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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Caroline Davies

King’s dress-down coronation follows late queen’s ‘last imperial hurrah’

Queen Elizabeth II receiving the homage of the Duke of Edinburgh at her coronation.
Queen Elizabeth II receiving the homage of the Duke of Edinburgh at her coronation. Photograph: PA

There will, this time, be fewer coronets and less ermine than in the “last imperial hurrah”, as Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation has been described.

Charles III’s coronation will differ in many ways, fulfilling the king’s stated wish to “reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future”, yet with a ceremony still “rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry”.

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