that Mail on Sunday on October 8 revealed all the details of the king’s coronation, which will take place on June 3, 2023. The new sovereign of the United Kingdom has decided to break with his predecessors.
After the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, her eldest son, Prince Charles, succeeded her to the throne, becoming King Charles III. If the heir is officially declared sovereign of his country from then on, he will only be crowned on June 3, 2023, in a ceremony at St. James’s Palace in London. The coronation being a joyous event, he cannot. English: To take place during a period of mourning, which usually lasts for a year after the death of a monarch. At the same time, Mail on Sunday revealed the first details about the upcoming ceremony this Saturday, October 8. Charles III, who wanted to breathe a breeze of modernity into the new monarchy, thus broke with previous coronations.
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Time-consuming rituals
Initially, her ceremony should last just a little over an hour, versus the traditional four. If we have already witnessed the impatience of King Charles III – the episode of the pen makes people smile outside the borders of the country, the latter therefore wants, without much surprise, to crown his coronation from “obscure rites and time-consuming”. ”, adding too much weight to the ceremony. This is done in Westminster Abbey just like his mother and grandfather before him.
Split duration and guests too. Around 8,000 people usually attend the coronation of a monarch in the United Kingdom. But on June 3, the workforce is to be cut by 6,000. Mail on Sundaythe late queen’s son wanted to be among his guests, excluding many nobles and parliamentarians, only 2000 guests arrived in total.
The dress code should also be relaxed. Festive fancy dresses will be replaced by more modest dresses. “The king removed most of the coronation, realizing that the world has evolved in seventy years,” a source told the outlet.. Elizabeth II was crowned in great pomp at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1952, nearly a year after the death of her father, King George VI.
Coins
Another small revolution within the monarchy. the new coins bearing the image of the king. that Mail on Sunday thus reporting that Charles III once again wants to break the thousand-year-old tradition of writing the sovereign’s name in Latin on picaillons. Coins for this new era will be struck with the inscription “Charles III DG REX FD”. “The first name “Charles” was adopted on the coin of the sovereign to emphasize that he is accessible and close to the modern public,” the source justified to the media.
On his coronation day next June, however, King Charles III will be driven to Westminster Abbey in his mother’s stately carriage, the ultimate symbol of fully gilded luxury, dating back to 1762.
Source: Le Figaro
