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79-year-old Welsh musician forced to deny rumour that he is Meghan Markle in disguise, who slipped into the coronation incognito

A 79-year-old Welsh musician has had to deny a rumour that he is Meghan Markle in disguise, who slipped into the coronation incognito. But what a likeness!

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The back of St Edward's Chair is covered in inscriptions

The back of St Edward's Chair is covered in inscriptions. They are no part of its decoration: they are the marks of vandalism to which the chair was subjected over the centuries. For most of its 700-year history it stood in Westminster Abbey like an ordinary armchair,

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Queen Camilla marked the coronation in her own way, placing red telephone boxes stocked with new books across London in the name of her book blog, from which anyone may help themselves

Queen Camilla marked the coronation in her own way, placing red telephone boxes stocked with new books across London in the name of her book blog, from which anyone may help themselves. But "Pride and Prejudice" is, of course, a curious choice for Camilla, who has surely never

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George V at his coronation in 1911

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What has impressed me most about the coronation so far is the nacho on Karls's head

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From 6 May 2023, prayers for members of the English royal family, and forms of address to them, are to be amended so that the words "Camilla, Queen Consort" give way to "Queen Camilla"

A favourite subject for Camilla's opponents and Diana's partisans. I myself much prefer Diana, but it must be admitted that it was decidedly odd for the words "Queen Consort" ever to have been permitted in royal prayers. First of all, the decree of Charles

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Representatives of Britain's Christian Churches after the service of prayer for King Charles III

Representatives of Britain's Christian Churches after the service of prayer for King Charles III. Two women are present in the photograph. The ordination of women, that is, their elevation to holy orders, is a matter of debate in many Christian Churches, chiefly among the Protestants. At present the

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At night, military rehearsals for the parade and the coronation processions of the various branches of the armed forces are in full swing in London, with tens of thousands of people taking part

At night, military rehearsals for the parade and the coronation processions of the various branches of the armed forces are in full swing in London, with tens of thousands of people taking part. The English know how to prize their heritage and traditions regardless of fashion, and to place their

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The Stone of Scone, brought from Scotland, has been fitted into the Coronation Chair of Saint Edward, to be used at the coronation of Charles III; English monarchs have sat upon it since Edward I

Every king of England and of Britain since 1308 has sat on the Stone of Destiny, set into the chair of Edward the Confessor, at the moment of coronation, with the exception of Mary I and Mary II

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During his visit to England in the 1780s, François de La Rochefoucauld could not believe that King George III lived in the modest palace of Kew, with its two tiny outbuildings, while Louis XVI had Versailles

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On 21 April Elizabeth II would have turned 97

On 21 April Elizabeth II would have turned 97. In the photograph the Queen is pictured in her last summer, surrounded by her younger grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Beside Her Majesty are her grandchildren Lady Louise Windsor and James, Earl of Wessex, the children of Prince Edward; her great-grandchildren

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Pope Francis Makes the Grandest of Gifts to the British Crown on the Eve of the Coronation of Charles III

Pope Francis has made the grandest of gifts to the British Crown in honour of the forthcoming coronation of Charles III. Francis I has presented the monarch with two fragments of wood from the True Cross of the Lord. The fragments, or rather tiny splinters, 5 and 10 mm in