A gun salute echoed off the hills of Canberra on Sunday after Governor-Common David Hurley proclaimed the accession of King Charles III with a proper pledge from Australia to supply “religion and obedience” to the brand new sovereign.
A whole lot of spectators gathered at Parliament Home and a few referred to as out “God save the King” when the governor-general swore loyalty to the brand new monarch, officers raised the Australian flag to full-mast and the Royal Army School band performed the royal anthem.
A 21 gun salute through the proclamation ceremony for King Charles III in Canberra on Sunday.Credit score:Alex Ellinghausen
The ceremony itself was an echo of a proclamation made elsewhere when members of the Privy Council had stood earlier than King Charles on Saturday at St James’s Palace in Westminster, England.
Each constitutional step taken on the forecourt of Parliament Home adopted the traditions set in London and, due to this fact, reminded each onlooker of a debate – muted for now, however inevitable in time – about whether or not Australia may at some point break its bonds with Buckingham Palace.
“Now is just not a time to speak about our system of presidency,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese mentioned on Sunday morning.
“Now could be a time for us to pay tribute to the lifetime of Queen Elizabeth, a life effectively lived.”
