A crowd of 200 people gathered on Sunday afternoon for the formal reading of the proclamation of King Charles III.

The event saw the mayor joined by a representative of the Lord Lieutenant of London, the two local MPs, Sarah Olney and Munira Wilson, along with Council, emergency service and faith leaders.

Before the proclamation was read, tributes were paid to the Queen for her lifetime of service.

The ceremony on the steps of York House, Twickenham, was one of hundreds carried out across the country to recognise the accession of the King to the throne.

These local proclamations are a historic tradition designed to inform the people of a new monarch and date back to before the age of mass media.

A crowd of around 200 people gathered for the solemn event at the Richmond Council offices, where the proclamation was followed by three cheers for the new King and a rendition of the anthem.

The mayor, Councillor Julia Cambridge, who was wearing the formal robes of office, read the proclamation letter.

It stated: 'Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to call to His Mercy our late Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth the Second of Blessed and Glorious Memory, by whose Decease the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is solely and rightfully come to The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George.

"We, therefore, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm and Members of the House of Commons, together with other members of Her late Majesty's Privy Council and representatives of the Realms and Territories, Aldermen and Citizens of London, and others, do now hereby with one voice and Consent of Tongue and Heart publish and proclaim that The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George is now, by the Death of our late Sovereign of Happy Memory, become our only lawful and rightful Liege Lord Charles the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories, King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to whom we do acknowledge all Faith and Obedience with humble Affection; beseeching God by whom Kings and Queens do reign to bless His Majesty with long and happy Years to reign over us.

'Given at St. James's Palace this tenth day of September in the year of Our Lord twenty thousand and twenty-two. 'GOD SAVE THE KING!'

After being raised to mark the proclamation, the Union Flag at York House returned to half-mast.

Residents are invited to make their own public tributes through the city's Books of Condolence or with flowers.

Public floral tributes are welcome at the York House main driveway, in Twickenham. They will be kept for up to two weeks following the funeral of the Queen.

Any cards left alongside floral tributes will be collected and added to the borough's physical Book of Condolence.

Physical books of condolence are available at the York House reception and Civic Centre reception in Twickenham and at each of the libraries in the borough.

Once the books are closed, the books will be archived at the Richmond Reference Library.