Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8, her eldest son, Prince Charles succeeded her on the throne, becoming King Charles III.
If since then, the heir has been officially proclaimed sovereign of his country, during a ceremony at St. James's Palace in London, the latter will only be crowned on June 3, 2023. The coronation being a joyful event, he cannot , for the English, to take place in a period of mourning, which usually extends for a year after the death of a monarch.
In the meantime, the
Mail On Sunday
revealed, this Saturday, October 8, the first details on the future ceremony.
Charles III, who wishes to blow a wind of modernity on the new monarchy, thus broke with the previous coronations.
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Time-consuming rituals
At first, his ceremony should only last a little over an hour, against four according to tradition.
If we have already attested to the impatience of King Charles III - the episode of the pen has made people smile beyond the borders of the country - the latter therefore wishes, without great surprise, to strip his coronation of "obscure rituals and time-consuming”, adding too much heaviness to the ceremony.
This one being done all the same within the abbey of Westminster, like his mother, and his grandfather, before him.
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Divided duration and guests too.
Nearly 8,000 people normally attend the coronation of the monarch in the United Kingdom.
But on June 3, the number will have to drop by 6,000. Indeed, still according to the
Mail on Sunday
, the son of the late Queen wanted to sort out among his guests, excluding many nobles and parliamentarians, arriving at a total of 2000 guests only.
The dress-code should also be lightened.
Splendid ceremonial dresses will be replaced by more modest costumes.
“The king removed a large part of what constituted the coronation, recognizing that the world has evolved in seventy years,” a source told the media
.
Elizabeth II was crowned with great fanfare in Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1952, nearly a year after the death of her father, King George VI.
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Coins
Another small revolution within the monarchy: the new coins bearing the effigy of the king.
The
Mail on Sunday
thus reports that once again, Charles III would like to break with a thousand-year-old tradition, consisting of inscribing the name of the sovereign in Latin on the picaillons.
For this new era, the coins will be struck with the inscription: "Charles III DG REX FD".
"The first name 'Charles' has been adopted on the sovereign's coin, to emphasize that he is accessible and close to a modern public", justified a source to the media.
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Coins flanked with the effigy of Charles III.
Abaca
On the day of his coronation, next June, King Charles III will nevertheless be transported to Westminster Abbey in his mother's sumptuous carriage, the ultimate symbol of fully gilded splendor, dating from 1762.