![]() The Throne Chairs used were the same used during the enthroning of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in May 1937. Part of the sacred ceremony involved Charles and Camilla being symbolically re-married in the eyes of God to take on the oath of service together. ![]() ![]() It came at the end of a solemn two-hour religious ceremony that dates back almost a thousand years, which began with Charles taking an oath of service before the Archbishop of Canterbury opened the service, which included a reading by Britain's Hindu Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. ![]() The King and Queen Camilla then made their customary appearance at the iconic balcony of Buckingham Palace in London joined by the Prince and Princess Wales, William and Kate, and a slimmed-down selection of frontline royals who waved to the hundreds who had braved the rain for hours to get a glimpse of the newly anointed royals. The 74-year-old new monarch was formally enthroned with a 360-year-old jewel-encrusted St Edward's Crown accompanied by chants of ‘God Save the King’, church bells and trumpets. ![]() King Charles III was officially crowned as the 40th King of the United Kingdom at a ceremony steeped in history with modern multi-faith touches amid pomp, pageantry and choir music inside the iconic Westminster Abbey on a rainy Saturday, reminiscent of the coronation of his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, 70 years ago. ![]()
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