Sword & Laser Anthology by Veronica Belmont

This coronation procession will follow the same route but be much larger in scale than the one preceding the coronation service.

Following the service, King Charles and Queen Camilla will be conveyed back to the palace in the Gold State Coach, which has been used in every coronation since William IV in 1831.

A dazzling collection of sacred regalia usually kept in the Tower of London will be presented to Charles during the ceremony, formalizing his metamorphosis from prince to monarch. The coronation will be a theatrical affair unlike anything the nation has seen for nearly seven decades. 'He is committed to his own level of service, and that will remain true.' 'You know what you're getting because he's been practising for a bit, and I don't think he'll change,' the Princess Royal said. She added that the public shouldn’t expect any surprises from her brother’s reign. She told Canadian broadcaster CBC News that “the monarchy provides, with the Constitution, a degree of long-term stability that is actually quite hard to come by any other way.” In a rare interview ahead of the coronation, Charles’ sister Princess Anne addressed the conversation around the royal institution’s relevance in modern Britain. It’s a solemn yet celebratory occasion where church and state come together to formally confer the monarch as their new leader complete with regal powers. The ceremony on May 6 - conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby - takes place at London’s Westminster Abbey, Britain’s coronation church since 1066.

In recent years, we’ve witnessed the pageantry of royal weddings and jubilee celebrations, but few will be familiar with the coronation rubric, some of which has remained unchanged for more than a thousand years. A visual guide to King Charles III’s coronation From huge diamonds to ornate swords, these are the priceless symbols to know as Britain’s new monarch is crownedīy Lauren Said-Moorhouse and the Visuals Team, CNNįor generations of Britons, the coronation of King Charles III will be the first crowning of a new sovereign they’ll experience.

Sword & Laser Anthology by Veronica Belmont