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Having flown all the way from Boston, Massachusetts, Laura Richardson, her husband Peter and their daughter Kate were thrilled to have nabbed front-row seats on the Mall. Prince William and Kate, the Princess of Wales with Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis at Westminster Abbey.
As he left the Abbey King Charles made his final wardrobe switch - into the Robe of Estate and a coronation tunic in the deep royal purple. His wife of 18 years was crowned and officially dropped the ‘consort’ from her title; an occasion that’s been the subject of thousands of “side chick” memes. During his anointment and crowning, Charles underwent two more outfit changes - into the plain white anointing gown meant to convey purity before gold - and then the Supertunica, a gold robe weighing 2kg and embroidered with flowers.A year ago we may have thought furry bucket hats were all kinds of ugly but, in the same way Ugg boots have become the norm again, these now have too. The coronation ceremony kicked off at 11am sharp, after the King and Queen pulled up to the Abbey in a gilt-trimmed, horse-drawn carriage. During his arrival, the King was wearing the Robe of State, a deep red coronation tunic and cream silk overshirt with royal naval trousers, which are regularly worn as part of his Royal Navy full ceremonial tailcoat. Katy Perry, who is due to perform at the King’s Coronation Concert on Sunday, appeared to have trouble spotting her seat from under a giant lavender fascinator.
The 2300 guests invited to Westminster Abbey were given strict instructions to begin arriving for the event at 7. For those of you that haven’t burnt the midnight oil to watch history in action, we’ve rounded up the highlights of the day. A woman offers a drink to a card board cut out of King Charles III as people prepped for the big event. Just days after the Met Gala, King Charles III was dressed to impress during his coronation ceremony and underwent a number of outfit changes throughout the three-hour long event. Tens of thousands of people stood in the drizzle along the procession route, while many more packed into pubs to watch the spectacle over a pint.All Black captain Richie McCaw made an appearance alongside Lionel Richie and Jill Biden, while Boris Johnson and the UK’s shortest-serving prime minister - Liz Truss - had also scored invites. The royal redhead, who reportedly flew into Heathrow on a commercial American Airlines flight, sans Meghan as expected, sat three rows behind Prince William and Kate Middleton. Prince Harry was wearing a morning suit in lieu of military uniform or robes and sandwiched between Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice, and their spouses. For the service itself, Charles donned the Stole Royal, a garment made of gold cloth newly created and embroidered by the Royal School of needlework. Laura, who was sporting a Union Jack bucket hat and a fresh royal blue manicure, said King Charles is “underrated”.
We’re seeing them everywhere too – especially across London on frosty morning commutes, as well as on the heads of Saturday night clubbers. We may earn a small commission on purchases made through one of these links but this never influences our experts’ opinions. At London’s Westminster Abbey, Charles, son of the beloved Queen Elizabeth II, officially became King Charles III while his wife Camilla was crowned Queen.
Rain fell intermittently from a grey sky over the course of the occasion, prompting Union Jack brollies to open amid a sea of spectators on the Mall and beyond. The King and Queen appear on the Buckingham Palace balcony with their family to watch a scaled-down military flypast. A little further down the Mall, 21-year-old Cara Rogers was already toasting the King with a plastic cup of vodka and lemonade. It’s the year of the tiger in the Chinese new year calendar, so why not wear your stripes loud and proud?
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