King Charles presides over Australia, New Zealand, and fourteen other countries

After he was officially crowned King of the United Kingdom, succeeding his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who died last Thursday, Charles, 73, was officially declared King of Australia and New Zealand on Sunday.
The official proclamation of King Charles III as King of Australia and New Zealand took place in the two capitals. As the New Zealand Parliament witnessed in Wellington the ceremonies of the proclamation of Charles as the successor king For Queen Elizabeth who passed away At the age of 96 years.

Speaking from the steps of Parliament, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the ceremony was held to recognize the late Queen's son as "our property".

Also, the Governor-General of Australia, David Hurley, representative of the British monarch, officially declared King Charles the country's king in a ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra.

Six billion pounds for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth

He heads 14 countries

It is noteworthy that the British monarch presides over 14 countries other than the United Kingdom, including Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, but it is largely an honorary presidency.

The Queen of Britain died last Thursday at Balmoral Castle, her summer home in Scotland.
Today, her body will be transported by wagon through remote villages in the Highlands to Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, a six-hour journey that will allow people to pay their respects.

The coffin will then be flown to London on Tuesday where it will remain at Buckingham Palace and then the next day to Westminster Hall where it will remain until the day of the funeral, which will be held on Monday 19 September at Westminster Abbey at 1000am local time (XNUMX GMT).