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Australia has proclaimed the ascension of King Charles III, after a meeting of the federal executive council and a ceremony at Parliament House on Sunday.
The federal executive council is made up of the ministers of government and the governor general, and performs functions similar to that of the privy council in the United Kingdom. The council met in Government House on Sunday, with the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, recommending the ascension to the governor general, David Hurley.
Albanese said there had been “an outpouring of grief” after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
“Queen Elizabeth’s own words, that grief is the price we pay for love, is I think a fitting statement on how so many Australians are feeling at this time,” he said.
“Today, we mark formally the new head of state in King Charles III and in the proclamation, the first in my lifetime and the first in a majority of Australian’s lifetime, is an historic event.
