British Prime Minister Liz Truss was informed of the death of Elizabeth II at 3:30 p.m. (local time)two hours before Buckingham Palace officially announced the death, an official Downing Street spokesman revealed to the media on Thursday.
Truss, who last Tuesday held an audience with the monarch to officially assume the head of government, received the news through his cabinet secretary, Simon Casethe highest official of the Executive.
The Prime Minister delivered a speech to the nation in front of her official residence in London shortly after 6:00 p.m. (local time), after which he conversed with the new king, Carlos III, and has summoned his cabinet of ministers to meet at 9:00 p.m. (local time).
Buckingham Palace must still offer details about the queen’s state funeral, scheduled for about ten days, and the rest of the acts and ceremonies that will take place throughout the country.
symbolic acts
Secondly, The House of Commons has summoned the deputies on Friday and Saturday for a series of acts that will symbolize at a political level the end of the reign of Elizabeth II and the beginning of that of his eldest son, Carlos III.
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The British House of Representatives has canceled the plenary session that was scheduled for 9.00 on Friday (local time) and instead will meet from noon for deputies to pay tribute to the late queen. The session is expected to last about ten hours..
Already on Saturday, at 2:00 p.m. (local time), a “small number” of deputies, those of higher rank, will swear allegiance to the new monarch, according to a statement from the body