In the United Kingdom, the Coronation day (Coronation Day) is a holiday that is not unemployed (it was only in 2023). On that day the Union flag must float on all government buildings. Local organizations are encouraged to follow this example. This day commemorates each year, the coronation of King Charles III, mounted on the throne on September 8, 2022, on the death of her mother, Queen Elisabeth. After a period of mourning, the new king received the Crown of Saint Edouard until May 6, 2023 in the Westminster Abbey. Charles took the oath, was anointed with holy oil and received the insignia of the coronation. After the ceremony, he was inducted and received the oaths of allegiance from the people. Queen Consort Camilla was anoint, crowned and inducted during a similar ceremony, but shorter and simpler.
Charles wanted a ceremony less sumptuous than that of June 2, 1953 which had crowned Elisabeth, but the coronation of Charles still brought together around 2,200 guests from more than 200 countries; Regarding a state -funded state event, it was the British government that has established the guest list.
Do not confuse the day of the coronation with the day of accession (at the throne), celebrated on September 8. The two are days of flotation of the flag throughout the kingdom.
The coronation of a much less popular monarch than his mother reinforced the ranks of the republican movement which campaigned for adoption of a republican constitution after the death of Queen Elisabeth. He did not succeed but did not give up, on the contrary.
On May 6, 2023, at Trafalgar Square stood a large bronze statue of King Charles I, the 17th century monarch dismissed by Parliament and executed in 1649, some 1,500 demonstrators, dressed in yellow to be as visible as possible, were gathered next to the statue to chant “Not my king“During the passage of the royal procession.
According to polls, the youngest generations are much less attached to the monarchy than are the older British. The question also arises in the 14 other Commonwealth member countries to which Charles III reigns. Barbados became a republic in 2021 and Jamaica plans to do the same, New Zealand talks about it…
An article from theAlmanach international editions BibliomondMay 6, 2025
