In the address, the king mourned the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, and said, “I am deeply aware of this great inheritance and of the duties and heavy responsibilities of sovereignty which have now passed to me.”
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Here is the transcript of King Charles III’s inaugural address.
King Charles III honored his mother in his first speech to the nation as sovereign.
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