At the imposing Westminster Abbey in central London, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the Church of England, placed on the head of the 74-year-old monarch the crown of Saint Edward, which had not been worn since his coronation in 1953 , from his mother, who passed away in September last year.
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The crowd gathered on the streets of London, despite the rain, applauded and celebrated the moment.
Queen Camilla was crowned immediately afterwards.
Sitting in the first row of the abbey, the heirs of the crown, William and Kate, aged 40 and 41, followed the religious ceremony, punctuated by choral singing, sermons and Gospel readings, conceived according to a ritual of great pomp that practically It hasn't changed in the last thousand years.
Almost 2.300 guests were at the temple, including the First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as well as hundreds of representatives of British civil society.
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Prince Harry, Charles' youngest son, who has a tense relationship with the royal family, sat discreetly next to his cousins in the third row, without his wife Meghan Markle, who stayed in California with the couple's two children.
“God save King Charles!” declared those present to mark the beginning of the ceremony, after Charles III, 74, and Camilla, 75, entered the abbey in ceremonial cloaks, following a brief carriage procession that began at Buckingham Palace.
With his hand on the Bible, the king took the oath. Then, in what is considered the most sacred part of the ceremony, Archbishop Welby anointed the hands, chest and head of the monarch, who was hidden from public view by a screen.
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Replacing the traditional tribute of aristocrats, the religious invited everyone, wherever they were watching or listening to the coronation, to swear loyalty to the new king, a historical novelty that intended to democratize the ceremony, but which provoked strong criticism from the movement against the coronation. monarchy.
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