clerk to the Privy Council, Richard Tilbrook proclaimed Charles “King, head of the Commonwealth, defender of the faith,” before declaring “God Save The King”.

The chairman of Devon County Council, Ian Hall told Molton Monthly, “The proclamation of a new Monarch is something most of us will never have seen before”

“I am sure you will join me in offering His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty The Queen Consort our good wishes for the future as they undertake their new roles.”

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