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What are coronation banquets and why aren't they held anymore?

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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.However, Charles is not the only monarch to make changes to coronation traditions. Historically newly–crowned monarchs…
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King Charles vs. The Pen round 2

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3rd April 2023
It was just days into the reign of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. It was planned to be a normal engagement at Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland. But it ended up being an engagement with a moment that would go viral – King Charles vs the pen.In an…
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The Coronation of King Henry VII

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1st April 2023
On the 30th of October in 1485 in Westminster Abbey the Tudor dynasty officially began with the coronation of King Henry VII. His reign had begun two months earlier on a battle field but it was cemented and celebrated two months later in the ancient walls of Westminster Abbey.By taking the throne, he brought to an end the War of the Roses. He had beaten Richard III who had become king in 1483…
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The Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary

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23rd March 2023
King George V and Queen Mary, like King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, were crowned as King and Queen of the United Kingdom (and Dominions) and as Emperor and Empress of India. Their 1911 coronation was luckily less eventful than that of George’s parents.George came to the throne following his father’s death on 6 May 1910. The couple had been very involved with his parents’…
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The Coronation Dress of Queen Alexandra

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23rd March 2023
While there is a traditional uniform for kings at their coronation, there is not for queens. This has allowed each queen to wear a gown specifically created for their coronation day. Queen Alexandra’s coronation dress remains one of the most sumptuous in British…
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The mistake at Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation

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21st March 2023
When the whole world is watching, the pressure to pull off an event perfectly like a coronation is immense. It’s been 70 years since the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and during the three-hour service, it’s reported the then 25-year-old made only one mistake.It was a first-of-its-kind event as modern technology meant that this was the first British coronation to be televised…
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