2023-05-03 11:47:22
On the occasion of the coronation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom, which will take place on May 6, some keys are offered for the correct writing of information related to this event.
1. Carlos Felipe Arturo Jorgebetter than Charles Philip Arthur George
Although personal names do not adapt from one language to another, If that use its equivalent in Spanish the names of members of the royal familiesas well as those of saints, those of historical figures and nicknames, nicknames or nicknames.
2. Charles III of the United Kingdomno of England in Britain
The country where the ceremony will take place is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, valid in its short form: the United Kingdom. It should not be confused with other geographical names, such as England o Britainwhich delimit other territories.
In addition, it is preferable to use this toponym preceded by articlethat is to say, the United Kingdom compared to United Kingdom.
3. Charles III it reads charles third
Los Roman numerals are read as ordinals up to ten and as cardinals from that number when they are part of the names of popes and kings.
4. R. U.no UK
The Abbreviation of United Kingdom in Spanish it is R. U.writing with dots and a space. It is not recommended to use the English acronym UKand it is preferable to precede the article, as in its developed form: el R. U.
5. proclamation y coronationdifferent acts
While the proclamation is the set of ‘public acts and ceremonies with which a new reign is declared and inaugurated’, the coronation is the ‘act of crowning a sovereign’, that is, a ceremony in which it is necessary that the crown be imposed.
Although spain There is no coronation ceremony, in the case of the English king the crown will be imposed on the act that will be held on May 6, the proclamation having already taken place on September 10, 2022.
6. Official titles, in lower case
The nouns that designate noble titles or other types of charges are common names, and as such are written lowercase: the king of the United Kingdom, the archbishop of canterbury…
Only the capitalization in protocol treatments that are not followed by the proper name of the person to whom they refer. Thus, it is possible to use capital letters in Your Majestybut not in his majesty Carlos III.
7. monarchs y reyes they are not the same
To refer together to the king and queen consort, it is preferable to use the Kingssince the noun monarch designates the ‘head of state of a kingdom’ and, therefore, its plural would designate various heads of state, not the queen consort, who, in the case of the United Kingdom, does not hold such office.
8. royals o Royalsbetter than royals
To refer to the different members of the royal houses who will attend the ceremonyit is preferable to use the expression royals or simply the term Royalsagainst Anglicism royals.
9. commonwealth of nations o Commonwealth of Nations
To name the organization made up of several countries whose main objective is international cooperation in the political and economic sphere with the United Kingdom, the name can be used in Spanish commonwealth of nations o the official in English Commonwealth of Nationsboth round.
10. westminster abbey o Buckingham Palace
The generic nouns that are part of the names of buildings and monumentssuch as the Abbey (or abbey) of Westminster, where the ceremony will take place, can be written with both upper and lower case.
Likewise, it is preferable to use the names in Spanish of these places: Buckingham Palace, better than Buckingham Palace.
11. Windsorwith initial capital letter
the dynasties of the different royal houses are written in round and with initial capital letterboth when they appear in apposition (windsor dynasty) as if they are used preceded by plural determiners (los Windsor).
12. Proper writing of Operation Golden Orb
He british king coronation protocol is known by the expression Operation Golden Orbin which the generic name operationas it does not belong to the official denomination of this type of operation, it is written with lowercase.
In addition, it is appropriate to dispense with italics or quotation marks to use this expression.
13. The symbols km y mi they are written without point
The distance that Carlos III will travel through the streets of London is sometimes expressed in kilometers, which is the recommended unit in Spanish, and others in miles. Remember that symbols are km y mirespectively, sin puntos and invariables en plural.
14. The play list of the coronation, better than the playlist
On the occasion of the coronation, a playlist, better than playlistwith the songs that will be played at the event.
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