LONDON—On May 6, Britain’s King Charles III was crowned inside Westminster Abbey, in front of more than 2,200 people from 203 countries. Although Charles technically became king on the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, last September, the coronation was the formal crowning of the monarch.
The service lasted just over two hours—about an hour shorter than Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953—and followed a traditional format that hasn’t changed much in the last thousand years.
Tourists and locals alike attended street parties, while hotels and restaurants in London and abroad hosted coronation-themed packages, menus, decor, and, of course, high tea. Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, and Take That headlined the Coronation Concert at Windsor Castle the following evening. Almost 4,000 public events and 665 private street parties were registered on the British government’s official coronation site.
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