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King Charles III, the New Monarch

At the moment the Queen died, the throne passed immediately and without ceremony to the heir, Charles, the former Prince of Wales.
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He will be known as King Charles III.

That was the first decision of the new king's reign. He could have chosen from any of his four names - Charles Philip Arthur George.
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There is also a new title for Charles' wife, Camilla, who becomes the Queen Consort - consort is the term used for the spouse of the monarch.
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Charles will be officially proclaimed King on Saturday. This will happen at St James's Palace in London, in front of a ceremonial body known as the Accession Council.
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At the meeting, the death of Queen Elizabeth will be announced by the Lord President of the Privy Council (currently Penny Mordaunt MP), and a proclamation will be read aloud.

The wording of the proclamation can change, but it has traditionally been a series of prayers and pledges, commending the previous monarch and pledging support for the new one.

This proclamation is then signed by a number of senior figures including the prime minister, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Lord Chancellor.

The king will then attend a second meeting of the Accession Council, along with the Privy Council... he will make an oath to preserve the Church of Scotland.

After a fanfare of trumpeters, a public proclamation will be made declaring Charles as the new King. This will be made from a balcony above Friary Court in St James's Palace, by an official known as the Garter King of Arms.
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Gun salutes will be fired in Hyde Park, the Tower of London and from naval ships, and the proclamation announcing Charles as the King will be read in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.
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Because of the preparation needed, the coronation is not likely to happen very soon after Charles's accession.

For the past 900 years the coronation has been held in Westminster Abbey - William the Conqueror was the first monarch to be crowned there, and Charles will be the 40th.

It is an Anglican religious service, carried out by the Archbishop of Canterbury. At the climax of the ceremony, he will place St Edward's Crown on Charles's head - a solid gold crown, dating from 1661.

Biden to attend funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

Biden says he has not yet spoken to King Charles III

The president was asked before boarding Air Force One in Columbus, Ohio Friday if he would attend the queen's funeral.

"Yes. I don’t know what the details are yet, but I will be going," Biden told reporters.
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Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Thursday mourned the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, calling her a "stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy" who deepened the alliance between the United States and the United Kingdom, and whose "legacy will loom large."
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Biden said he first met the queen in 1982 when traveling to the United Kingdom as part of a Senate delegation. The Bidens also met with the queen last summer during their first overseas trip as president and first lady.

Judge dismisses Trump lawsuit against
Clinton, DNC, officials involved in Russia probe

Trump's attorneys say they will appeal the decision

Trump filed the lawsuit in March in the Southern District of Florida, alleging that Clinton and her "cohorts orchestrated an unthinkable plot" and "maliciously conspired to weave a false narrative" that Trump was colluding with Russia.

This week, U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks threw out the lawsuit, saying that "most of" Trump’s claims were "unsupported by any legal authority" and said the lawsuit lacks "substance."

Middlebrooks said Trump’s suit is "not attempting to seek redress for any legal harm," but instead is "seeking to flaunt a two-hundred-page political manifesto outlining his grievances against those that have opposed him, and this Court is not the appropriate forum."
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"We vehemently disagree with the opinion issued by the Court today," Habba said. "Not only is it rife with erroneous applications of the law, it disregards the numerous independent governmental investigations which substantiate our claim that the defendants conspired to falsely implicate our client and undermine the 2016 presidential election."

SC Democrats call for US Senate candidate
to drop out after video comments are leaked

South Carolina Democrats condemn comments made by U.S. Senate candidate Krystle Matthews

South Carolina state Rep. Krystle Matthews, running against incumbent Republican Sen. Tim Scott, was caught on tape speaking disparagingly of her constituents — specifically White constituents — in a series of remarks secretly recorded by activist group Project Veritas.

"You ought to know who you’re dealing with," Matthews said during the taped conversation. "You’ve got to treat them like s—. That’s the only way they’ll respect you."

In the leaked comments, Matthews additionally brags about keeping citizens in her jurisdiction "under her thumbs," and not putting up with "White sh—."

Matthews confirmed to The Associated Press that it was her voice on the tape but said the edited audio of a "tongue-in-cheek" exchange didn’t reflect the full picture, calling Project Veritas a "satirical MAGA-powered news outlet."

On Thursday, Democrats — including gubernatorial nominee Joe Cunningham — concurred with state Rep. Justin Bamberg, who in an op-ed published online called Matthews "toxic."
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The secretly recorded audio also features more of Matthews’ conversation, in which she spoke to an inmate about funding her campaign with "dope boy money" and having Democrats run as Republicans, saying "secret sleepers" represent "the only way you’re gonna change the dynamics in South Carolina."

State Sen. Brad Hutto, Democrats’ leader in that chamber — who was also his party’s nominee to challenge U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2014 — echoed Cunningham’s comments about Matthews’ Senate bid, telling AP, "When candidates of either party start making irresponsible statements, beyond what party they’re from, they need to re-evaluate their candidacy, and that’s what needs to happen here."

Eurozone interest rates in record rise to fight inflation

The ECB lifted all its key rates by three-quarters of a percentage point and warned that it was likely to raise rates again later this year.

The bank had raised interest rates in July, its first increase in more than 11 years.
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The ECB raised its key deposit rate - how much interest it pays on deposits - to 0.75% from zero, and lifted its main refinancing rate - how much banks have to pay when they borrow money from the ECB - to 1.25% from 0.5%.
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ECB president Christine Lagarde said the central bank could not control high energy prices.
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If Russia were to cut gas supplies to the EU completely, then one scenario the ECB envisages - if it is not possible to secure alternative gas supplies from Asia, Norway and the US - is gas rationing across the whole euro area and a recession in 2023, Ms Lagarde said.

With the ECB statement explicitly saying more rate hikes would be needed, markets continue to expect another half-point rise at the bank's October meeting.

Euro area inflation is expected to be 9.1 % in August, up from 8.9 % in July, according to Eurostat.