...Council is that which took place on the accession of Charles I. The King is accepted and proclaimed by the "Lords Spiritual and "Temporal of this Realm, being here assisted with those of His late " Majesty's Privy Council, together with numbers of others, principal " Gentlemen...

...of blessed and glorious memory, by whose decease the imperial crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is solely and rightfully come to the -high and mighty Princess Alexandrina Victoria, it is therefore here published and proclaimed that the high and mighty...

...Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and all other Her late Majesty's Dominions, is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Prince, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, I, the said Sir Gilbert John Elliott, Earl of Minto, Governor-General of Canada as...

...of Blessed and Glorious Memory, by whose Decease the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Prince Albert Edward " To the hushed crowds the queen's death, after a 04-year reign, was like a lesion in the order of...

...example. This too followed British practice: there, the proclamation of Elizabeth II as Queen was made by "the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm, being...with these of His late Majesty's Privy Council, with representatives of other members of the Commonwealth, with other Principal Gentlemen of Quality, with...

...of Blessed and Glorious Memory, by whose Decease the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is solely and rightfully come...Temporal of this Realm, being here assisted with these here of Her .late Majesty's Privy Council, with Numbers of other Principal Gentlemen of Quality, with...

...of blessed and glorious memory, by whose decease the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is, solely and rightfully, come...Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm, being here assembled, with these of her late Majesty's Privy Council, with numbers of other principal gentlemen...

...Ireland is solely and .rightfully come to the .High and Mighty Prince George, Prince of Wales; H'e therefore the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this...His late Majesty's Privy Council, with numbers of other principal Gentlemen of Quality, with the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Citizens of London, do now...

...of Blessed and Glorious Memory, by whose Decease the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Prince Albert Edward," etc. etc. etc. The official proclamation of the Government, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, the Privy...

...and Ireland, is solely and rightfully come to the high and mighty prince, George, prince of Wales. We, therefore, the lords spiritual and temporal of this realm, being here assisted with those of his majesty's privy council, with numbers of other gentlemen of quality, with the lord mayor,...