Offical Ceremony

NASSAU, The Bahamas – With loud cheers, trumpet fanfare from the balcony of the Senate building, and a 21 gun-salute by the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, proclamation of the Accession of His Majesty King Charles III as Monarch of the United Kingdom, and head of the Commonwealth of Nations, was officially delivered, Sunday, September 11, 2022 in Parliament Square, Downtown, Nassau. Flanked by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. Philip Davis and Former Prime Minster the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie – Former Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham read the Proclamation announcing King Charles III as the new head of state of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The Proclamation, signed by Governor General His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Cornelius A. Smith, states: ‘Whereas our late s...