King Charles III has been proclaimed Canada's new head of state at an accession ceremony attended by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Gov. Gen. Mary Simon in Ottawa.
Trudeau arrived at about 10 a.m. local time with his youngest son Hadrien and laid flowers at a makeshift memorial for Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II, outside Rideau Hall.
The Prime Minister asked "May we proceed with the proclamation of accession?" and after Simon replied "Yes," both signed the order-in-council and the proclamation for the accession at the same table used by Queen Elizabeth II during her first official visit to Canada in October 1957. The accession ceremony at Rideau Hall comes as the federal government prepares a series of events to commemorate the legacy of Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday.
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