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On September 8, 2022, it was announced that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully at Balmoral Castle after 70 years of occupying the throne. Today, Operation London Bridge, the official code phrase detailing the queen's passing, launched in the United Kingdom. The first order of business? Proclaiming a new sovereign. Canada's Chief Herald Dr. Samy Khalid read the proclamation of the accession of Canada's new sovereign, King Charles III, at a ceremony presided over by Governor General, Mary Simon at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.