An Insider's Experience of King Charles III

May 3, 2023 | What kind of king will Charles be? Lisa LaFlamme sat down with India Hicks for an intimate conversation with his goddaughter about what to expect from his reign.

King’s Coronation: Royal Family Appear on Buckingham Palace Balcony - BBC News

May 6, 2023 | The newly-crowned King Charles III and Queen Camilla have emerged onto Buckingham Palace balcony to wave to crowds gathered along The Mall in central London. They were joined by members of the Royal Family, including Prince William, Kate and their children. Some of Queen Camilla's grandchildren were also present on the balcony, but there was no sign of Prince Harry.

Charles III Was Crowned King. But Can He Ever Be the Star?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: On Saturday, Charles finally became the focal figure of the long-running royal TV drama — if only for a day.

The coronation of King Charles III mixed traditional pageantry with modern touches. | Andrew Testa for The New York Times
It is always a challenge to introduce a major cast change in a long-running serial. Saturday morning, in a special episode with elements of “The Crown” and “Succession,” King Charles III finally became the focal figure of the royal ensemble — if only for a day.

The coronation of a British ruler is, of course, a political ritual and a religious ceremony. But it is also, as the crowning of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 established, a TV show. It’s an anachronistic assertion of divine right retooled to recognize that, in the electronic era, even hereditary rulers have to argue their relevance.

Charles’s coronation was a full-color spectacle, showing off the peacocked glory of British tradition and the bells and whistles of 21st-century TV. Britain brought out its finest garments, its finest relics, its finest rain. The networks took in all the splendor they could capture on camera; there were even graphics offering an X-ray of Westminster Abbey. The term “fairy tale” was deployed more than once.
But fairy tales have messages. This one had many: To convey continuity while styling the monarchy as modern, to reframe the narratives around the royal family and to introduce Charles not just as a leader but as a lead. » | James Poniewozik | Saturday, May 6, 2023

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Au Royaume-Uni, le couronnement de Charles III, un héritage millénaire à l’épreuve d’une société multiculturelle et sécularisée : La cérémonie religieuse est prévue samedi dans l’abbaye de Westminster. Pour la première fois, des femmes, évêques, prendront part à la liturgie, et les dignitaires portant les insignes royaux refléteront la diversité d’origines des Britanniques. »

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Der König wirkte geradezu fragil: Melancholie und festliche Nachdenklichkeit an einem verregneten Krönungstag: König Charles III. gibt sich gemessen. Der Gottesdienst aber enthält zahlreiche Gesten, die seinen Willen zeigen, ein moderner Monarch zu sein. »

The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla | The Coronation Service in Full

Streamed live on May 6, 2023 | Watch King Charles III and Queen Camilla being crowned in Westminster Abbey.

Coronation order of service in full here.

Livestream auf Deutsch hier.

En direct en français ici.

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Westminster Abbey bis Buckingham-Palast: Die besten Bilder von Charles und Camilla: Grossbritannien ist im Festfieber und die Welt schaut nach London. Heute wurde Charles III. offiziell zum König gekrönt. Wir zeigen die besten Bilder. »

EXTRAORDINARY PHOTOS FROM THE CORONATION: here.

After Diana: Did Britain Accept Charles and Camilla? | King Charles and Camilla | Timeline

May 4, 2023 | The marriage of Charles and Camilla is shrouded in controversy, especially due to Camilla's involvement in Charles' tragic marriage to Princess Diana. For the monarchy, the marriage is a step into the unknown.

Will Camilla finally win a place in the hearts of the British people? Or will this newest 'Royal' merely inflict further controversy on an already-troubled institution? This revealing documentary examines the past, present and future of a royal romance which has survived against all odds. But what will that future bring for King, Queen, and country?

A Look at the British Monarchy's Popularity ahead of King Charles' Coronation

May 4, 2023 | The new king inherited the crown at a time when support for the monarchy was as low as it had ever been—a decline that has been accelerated in part by the downfall of Charles’s brother Prince Andrew over sexual assault allegations stemming from his friendship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as well as by the damaging revelations made in Prince Harry’s unsparing memoir, Spare.

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Diana’s Shadow Still Looms over King Charles | About That

May 4, 2023 | A recent poll suggests many Canadians have an ‘unfavourable’ view of King Charles. Royal commentators join Lauren Bird to explore the effects of Princess Diana and pop culture on the new King’s popularity.

The Coronation: King Charles's Finances Unpacked

May 4, 2023 \ King Charles III is estimated to have around £600m in private wealth. In the lead-up to his coronation, The Economist explores where Britain's royal family actually gets its money from.

Defender of All Faiths? Coronation Puts Focus on King Charles’s Beliefs

THE GUARDIAN: The crowning ceremony will be a deeply Christian affair. Will it be at odds with king’s desire to reflect UK’s religious diversity?

King Charles III with the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, who said the coronation was ‘first and foremost an act of Christian worship’. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA
In 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, the UK was predominantly Christian, with Sunday church attendance the norm, children taught to say their prayers at bedtime and vicars regarded with unquestioning deference.

Opinion polls in the 1950s and 1960s asking people to name their religion found that between 86% and 91% gave a Christian denomination.

