All The Moments From King Charles III’s Coronation That Deserve The Side-Eye [Images+Videos]
Since Charles reportedly wanted to make his coronation a more modern one than his country had seen in reigns past, the ‘Homage of the People’ was opened to the general public, who was generously “offered the opportunity” to swear they would “pay true allegiance to Your Majesty, and to your heirs and successors according to law,” so help them, God.
This allowance was meant to be democratic and inclusive, but most Brits did not appreciate the allowance: “Incredibly distasteful and out of touch,” one reader remarked to the paper. “A relic of a violent colonial past,” added another. Having digested the feedback, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby reportedly tweaked the wording of the homage to make it less feudal.
While most eyes were on King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla as they were crowned in Westminster Abbey during the two-hour historical service, a lot more were cast towards Prince Harry, despite him being comfortably placed behind an extravagant feather hat:
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