Just In: King Charles III, Queen Camilla Crowned @ Westminster Abbey1 min read
Charles III was crowned king on Saturday at Westminster Abbey in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years.
Charles succeeded his mother Queen Elizabeth when she died last September and at 74, he has become the oldest British monarch to have the 360-year-old St Edward’s Crown placed on his head at London’s Westminster Abbey.
Watched by about 100 heads of state and dignitaries including President Akufo-Addo and Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Charles follows 40 predecessors in being crowned at the abbey – which has staged all the coronations since William the Conqueror back in 1066.
His second wife Camilla, 75, was also crowned queen during the two-hour ceremony which, while rooted in history, will attempt to present a forward-looking monarchy and nation.
