It's a moment he's been preparing for his whole life, and so it's easy to imagine that King Charles III would have felt an array of emotions on the day of his Coronation.
As much as this was a public ceremony, the grand service at Westminster Abbey was likely a very personal experience for the 74-year-old monarch.
It would also have been a poignant reminder of loved ones who have gone before, such as his late mother Queen Elizabeth II, who was anointed at the exact same spot decades earlier.
