2023-05-06 11:56:07
Time.news – Millions of people across the UK and beyond are preparing to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, a symbolic ceremony that combines a historic religious service with pageantry. It will be held at theWestminster Abbey: the King, who will be crowned together with Camilla, the Queen Consort, will be the 40th reigning monarch crowned there since 1066.
The day of splendor and formality will be marked by customs dating back more than a thousand years. The details of the coronation plan are contained in the operation called “Golden Orb” which also provides for massive security measures.
12:11
King Charles has entered Westminster Abbey
King Charles entered Westminster Abbey through the West Door, preceded by the ritual processions of dignitaries and religious envisaged by the ceremonial.
The ruler wears an ermine cloak. Inside the abbey there was a procession led by Carlo and Camilla. Also present were William and Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and their eldest son, Prince George, who serves as one of the King’s four pages of honour. There are also Camilla’s grandchildren: Lola, Eliza, Gus, Louis and Freddy.
The procession was accompanied by music, based on Psalm 122 and composed for the coronation of Edward VII in 1902, which includes a Latin cry of long live Charles and long live Camilla.
12:00
Around 20 ‘Just Stop Oil’ environmentalists arrested
About twenty environmentalists from the ‘Just Stop Oil’ group were arrested at celebrations for the coronation of Charles III. The activists accused the police of stopping them only because they were “wearing T-shirts” of the group.
“No action was planned, they had no intention of jumping the barriers, they just flashed their T-shirts and held ‘Just Stop Oil’ flags,” a spokesman for the group said, calling the situation a “dystopian nightmare.” .
11:51
Sovereigns in a carriage to Westminster Abbey
King Charles and Queen Camilla left Buckingham Palace to head by carriage to Westminster Abbey for the coronation ceremony. I’m aboard the ‘Diamond Jubilee State Coach’ drawn by six horses. Hundreds of soldiers flank the royal procession which passes through the Mall up to Trafalgar Square and then through Whitehall, the departmental area, to reach the abbey.
11:27
Human Rights Watch condemns the arrest of protesters
The NGO Human Rights Watch condemns the arrests of anti-monarchist demonstrators in London on the occasion of the coronation of Charles III. The episode is described as “incredibly alarming”. “It’s something you would expect in Moscow, not in London,” HRW commented, pointing a finger at the British government for its “increasingly hostile” stance on public demonstrations.
11:09
Prince Andrew booed as the car passed
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Prince Andrew
Prince Andrew, a controversial member of the royal family due to the scandal linked to allegations of sexual assault and the story of the tycoon Jeffrey Epstein, was booed as he passed by car along the Mall, the wide avenue that connects Buckingham Palace to the Admiralty Arch , near Trafalgar Square. The Guardian reported it. The Duke of York, in civilian clothes, was then seen leaving Buckingham Palace on his way to Westminster Abbey where he will join the rest of the royal family for the coronation ceremony of Charles III.
10:44
London police confirm the arrests
Scotland Yard has confirmed it has made a series of arrests in London ahead of the coronation ceremony of Charles III. “A major police operation is underway in central London. We have made a number of arrests in the Carlton House Terrace area”, on “the charge of disturbing the peace”, reads a tweet from the British police . Four arrested “in the St Martin’s Lane area”, with “the accusation of criminal conspiracy to disturb the population” and three others “in the Wellington Arch area” with the accusation of “possession of articles capable of causing vandalism “.
10:36
Sir Gardiner conducts the music for the ceremony
© Ddp Pictures via AFP Sir Gardiner
Sir John Eliot Gardiner has been entrusted with the direction of the music accompanying the coronation ceremony of Charles III. Gardiner, owner of a farm in Dorset, is a friend of the king with whom he met at an event in Sandrigham. The two share musical tastes (Gardiner founded the Monteverdi Choir and Monteverdi Orchestra and specializes in the Baroque tradition) and a love of the countryside. Sir John Eliot gave Charles two calves on his sixtieth birthday. A gift that has not been forgotten, given “the splendid honour”, as the conductor defined it, entrusted to him today.
10:30
Mattarella arrived at Church House, then at Westminster Abbey
Sergio Mattarella, accompanied by his daughter Laura, arrived at the Church house together with the other heads of state to attend the coronation ceremony of King Charles III. At 10 am the President of the Republic will enter Westminster Abbey to take his place in the aisle awaiting the entrance of the sovereign.
