Demise of Queen Elizabeth II (direct) – First viewers between King Charles III and Liz Truss

3:05 p.m.

From the nationwide anthem to banknotes and cash, stamps and passports, many facets of every day life within the UK will change with the accession of Charles III to the throne.

– Foreign money and stamps –

The face of the brand new King Charles III will start to seem on cash and banknotes within the UK and different international locations world wide, changing the profile of Queen Elizabeth II.

His effigy will even seem on a number of different currencies used within the Jap Caribbean, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Ditto within the Channel Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, on the Isle of Man in addition to in Gibraltar, Saint Helena and within the Falklands, islands and territories managed by the British Crown.

In 1936, throughout the reign of King Edward VIII, which lasted 326 days, cash had been minted, however the monarch abdicated earlier than they got here into circulation.

The face of Elizabeth II additionally seems on the stamps whereas the letters EIIR, for Elizabeth II Regina, are affixed to the put up containers, so this can should be modified. The insignia on police helmets will even change.

– Anthem and passports –

The British nationwide anthem will turn out to be ‘God Save the King’, with a masculinized model of the lyrics.

A behavior that can undoubtedly be troublesome for the British, who’ve been singing “God Save the Queen” since 1952. It is usually one of many two nationwide anthems of New Zealand and the royal anthem in Australia and Canada. , which have their very own nationwide anthem.

Wording on the within cowl of UK passports, issued within the title of the crown, will should be up to date, as will comparable textual content that seems inside Australian, Canadian and New Zealand passports.

While you elevate your glass throughout official conferences, you need to now not say “The Queen” however “The King”. Within the Channel Islands, the unofficial phrase “La reine, notre duc” pronounced in French when toasting will turn out to be “Le roi, notre duc”.

– Politics and rights –

The names of Her Majesty’s Authorities (“Her Majesty”), Treasury and Customs will change to these of “His Majesty”.

It is going to be the speech of the king (“The king’s speech”) and never that of the queen which can current to the parliament this system of the federal government, opening the parliamentary session.

The Queen’s Guard, immortalized by vacationers in entrance of Buckingham Palace, will even change its title.

The police will now not protect the peace of the queen however that of the king and the skilled attorneys will go from the standing of QC (“Queen’s counsel”) to that of KC (“King’s counsel”).

Prisoners will now not be held on the pleasure of ‘Her Majesty’, however will proceed their phrases of imprisonment on the pleasure of ‘His Majesty’ the King.

Within the military, new recruits will now not take “the queen’s shilling”, when enlisting, because the system signifies. Nor will they should undergo the Queen’s laws.

The title of ‘Her Majesty’s Theatre’ in London’s West Finish theater district, the place ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ has been carried out since 1986, will even be masculinized.

And those that aspire to talk English with the chicest attainable accent, “the Queen’s English”, will now should attempt to communicate like Charles III: “the King’s English”.