Charles III Officially Proclaimed King In First-Ever Televised Accession Council Ceremony
variety.comK.J. Yossman Charles III has officially been proclaimed the King of England during a meeting of the Accession Council in London on Saturday morning.
It is the first time in history the ceremony has ever been televised. U.K. networks including BBC, ITV and Sky broadcast the ceremony live at 10AM local time as did U.S.
networks including NBC, where Savannah Guthrie was anchoring for an early morning special of the “Today Show.” Broadcasting the Accession Council ceremony is significant and, according to historian Vernon Bogdnaor “a sign of the times that the monarchy has to adapt to a more open and less deferential society,” as he told BBC News.
When Queen Elizabeth acceded to the throne in 1952 there was not even a discussion that the ceremony should be televised while a debate then ensued over broadcasting her coronation the following year.
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