St James’s Palace window removed to let King Charles proclamation ring out from balcony
msn.comKing Charles III's proclamation ceremony to allow trumpeters out onto the balcony. During a poignant and sombre meeting of the Accession Council, the King spoke movingly about his mother and the grief his family is experiencing - but said the "sympathy expressed by so many to my sister and brothers" had been the "greatest consolation".
The day included a moment of pomp and pageantry, with David White, the Garter King of Arms, in his colourful regalia and flanked by other Officers of Arms and Sergeants at Arms, reading the proclamation of the new King from a balcony at St James's Palace.
To allow them out onto the balcony, a pane of glass had to be removed from one of the palace's windows in advance. The day before the ceremony, the open window was pictured with a ladder propped up against it, seemingly during final adjustments to the building.
The historic event was broadcast for the first time, giving the world a first glimpse of an ancient ceremony dating back centuries.
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