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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Harriet Sherwood

Headstrong horses and cumbersome crowns: the coronation’s lighter side

Crown descends on royal head
Justin Welby peered into Charles’s eyes as tried to position the crown correctly on the royal head. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

Never work with children or animals is an old adage, but someone forgot to tell King Charles. From the unruly horses that insisted on walking sideways, to five-year-old Prince Louis’s double-handed balcony waves, it was a coronation day of pomp and solemnity punctuated with moments of unintended mirth.

Fashion provided some early talking points. Penny Mordaunt, widely considered to have stolen the show with her sword-holding prowess, was dressed in a bespoke outfit which some said bore a striking resemblance to the colour and logo of the bargain-basement high street chain Poundland.

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