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The King is dead. Long live the King! is a traditional proclamation made following the accession of a new monarch in various European and American countries, particularly in the United Kingdom and Canada. The original phrase was translated from the French , which was first declared upon the coronation of Charles VII following the death of his father Charles VI in 1422. In France, the declaration was traditionally made by the Duc d'Uzès, a senior Peer of France, as soon as the coffin containing the remains of the previous king descended into the vault of Saint Denis Basilica. The phrase arose from the law of —that the transfer of sovereignty occurs instantaneously upon the moment of death of the previous monarch.