While some details of King Charles III’s 6 May coronation have been confirmed, there are still many questions that have yet to be answered. Royal watchers everywhere have been watching press releases closely to see if female members of the Royal Family will be wearing tiaras for the coronation.
Historically, women in the Royal Family have worn a tiara to coronations, as have…
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands hosted French President Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitte Macron, for a State Visit.
On Wednesday, 12 April, The Queen visited a famous Amsterdam landmark with the French First Lady.
Queen Máxima…
King Charles III has reportedly made several changes to his coronation service.
While his mother’s 1953 coronation service was nearly four hours, The King’s will reportedly be closer to an hour. However, some elements are included in every coronation regardless. The…
King Charles III will follow the tradition of the thirty nine monarch crowned before him at Westminster Abbey and ensure that the most sacred part of the ceremony, the anointing, remains private.
As reported in The Mirror, The King has now changed his mind about an element of the anointing during his coronation. Earlier in the year, there had been reports that he was having a clear canopy…
The Imperial State Crown features several notable jewels, including the Black Prince’s Ruby, the Cullinan II Diamond, and St. Edward’s Sapphire. The Stuart Sapphire also has a prominent place in the Imperial State Crown but has a somewhat murkier past than the other…
What are coronation banquets and why aren't they held anymore?
12th April 2023
King Charles III is making considerable changes to the coronation to modernise the ceremony and recognise the monarchy’s position in the twenty-first century. Both the coronation ceremony and procession will look quite different from his mother’s coronation in 1953.
Nearly every European monarch is related to the House of Windsor in some way or another. King Christian IX of Denmark and Queen Victoria of Great Britain both sought to marry their numerous children and grandchildren into houses across Europe, and these bloodlines are still intertwined to this day. However, that does not mean that every European royal related to King Charles III is in line for the…
While there are reports of changes ahead of King Charles III’s Coronation in May, each Coronation has had its own changes. King George VI was the first monarch to give a Coronation speech to be broadcast over the radio on the day of his Coronation.Â
King George V gave…
On 6 May at Westminster Abbey, King Charles III will be crowned with St. Edward’s Crown at the moment of coronation. The design dates back to the eleventh century, but the crown itself that will be used is much younger.
The original St. Edward’s Crown reportedly…
Although the Coronation is still weeks away, one of the major questions asked is what will The King wear?. There have been suggestions that he will wear a military uniform, as William IV did in 1838, but there is also a far more traditional set of clothing used by kings for coronations.
These garments are typically created new for each monarch with a few notable exceptions. If The King does…
