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I didn't realize this was an automatic ascension to the throne, I thought he had to be coronated first.

I think there is never NOT a King or Queen, otherwise a lot of the British legal system just doesn't work. Coronation is more of a cementing of the ascension than the ascension itself.

He gets to (must) sign an endless stream of documents like Acts of Parliament and Royal Decrees etc.

Under the Constitution, before a bill can enter into law it must be passed by Parliament and then signed by the Monarch and countersigned by the responsible minister or state secretary.

Coronation probably won’t take place for months. A coronation is not necessary to become king; Edward VIII reigned as King without ever being crowned.

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