The High Sheriff of the Isle of Wight, Kay Marriott, and His Majesty’s Vice Lord-Lieutenant, Brigadier Maurice Sheen, announced the accession to the throne of the new monarch, on Sunday 11th September 2022 at St Thomas’ Square, Newport.
His Majesty King Charles III was publicly proclaimed as the new sovereign at an historic ceremony at St James’ Palace in London on Saturday 10th September 2022.