The Coronation Part 3

TLLK · May 02, 2023, 11:11:21 PM

Welcome to Part 3 of the Coronation thread. The previous thread can be found linked below. :coach: :crown: :happyuk:

The Coronation Part 2

Curryong · May 03, 2023, 11:30:27 AM

https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/australias-official-coronation-gift-to-king-charles-revealed/news-story/0ea2596bc5edcb53e159d67528a6b8f3

The Australian government has revealed its official gift in honour of the King?s coronation ? a donation to help save the endangered western ground parrot (WGP).
Also known as the ?Kyloring? by the Noongar people, there are thought to be less than 150 WGPs left - making it one of the world?s rarest bird species.

Much of the western ground parrot?s habitat was destroyed in 2015 bushfires. Picture: Instagram

A national contribution of $10,000 will be made on behalf of the Australian people to Friends of the Western Ground Parrot (FWGP), a charity fighting to save the parrot.

Releasing a statement on Wednesday, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet said the gesture joined the ?emerging tradition? of marking royal occasions by contributing to conservation efforts.

wannable · May 03, 2023, 11:45:58 AM

^i love that. It is in tune with Charles environment related interest.

The King, Queen Consort, Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, and the Princess Royal have all been at Westminster Abbey for a #Coronation rehearsal this morning.
Lizzie Robinson
ITV

TLLK · May 03, 2023, 12:17:21 PM

Quote from: Curryong on May 03, 2023, 11:30:27 AM
https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/australias-official-coronation-gift-to-king-charles-revealed/news-story/0ea2596bc5edcb53e159d67528a6b8f3

The Australian government has revealed its official gift in honour of the King?s coronation ? a donation to help save the endangered western ground parrot (WGP).
Also known as the ?Kyloring? by the Noongar people, there are thought to be less than 150 WGPs left - making it one of the world?s rarest bird species.

Much of the western ground parrot?s habitat was destroyed in 2015 bushfires. Picture: Instagram

A national contribution of $10,000 will be made on behalf of the Australian people to Friends of the Western Ground Parrot (FWGP), a charity fighting to save the parrot.

Releasing a statement on Wednesday, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet said the gesture joined the ?emerging tradition? of marking royal occasions by contributing to conservation efforts.

I'm so pleased that the tradition of the Commonwealth nations gifting donations to their domestic charities in honor of the occasion is continuing. I believe this practice started fairly recently with royal weddings and jubilees.

TLLK · May 03, 2023, 12:18:01 PM

More on the rehearsals taking place today at Westminster Abbey as @wannable shared in a previous post.

Here's the arrival video of TM the King and the Queen Consort along with the members of the Wales family.
King arrives at Westminster Abbey for Coronation rehearsals - YouTube

The Armed Forces practiced last night with their parade rehearsal along with the staff from the Royal Mews.
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-65467802

QuoteDressed in military attire, military personnel practised their positions in rows on horseback and on foot in preparation for Saturday's event, accompanying the Gold State Coach on its journey from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey.

King Charles arrives for Coronation rehearsals at Westminster Abbey | Daily Mail Online

TLLK · May 03, 2023, 02:43:30 PM

In an about face, the peers who own Coronation robes have now been told that they can choose to wear them to the service. Peers to wear Coronation robes in last minute Palace U-turn

QuotePeers to wear coronation robes in last minute Palace U-turn

Members of House of Lords expressed horror at prospect of attending Westminster Abbey in nothing more distinguished than a business suit

However, hereditary peers and sitting members of the House of Lords who received an invitation to the Coronation are understood to have been informed in the last 48 hours that they can now wear coronation robes should they wish.

A royal source confirmed there had been a change of heart. One of the original concerns was that not everyone would have coronation robes, they said.

However, it became apparent that ?some were reasonably keen? and so it was decided that if they wanted to, they could. Coronets will not be worn.

One source claimed the King had ?over-ruled? the Earl Marshal on the decision, perhaps after being lobbied by unhappy acquaintances. However, Buckingham Palace declined to comment.

The decision follows criticism that the Coronation will be a ?cut price?, scaled back affair with too much focus on the cost of living crisis.

HistoryGirl2 · May 03, 2023, 02:49:16 PM

^Nothing to get too worked up over, personally, but I guess it?s a coronation, so might as well wear the coronation robes lol

TLLK · May 03, 2023, 03:02:16 PM

^^If they've been hanging in the closet of some ancestral home for seventy years, I hope they're at being aired out before Saturday!!! :P

Dame Mary Berry hosts a Coronation Big Lunch cooking show.

The One Show launches The Coronation Dish with Dame Mary Berry - Media Centre

QuoteAnnounced during the programme on Monday 17 April, Alex Jones and Roman Kemp explained how The One Show is joining forces with the Queen of Cooking, Dame Mary Berry and the Coronation Big Lunch to vote for a Coronation dish that is perfect for celebrations up and down the country.

Five winners from BBC?s MasterChef: The Professionals and Great British Menu have been invited to create one outstanding savoury dish in Their Majesties? honour.

