The flag at Liverpool Town Hall has been raised back to full mast to coincide with the proclamation of King Charles as Monarch of England.
The union flag went back up to full mast at 1pm and will remain there for around 24 hours only being lowered again after Liverpool's Proclamation of the New Sovereign tomorrow. Flags across the country have been at half mast following the death of Britain's longest reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II.
Liverpool's official Proclamation of the Accession of the New Sovereign will take place on Sunday, September 11, which will see the city formally recognise King Charles III. Members of the public are invited to attend the short ceremony which will take place at the front of Liverpool Town Hall at 1pm on Sunday 11 September.
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It will be led by Liverpool’s Lord Mayor, Councillor Roy Gladden who will deliver the Proclamation Reading. Also in attendance will be the Mayor of Liverpool Joanne Anderson.
The flags on the city’s three civic buildings, the Town Hall, St George’s Hall and Cunard Building has flown half mast until 10am Saturday and will remain full-mast until after the Proclamation, so will be lowered to half-mast at 1:30pm on Sunday.
While King Charles automatically became King on the death of his mother, the Accession Council, attended by Privy Councillors, confirmed his role this morning. At 11am The Principal Proclamation was read in public for the first time by the Garter King of Arms in the open air from the balcony overlooking Friary Court at St James’s.
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