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The coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, took place on Saturday, 6 May 2023 at Westminster Abbey. Charles acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022 upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. It was the first coronation held since Elizabeth II’s coronation ...
The King Charles III Coronation Medal is the first Canadian commemorative medal to mark a coronation. It was designed by Cathy Bursey-Sabourin, Fraser Herald at the Canadian Heraldic Authority at the Chancellery of Honours, Rideau Hall, and is manufactured by the Royal Canadian Mint.
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When will King Charles III’s coronation be? King Charles III will be coronated on Saturday 6 May, 2023, alongside his wife, Camilla, Queen Consort. It will take place at Westminster Abbey in ...
The Stone of Scone being carried out from Edinburgh Castle in preparation for its use at the coronation in 2023 of Charles III. The Stone of Scone (/ ˈ s k uː n /; Scottish Gaelic: An Lia Fàil; Scots: Stane o Scone), also known as the Stone of Destiny, is an oblong block of red sandstone that was used in the coronation of Scottish monarchs until the 13th century, and thereafter in the ...
Coronation of the British monarch. George VI receiving the homage after being crowned in 1937; watercolour by Henry Charles Brewer. The coronation of the monarch of the United Kingdom is an initiation ceremony in which they are formally invested with regalia and crowned at Westminster Abbey.
Date of coronation Presiding cleric James VI and I - article: Anne of Denmark: 24 March 1602/1603, O.S. 4 mo 1 d: Saint James's Day, Monday, 25 July 1603, O.S. John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury Charles I: 27 March 1625, O.S. 10 mo 6 d: Candlemas, Thursday, 2 February 1625/1626, O.S. George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury Charles II
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.