Britain’s 40th Monarch coronation over 2,200 Very Important Personalities, VIPs, Royal family members, Reps of 203 countries, 100 heads of state witnessed Coronation of King Charles Iii Saturday May 6, 2023.
In the country’s first coronation service in nearly 70 years, Britain’s King Charles III after his crowning the wife Queen Camille was also crowned at Westminster Abbey, the site of nearly a thousand years (millennium) of coronations in Britain since 1066.
During the coronation service, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the senior bishop of the Church of England, Charles was crowned with the historical St. Edward’s Crown, making him the 40th British monarch to take the traditional Oath of Faithful Service.
Queen Camilla wore a modified version of the Crown of Queen Mary.
Charles ascended the throne last September following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, his long-reigning mother, the only monarch most Britons alive had ever known.
At the ceremony, Charles was presented with the Orb and the Sovereign’s Scepter representing his religious and moral authority.
Charles also swore oaths on a special Bible to govern the people with justice and mercy and uphold the churches established by law.
A fanfare was sounded, the abbey bells rang, and a gun salute was fired by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery stationed at Horse Guards Parade.
The outgoing President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mohammedu Buhari were among world leaders as well as other millions of people taking to the streets to witness the entertaining and historic event.
