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King's grandson Prince Louis up to mischief on the Buckingham Palace balcony after the Coronation

Coronation: Penny Mordaunt's sword-wielding role - and other top moments By Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News Saturday 6th May 2023 Millions of viewers watched King Charles III crowned in a meticulously-planned ancient ceremony but it was the unexpected moments that got many people talking. 1. Penny...

The religious stuff can't be done away with. The British Coronation is a religious ceremony, you dopey twat. The British monarch is Head of the Church of England. Thanks to Henry VIII, our monarch is our religious leader, not the Pope. Roll on 5th November.

Penny Mordaunt, the Lord President of the Council (and Tory MP for Portsmouth North), gives the Jewelled Sword to King Charles III. The sword is to be used for good, so for it to be used to this end the King gives it back to Mordaunt who then redeems it for 100 shillings. So she carries a bag...

But he didn't claim he was King because the Archbishop anointed him. It was the other way around: the Archbishop anointed him because he's the rightful King. That's how it's been done for around 1500 years and is the way of this world. To us it's normal. Our leaders have been anointed with holy...

Would you if you were just crowned monarch? Charles has known all his life that this day would happen, and now it's happened to him at the age of 74. He must have been bewildered that after all these years it's finally happened. This is the day he's been waiting for for 74 years. He's going to...

Why does the BBC bother covering it? I was watching it on ITV. BBC just wastes its time. Why did the BBC cover it when I watched it on ITV? What's the point of the BBC when I saw it on ITV? The BBC shouldn't exist because I don't watch it. Sky News shouldn't give us the news, because I can see...

The King receiving the Orb, Sceptre, other regalia and finally the Crown. The first time we've seen a monarch receiving our precious Crown Jewels since 1953. History in the the making: only the 40th monarch since 1066 And this hasn't ended. Britain still has two more days of celebrations until...

"Vivat Regina Camilla! Vivat Rex Carolus!" Amazing scenes as the King and Queen entered Westminster Abbey...

Charles III is crowned! The moment the Archbishop of Canterbury places the Crown of St Edward upon the King's head, like the 39 previous monarchs before him since William the Conqueror in 1066 in our great and ancient nation's national church Westminster Abbey. Vivat Rex Carolus! Then, the...

The King and Queen are joined by their family, after their successful crowning and enthronement, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. The famous balcony is a focal point of British celebration and mourning during major times of peace and war. Included upon the balcony were the King's nearest...

The King and Queen receive a royal salute on their return to Buckingham Palace following their crowning and enthronement. Our new boss was dressed in royal purple and wearing the Imperial State Crown for the salute. Members of the Armed Forces gave three cheers and played God Save The King in...

King Charles III and Queen Camilla depart Westminster Abbey following the end of the Coronation service. Their Majesties then began their procession towards Buckingham Palace. The King was wearing the more "everyday" Imperial State Crown familiar to most Brits as he left the abbey and not the...

It's true. The Law of Royal Fish. All whales and sturgeons belong to the monarch - but only once they've been caught. Any whale or sturgeon in British waters is a free creature, but once it's been caught by a human it belongs to the monarch. So if I went fishing tomorrow and caught a...

The King and Queen were given a spine-tingling royal salute at Buckingham Palace after their crowning and enthronement at Westminster Abbey. The first monarch to be crowned at Westminster Abbey was William I on Christmas Day 1066. We've just witnessed another chapter in Britain's ancient royal...

In case you don't know what the lampreys refers to, King Henry I died in December 1135 after eating too many lampreys. And yet, nearly 900 years later, his ancestor has just been crowned Charles III. That's continuity for you. George Washington seems like last week to Brits.

King Charles III kneels and places his hand on the Coronation Bible to make his Coronation Oath to his people. This oath has been enshrined in law since the 17th Century. The oath ensures the monarch will respect the Church of England of which he heads but also ensures citizens of any beliefs...

As at every Coronation since that of George II in 1727, Zadok the Priest rang out. As the screens were brought out to shield him from view and as the Archbishop of Canterbury anointed him with holy oil, Zadok the Priest sang out, as the King received the holy oil on his forehead, hands and...