Crowds gather for formal declarations to the devolved nations that Charles III has acceded to the throne

Crowds gathered in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast on Sunday to hear formal declarations to the devolved nations that Queen Elizabeth II has died and King Charles III has acceded to the throne.

In a ceremony dating back centuries, officials wearing heraldic clothes repeated the proclamation of the accession made in London on Saturday that a new king is head of the United Kingdom.

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