Bottisham Parish Council will host a Local Proclamation ceremony at 4pm on Sunday 11 September 2022 to formally recognise His Majesty King Charles III’s accession to the throne. This will take place at the Bottisham village sign outside The Vicarage opposite the Church. Residents are invited to attend the local reading of the Accession Proclamation by the Chairman of Bottisham Parish Council.

The King was proclaimed at the Accession Council at 10.00hrs Saturday 10 September in the State Apartments of St James’s Palace.

As our new Sovereign was proclaimed, flags on all key buildings including Holy Trinity Church and our village flag were returned to full mast at 11am today and will remain so until after the regional proclamation at 4pm Sunday. Both flags will then return to half-mast until the day after the funeral.

For those of you unable to attend or did not see the formal ceremony on the television you can watch it on You Tube here:

https://youtu.be/nCHmV3mehMI

His Majesty King Charles III succeeded to the throne as soon as Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away. The King was proclaimed at the Accession Council at 10.00hrs Saturday 10 September in the State Apartments of St James’s Palace.

The Accession Council, attended by Privy Councillors, without The King present, proclaimed the Sovereign, and formally approved various consequential Orders, including the arrangements for the Proclamation.

The King then convened His Majesty’s first Privy Council, at which he made his Declaration and read and signed an oath to uphold the security of the Church in Scotland and approved Orders in Council which facilitate continuity of government.