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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Amy Mackelden

Why "Backlash Ensued" Over an "Offensive" Change to King Charles's Coronation in 2023, Per Royal Author

King Charles III wears a giant crown and watches an RAF flypast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace following his and Queen Camilla's Coronation at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023.

Following Queen Elizabeth II's death on September 8, 2022, King Charles became the monarch. His coronation officially took place at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023. But according to one royal author, "backlash ensued" regarding an allegedly "offensive" change to the event.

In the new book Crown and People: British Coronations and the Shaping of National Identity 973–2023, George William Cullen Gross discusses the proposed change regarding King Charles's coronation.

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