A rousing rendition of ‘God Save the King’ rounded off the packed ‘Service of Prayer and Reflection for Queen Elizabeth’ at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Members of the public who had spent hours on Friday (09. 09. 22) afternoon queueing for wristbands sat with VIPs, including the new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, from the start of the ceremony at 6pm.
The reworded British National Anthem, written in 1745, rang out for the first time in 70 years as King Charles III ascended to the throne after his late mother’s death on Thursday (08.
09. 22) aged 96 at her home in Balmoral. Members of the Royal Family were not in attendance at the St Paul’s thanksgiving ceremony, but the new King’s first address to the nation was broadcast from the Blue Drawing Room in Buckingham Palace into the cathedral and on television across the world.
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