![]() ![]() The ceremony triggered three days of celebrations across the UK. Global leaders, including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and foreign royalty including the Tasmanian-born Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, attended Westminster Abbey on Saturday, the scene of royal coronations since William the Conqueror was crowned in 1066. His coronation marks a pivotal moment in the history of the royal family – seven months after the death of his mother, the late Elizabeth II – as the monarchy balances ancient tradition and 21st-century values, while facing growing republican sentiments in Australia and other realms and increased calls to address historic ties to slavery, decolonisation and oppression of indigenous peoples across the former empire. The oldest individual to ever become sovereign was crowned alongside his wife, Camilla, the woman many believed would never become Queen, in an ancient religious ceremony that drew on a millennium of British history. ![]() ![]() ![]() London: King Charles III has fulfilled his destiny more than 70 years after he was born, becoming the 40th reigning monarch to be crowned at Westminster Abbey. ![]()
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