It looks like King Charles III won’t have grand coronation ceremonies for his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, even though she retained great wealth.
The British newspaper Daily Mail, in turn, revealed the most characteristic features of the coronation ceremony of King Charles, as the ceremony will take place in Westminster Abbey next year and will last about an hour or a little more, and with less mysterious content. rituals, and will be much shorter than the coronation ceremony of his mother, Queen Elizabeth, in 1953.
It is believed that King Charles wants with his coronation ceremonies to create an atmosphere of sleek and modern monarchy, while retaining some of the aspects of luxury and grandeur that amazed the world during the coronation and funeral ceremonies of the queen.
Under the scheme, known as Operation Golden Sphere, the coronation ceremony will be cut from over three hours to just over an hour, and the list of invitees to the ceremony will also be cut from 8,000 to 2,000 people, meaning hundreds of nobles and members of parliament will not be participate.
According to the report, simpler dress codes were discussed, with the possibility of allowing people to wear simple clothes instead of festive ones.
Old and time-consuming rituals, including offering gold bars to the king, will also be canceled to save time.
Prince William is likely to play an important role in planning the celebration.
The Daily Mail pointed out that Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation ceremony was based on the coronation ceremony of her father, King George VI in 1937, which in turn was inspired by the enthronement ceremony of King George V in 1911.
But palace insiders say the Duke of Norfolk, who is crowned Earl Marshall, has ordered a simpler, less timeless and more varied ceremony that reflects modern Britain.
Last night, a well-informed source said: “The King has greatly reduced the time of the coronation, recognizing that the world has changed in the last seventy years.”
The ceremonies are expected to be more religiously and culturally diverse, and one of the changes that will be witnessed this time around is that King Charles III will not have to change his costume more than once, as happened to his mother during coronation time. ceremonies in 1953, and the language would be changed to be intelligible to a more modern audience.
More than 20 million people around the world watched the Queen’s coronation.
But the written oath I signed on that important day is still rarely seen in public. This document was among the materials digitized by the National Archives in honor of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.
Some key rituals would be retained, including anointing the king with oil and swearing that he was “the protector of the faith, not the protector of the faith” as previously expected.
The golden chariot from 1762, which was economically restored for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee ceremony, will be part of the coronation procession.
Other lingering traditions are likely to be left out. In the last weeks of 1952, the Old Claims Court was set up in Westminster to assess which members of the nobility were eligible to fill certain roles.
There is also talk of canceling the ceremony to present the king with gold, which in 1952 was a pound gold bar that the Lord Grand Chamberlain presented to the queen before being placed on the altar.
The velvet chairs made especially for the 1953 coronation ceremonies are expected to be replaced by other alternative seats.
Diplomats and other male guests invited to the coronation in 1953 were ordered to “wear knee-length trousers, while women must wear head coverings, preferably tiaras. But the dress code for next year’s coronation will be less mandatory.”
Seventy years ago, Prince Philip played an important role in chairing the coronation committee of the Privy Council, which oversaw many of the ceremonial preparations for this big day, and Prince William is expected to play a prominent role in organizing next year’s ceremonies.