Proclamation ceremonies have been held across the Cotswolds to mark the accession of King Charles III.
At St James's Palace on Saturday, the new monarch was officially recognised by the Accession Council.
The proclamation of the new Sovereign is a centuries old tradition, and hundreds of people gathered across the region to hear civic leaders deliver the historic message and declare their support for the new King.
In Tetbury, near to Charles' family home at Highgrove, mayor Peter Coleman laid a floral tribute following the reading.
The proclamation in full reads: “Whereas it has pleased almighty God to call to his mercy our late Sovereign lady Queen Elizabeth II of blessed and glorious memory, by whose decease the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is solely and rightfully come to the Prince Charles Philip Arthur George.
“We, therefore, the lords spiritual and temporal of this realm, and members of the House of Commons, together with other members of Her late Majesty’s Privy Council, and representatives of the realms and territories, aldermen, and citizens of London and others, do now hereby, with one voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim that the Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, is now, by the death of our late Sovereign of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful liege lord, Charles III, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, and of his other realms and territories, King, head of the Commonwealth, defender of the faith, to whom we do acknowledge all faith and obedience with humble affection, beseeching God, by whom kings and queens do reign, to bless His Majesty with long and happy years to reign over us.
"Given at St James's Palace this tenth day of September in the year of Our Lord two thousand and twenty-two.
“God save the King.”
Similar ceremonies were held across the country, including in the Market Place and outside Cotswold District Council's offices in Cirencester, Malmesbury Town Hall, and the George Moore Community Centre in Bourton-on-the-Water.
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