Beneath the gilded continuity of the coronation celebrations, there were signs that both Britain and its royal family are preparing for a new era.
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At Charles’s Coronation, Everything Olde Was New Again
The king promised a thoroughly 21st-century ceremony, but when push came to shove, he took his place on a 13th-century throne.
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Charles Is Crowned King in Ancient Ceremony With Modern Twists
The coronation, the first since Queen Elizabeth II’s in 1953, was a royal spectacle of the kind that only Britain still stages.
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King Charles’s Coronation: A British TV Spectacle for the Digital Age
King Charles III’s coronation will be disseminated across numerous platforms to a less sympathetic public than when his mother was crowned in 1953.
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Many in U.K. Greet King Charles’s Coronation With a Shrug
Images of the new king may be blanketing Britain, but many in the country are more focused on navigating a cost-of-living crisis than celebrating a dysfunctional royal family.