10:27
Charles III has arrived at Buckingham Palace
Charles III arrived by car together with Camilla at Buckingham Palace, in view of the start of the procession which will end at Westminster Abbey for the coronation. The sovereign and queen consort had a private dinner last night at Clarence House, their London residence for twenty years.
10:21
Metsola: honor to participate with Von der Leyen and Michel
“I am honored to represent the European Union with Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel at the coronation of HM King Charles III and HM Queen Camilla today at Westminster Abbey in London.” The president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, writes it in a tweet, publishing a snapshot of the three EU leaders together.
Honoured to represent the European Union with @vonderleyen and @CharlesMichel at the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty Queen Camilla, today at Westminster Abbey in London. pic.twitter.com/cDeN1JQE8s
— Roberta Metsola (@EP_President) May 6, 2023
10:10
Also at the ceremony was the leader of Northern Irish Sinn Fein
Among the guests present at the coronation ceremony of Charles III at Westminster Abbey there is also the Northern Irish leader of Sinn Fein, Michelle O’Neill. The presence of a republican would have been unthinkable twenty years ago but the vice president of the Belfast independence party stressed on Twitter that she with her participation “she represents the whole community” of Northern Ireland. “The political landscape across our island is changing. My goal is to build a shared future for all,” she wrote.
10:03
Stopped six anti-royalists on their way to Trafalgar Square
© Sebastian Bozon/ AFP Protesters in Trafalgar Square
Police detained six anti-royalists on their way to a rally in Trafalgar Square on the day of Charles III’s coronation. This was reported by SkyNews, according to which among them is also Graham Smith, head of the Republic group, which is fighting for the abolition of the monarchy.
09:46
Sunak: moment of extraordinary national pride
For the UK and the Commonwealth as a whole, it is a moment of “extraordinary national pride” and a “vivid demonstration of the modern character of our country”. Thus the British premier Rishi Sunak on Twitter on the day of the coronation of Charles III. “No other country could offer such an amazing show. But it’s not only that. It’s a proud expression of our history, culture and traditions”. The day offers a “precious ritual through which a new era is born”, added the Downing Street boss, concluding with the traditional “God Save The King”.
09:27
Harry relegated to the third row
© Adrien Dennis / Afp Prince Harry
Prince Harry will be relegated to the third row at Charles III’s coronation ceremony. The Sun reported that the Duke of Sussex, who arrived in the UK from California yesterday alone, will sit between Princess Eugenie’s husband, Jack Brooksbank, and Princess Alexandra, cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth. The front row is reserved for active royal family members and the criterion of succession that would have seen Harry close to William will not be applied.
08:50
Small group of anti-royalists in Trafalgar Square
A small group of anti-royalists gathered in Trafalgar Square on the day of the coronation of Charles III. The BBC reports it. Republic, the group that campaigns for the abolition of the monarchy, has expressed the hope of being able to bring up to 1,500 supporters to the streets.
08:47
Over 5,000 Royal Guards in uniform in London
© Oli Scarff/ AFP Royal Guards
On the occasion of the coronation of Charles III, over 5,000 English royal guards – with the typical red and black uniform – arrived by train at Waterloo station in London before marching towards Westminster Bridge. It is the largest move of military personnel on British railways since Winston Churchill’s funeral in 1965.
07:47
Parolin will be in Westminster Abbey, the first time since the Reformation
The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Peter Parolino, will lead the delegation which, on behalf of the Pope, will participate today in the coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as king and queen consort of the United Kingdom. It is the first papal delegation to a coronation ceremony of the British monarchy since the Reformation 500 years ago.
Parolin will be accompanied by the new apostolic nuncio to Great Britain, archbishop Miguel Maury Buendìa. Both will be seated inside Westminster Abbey, which is new. This was underlined by the Spanish media ‘La Gaceta’.
During the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, papal representatives stood outside Westminster Abbey due to regulations then expressly forbidding Catholics from attending non-Catholic services, although they did watch the procession going in and out of the building ecclesiastical. In this regard, the then Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Bernard Griffin, neither attended the ceremony nor stayed outside the Abbey. However, he celebrated a mass for the new queen in Westminster Cathedral on the eve of her coronation.
Catholics were not permitted to attend non-Catholic services in churches. This ban was lifted thanks to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council and was finally included in the ecumenical directory of the Holy See in 1993. The Archbishop of Westminster will not only be inside the Abbey, but will give a blessing to the newly crowned king.
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