Seventy years on, as King Charles III prepares for his coronation on 6 May, the picture is rather different. The 2021 census found that for the first time, a minority of people in England and Wales described themselves as Christian, with those saying they had no religion gaining ground. Attendance at Sunday services at Anglican churches in England hit an all-time low (bar the pandemic year of 2020) in 2021, at 509,000 people, or less than 1% of the population. » | Harriet Sherwood | Thursday, May 4, 2023

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King Charles III Takes the Throne

May 4, 2023 | On May 6th, King Charles will become the oldest person to ascend the throne of the United Kingdom. He is a bit of an odd duck to be the king, Rebecca Mead thinks. Charles has “long made clear that he considers his birthright a burden,” she writes. In fact, many things are a burden: during the ceremonies following the death of Queen Elizabeth, the new king “got into not one but two altercations with malfunctioning pens. . . . As his biographer Catherine Mayer puts it, ‘The world is against him—even inanimate objects are against him. That is absolutely central to his personality.’ ” Mead—a subject of the king, as well as a staff writer—talks with David Remnick about Charles III’s coronation, the problem of Harry and Meghan, and the future of the British monarchy itself.

Krönung von King Charles: Mit goldenem Löffel und Splittern vom Jesuskreuz | DER SPIEGEL

May 3, 2023 | Was macht Camilla? Was Meghan? Und was ändert sich für Charles? SPIEGEL-Royalexpertin Patricia Dreyer über die Rituale der Krönung – und warum Großbritannien die Monarchie auch heute braucht.

The Coronation of King Charles: Everything You Need to Know

May 3, 2023 | The coronation of King Charles III is coming up on 6 May. Charles is trying to strike a balance between tradition and modernity. Although the coronation process has remained unchanged for 1000 years, King Charles is planning some changes. For example, fewer guests will be invited and male guests are to appear in suits rather than pompous coronation robes. The invitation also refers to the coronation of "Queen Camilla", which is unusual for a monarch's wife, as the correct name would be "Queen Consort". At the ceremony in Westminster Abbey, Charles will accept the traditional St. Edward's Crown. After the coronation, the royals will make a traditional appearance at Buckingham Palace. It is already clear that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not be present on the balcony.

Sky News Australia: Coronation Chaos: Royal Experts Warn Big Challenges ahead for King Charles

Apr 19, 2023 | As Charles prepares to be crowned King, an investigation into the pressures facing the new monarch.

Brits Ask: Is Charles My King or #NotMyKing? | Focus on Europe

Apr 30, 2023 | Ahead of King Charles' coronation, Britain's Republicans are calling for the end of the monarchy. But most Britons prefer the status quo, even if the new King is not as popular as the late Queen.

Many in U.K. Greet King Charles’s Coronation With a ‘Take It or Leave It’ Shrug

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Images of the new king may be blanketing Britain, but many in the country are more focused on navigating a cost-of-living crisis than celebrating a dysfunctional royal family.

King Charles III and the queen consort, Camilla, attending a ceremony on Thursday at Buckingham Palace in London. | Pool photo by Stefan Rousseau
When King Charles III is crowned on Saturday, he will undergo a ritual so rare in modern British history that it last occurred 70 years ago, roughly the wait between sightings of Halley’s comet. And yet the coronation has yet to capture the imagination of a Britain preoccupied by other concerns.

Images of the new king — in chocolate, in Legos and in wax — are popping up in bakeries, toy stores and at Madame Tussauds wax museum. Ancient relics of coronation, like the Scottish stone of destiny, are being delivered to Westminster Abbey for the ceremony. Charles and his queen consort, Camilla, are rehearsing every step of the service in a specially staged room at Buckingham Palace.

But in a recent poll of 3,070 adults in Britain by the market research firm YouGov, 64 percent of respondents said they had little or no interest in the coronation. Only a third said they were strongly or fairly interested in it. Among those aged 18 to 24, the number voicing little or no interest rose to 75 percent. » | Mark Landler, Reporting from London | Sunday, April 30, 2023

King Charles Facing a 'Nightmare' as Coronation Nears

Apr 26, 2023 | Royal commentator Kinsey Schofield says King Charles is facing a "nightmare" as the coronation nears. "I think we've already discussed that we felt like Meghan was going to do something to distract from the coronation," Ms Schofield told Sky News Australia host Rita Panahi. "And perhaps this story that was leaked by the Telegraph about the letters was just the beginning ... to bring up the race row again two weeks before the coronation. “Talk about a nightmare for the King. “I don’t think Meghan’s done with this unconscious bias conversation.”

King Charles Coronation: Who Is Going - and Who Isn't?

King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, will be crowned on 6 May in London | GETTY IMAGES
BBC: With less than a month to go until King Charles III's coronation, we are starting to get a clearer picture of who is on the guest list - and who isn't.

On 6 May the King will be crowned alongside Camilla, the Queen Consort, at Westminster Abbey in London.

The King has opted for a smaller, shorter and more diverse ceremony than the previous coronation held for his mother in 1953.

Invitations have been sent to about 2,000 people - here is what we know so far about the guest list. Members of the Royal Family » | Charley Adams, BBC News | Monday, April 17, 2023

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Jesus Was a Revolutionary, Unlike the Church Establishment

Apr 11, 2023 | "This apology for a church with the Archbishop of Canterbury and buffoon King Charles at the head of it are interchangeable with the moneychangers inside the temple

King Charles Praises Ukraine Support on State Visit to Germany

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King Charles Pays Tribute to His Mother in First Christmas Message as Sovereign

Dec 25, 2022 | King Charles III delivered his first Christmas message on Sunday, paying tribute to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II. Echoing his mother's words in her last Christmas message, where she spoke of her grief at losing her husband Prince Philip, Charles said Christmas was 'a particularly poignant time for all of us who have lost loved ones'.

Charles delivered his pre-recorded message standing in St George's Chapel in Windsor, where the Queen and Prince Philip are both buried. Footage of the royal family, including the prince and princess of Wales, appeared on screen while he spoke. His message ended with a rendition of 'O Little Town of Bethlehem,' which Charles used to cite the late Queen's 'belief in the power of that light', performed by the choir of St George's Chapel.