The declaration was read aloud in Rideau Hall in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, and was followed by a 21-gun salute.
– We have every confidence that His Majesty will be very present and involved in the life of our country, as his mother was, says Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, according to CBC.
Charles automatically became King of Canada on the Queen’s death, in the same way he became King of Great Britain, but the announcement follows the laws and formalities of Canada.
Celebration in New Zealand
Charles III is also formally king in New Zealand, where “God save the king” was sung in the capital Wellington on Sunday, followed by salutes and a proclamation read to several hundred in the audience, according to the news site Stuff.
From another part of the Commonwealth, Australia, comes the news that September 22 this year will be a public holiday, to mourn the late Queen.
Free public transport
In the state of New South Wales, all public transport is free on Sunday, so people “can travel to Sydney to witness the historic appointment of His Majesty the King”, according to the state minister Dominic Perrottet.
Could become a republic
Caribbean Antigua and Barbuda will hold a referendum within three years to leave the British monarchy and become a republic, the country’s Prime Minister Gaston Browne announced, according to the British news agency PA. Despite that, the nation can remain part of the Commonwealth.
– This is not an act of hostility between Antigua and Barbuda and the monarchy, but the final step to close the circle of independence and ensure that we are truly an independent nation, he says in an interview with ITW.
Antigua and Barbuda is part of the Lesser Antilles archipelago, which stretches in an arc from the Virgin Islands in the north to Aruba off the coast of Venezuela. Queen Elizabeth II visited the island nation three times during her time as regent.