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King Charles' coronation was drastically "scaled down"

Come together to reflect the modernization of the British royal family

By Camp billPublished 3 years ago 3 min read

According to a recent report by foreign media, the coronation of King Charles is already being planned, even though it is still a few months away. The coronation of King Charles will be drastically "scaled down" compared to his mother's much-anticipated coronation, which lasted only about an hour, and even the British media said that the public is looking forward to the next heir to the throne.

Unlike the queen, the king's coronation will be "reduced"

According to foreign media, although Charles has currently taken over his mother's throne and becomes the king of England, his coronation ceremony has not yet been held. According to the royal regulations, the coronation of the new king needs to be held after a period of mourning for the deceased monarch, which takes about a year. The coronation of the previous monarch, Queen Elizabeth, took place 15 months after she acceded to the throne. In addition, the coronation ceremony needs to be carefully planned, which will also take some time, so the coronation of King Charles is likely to be held in the second half of 2023.

It is reported that the coronation of the British royal family has a history of up to 1,000 years. According to the time, this coronation ceremony is held after the Queen of England, after 70 years. But there is news that the royal family will simplify the coronation ceremony by the wishes of King Charles. The source said that the ceremony will eliminate many of the traditional British coronation rituals to reflect the modernization of the British royal family.

In 1954, during the Queen's coronation ceremony, more than 8,000 guests were invited, 129 countries sent representatives to attend, and more than 20 million people around the world watched the ceremony via live broadcast, which can be said to be very powerful. However, in the ceremony of King Charles, the situation will be very different.

The guests were reduced to 6,000 and the ceremony lasted only one hour

It is understood that King Charles wants to make his coronation ceremony in maintaining the royal majesty of the premise, and set the tone for the modern monarchy, so the coronation ceremony has been substantially adjusted and changed.

First of all, is a significant reduction in scale, the coronation ceremony will be directly reduced from three hours to about an hour, and the number of guests will also be directly reduced by 6,000 people, only about 2,000 people invited, which also means that many nobles and British PMs will no longer participate in this ceremony;

The second change is the ceremony, in this coronation ceremony, the presentation of gold ingots to the monarch will be abolished, but some key aspects will be retained, such as the oath of office.

The last change is the dress code, the royal family will be less strict on the dress code of participants, and peers can even give up their dress in the ceremony to choose casual clothes. It should be noted that men invited to the Queen's coronation had to wear striped "knee breeches", and women were required to wear headgear. In addition, the velvet chairs specially developed for the Queen's coronation ceremony may also be replaced with standard seats.

Analysts say King Charles' move to present a modern British monarchy to the world through a short, diverse ceremony, which eliminates most of the procedures of the coronation ceremony, is also an acknowledgment that the world has changed dramatically in the last 70 years.

Prince William more attention

According to the results of a survey report, during the reign of the Queen, 62% of the British public believe that the constitutional monarchy should be retained, while after the death of the Queen, this percentage dropped to 33%. In addition to Charles after ascending to the throne, also outed characters "arrogant" and "harsh", the British people's favor ability to him is not high, even less than his son Prince William. A senior journalist of the royal family also said that compared to King Charles, Prince William and Princess Kate are more like the Queen and Prince when they were young.

The British media said that at the Queen's coronation seventy years ago, Prince Philip chaired the Privy Council's Coronation Committee and played an important role in overseeing the day's ceremony. This time, Prince William, as the heir to the throne, is also in the spotlight at this coronation.

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