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In a tradition dating back to the coronation of King Edward II in 1308, the official account of the event, the Coronation Roll, was presented to the King and Queen on 3 May 2024. The roll of hand-stitched paper is 21 metres long and contains 11,500 words, crafted by calligrapher Stephanie von Werthern-Gill and illustrated by Timothy Noad.
Countries from which at least one representative attended the coronation of Charles III and Camilla on 6 May 2023. The coronation of Charles III and Camilla as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms took place on 6 May 2023.
Coronation of King Charles may refer to: Coronation of Charles V in 1530 as Holy Roman Emperor; Coronation of Charles II in 1651 as King of Scotland;
Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms since 8 September 2022. [b]Charles was born in Buckingham Palace during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and became heir apparent when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne in 1952.
Charles and his wife, Camilla, were crowned king and queen on 6 May 2023 at Westminster Abbey. [3] On 9 June 2023, it was confirmed that the King's coronation visit to Scotland would occur on 5 July of that year. [4] A similar ceremony was held for Queen Elizabeth II following her coronation in 1953. [5]
The Coronation Concert was a British music concert, held outside Windsor Castle on 7 May 2023, in celebration of the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.The concert, which was attended by 20,000 members of the public, took place between 20:30 and 22:04 and was hosted by actor Hugh Bonneville.
The coronation of Charles VII of France (1429), detail of the painting Jeanne d'Arc (1886–1890) by Jules Eugène Lenepveu. A coronation is the act of placement or bestowal of a crown upon a monarch's head. The term also generally refers to the ceremony which marks the formal investiture of a monarch with regal power.
The most recent coronation took place on 6 May 2023 to crown King Charles III and Queen Camilla. The ceremony is performed by the archbishop of Canterbury , the most senior cleric in the Church of England , of which the monarch is supreme governor .