Dame Mary Berry says: ?I?m so excited about this. It?s our search for a Coronation Dish but it will be The One Show viewers who get to choose the ultimate winner. We want a dish that is perfect to share. Whether it?s for your neighbours, community or simply friends and family.?

wannable · May 03, 2023, 04:22:30 PM

Coronation volunteers full gift award box display by the source herself. The British royals close attention to detail, makes these little things look special.

wannable · May 03, 2023, 04:24:58 PM

And then the other little detail....

Royal Voluntary Service
@RoyalVolService

We hope that all our #CoronationChampions attending the Kings Garden Party today at Buckingham Palace have a wonderful time!🌺

Make sure you take part in our #CoronationChampionsChallenge and share these 3 photos with us! https://royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk/media/iscfjmv1/photo_challenge.jpg

We can't wait to see your pics!

^ A quote tweet for the above lady.

TLLK · May 03, 2023, 05:56:57 PM

Now some talented people have been busy crafting post box toppers in time for the coronation.

Pictured: Incredible postbox toppers to celebrate the King's Coronation - Birmingham Live

LouisFerdinand · May 03, 2023, 09:10:02 PM

King Charles III Coronation Souvenirs at Fortnum & Mason
There is Coronation Bone China Teaware.
There is a selection of honeys.
There are preserves.
King Charles III Coronation Souvenirs at Fortnum & Mason! #KINGCHARLESIII #CORONATION - YouTube

sara8150 · May 03, 2023, 11:57:06 PM

sara8150 · May 04, 2023, 12:30:23 AM

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65466825

Police accused over use of facial recognition at King Charles?s coronation | King Charles coronation | The Guardian

King Charles to be ?crowned? in special service two days ahead of official Coronation | Royal | News | Express.co.uk

Royals attend last-minute Coronation rehearsals at Westminster Abbey | Royal | News | Express.co.uk

Prince Harry heartbreak as Coronation will 'double down' on his pain of being the spare | Royal | News | Express.co.uk

Princess Anne makes first appearance since damning comments on King Charles's future plans | Royal | News | Express.co.uk

Final Coronation preparations underway as ceremony rehearsals held at midnight in London | Royal | News | Express.co.uk

Protesters warned not to ruin Coronation celebrations | Royal | News | Express.co.uk

King Charles to be ?crowned? in special service two days ahead of official Coronation | Royal | News | Express.co.uk

Lionel Richie 'breaks royal protocol' while meeting Queen Camilla | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV | Express.co.uk

Four controversial guests tipped to join King Charles's Coronation | Royal | News | Express.co.uk

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-05-03/met-considering-using-facial-recognition-technology-for-kings-coronation

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-05-02/tradition-meets-modern-britain-two-coronations-70-years-apart

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-05-03/arsenal-means-more-than-the-royals-jamaica-gives-its-view-on-the-coronation

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-05-03/george-charlotte-and-louis-join-the-king-for-coronation-rehearsal

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-05-03/early-morning-coronation-rehearsal-featuring-state-coaches-staged-in-london

Princess Anne's stomach-churning diet - as Charles gives her huge Coronation role - Mirror Online

King Charles laughs and smiles at garden party as he mingles with 8,000-strong crowd - Mirror Online

Big Ben lights up in late-night Coronation rehearsal in poignant tribute to King Charles - Mirror Online

King Charles to be crowned two days early in poignant service before official Coronation - Mirror Online

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/king-charles-military-fitness-routine-29658011

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/breaking-kate-middleton-arrives-coronation-29878602

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/camillas-grandson-pictured-sling-must-29886280

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/lionel-richie-makes-huge-blunder-29884003

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/inside-king-charles-bond-kate-29881234

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/coronation-commanders-greatest-concern-saturday-29880473

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22241801/navy-warship-shield-london-drone-coronation/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/22242165/kissed-prince-charles-readers-met-king/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22240360/king-charles-beams-garden-party/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/22243255/king-charles-major-change-official-prayers/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22232655/kate-william-coronation-rehearsals-charles-palace-arrest/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22215720/royal-watermen-kings-bargemaster-who/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22241961/troops-midnight-rehearsal-charles-coronation/

sara8150 · May 04, 2023, 12:49:56 AM

The King hosts the first Garden Party of his reign at Buckingham Palace ? Royal Central

King Charles and Queen Camilla at Parliament reception for The Coronation ? Royal Central

Full Coronation procession rehearsal goes ahead just hours after security alert ? Royal Central

Who you can expect to see at King Charles?s Coronation ? Royal Central

Nightowl · May 04, 2023, 03:45:55 AM

Quote from: TLLK on May 03, 2023, 03:02:16 PM
^^If they've been hanging in the closet of some ancestral home for seventy years, I hope they're at being aired out before Saturday!!! :P

Dame Mary Berry hosts a Coronation Big Lunch cooking show.

The One Show launches The Coronation Dish with Dame Mary Berry - Media Centre

Thank you so much TLLK for sharing that about Dame Mary Berry for I just love her shows and the way she cooks......I watch all her shows and even the reruns and have made 2 of her recipes. So will be glued to her show for sure as I am going to be up all night watching the Coronation.

Curryong · May 04, 2023, 05:25:52 AM

The Coronation cooking contest with Dame Mary Berry was launched in April I think, to find a suitable dish for Coronation street parties. The chicken pie won. You would think that viewers would have chosen something without pastry, considering the official Coronation quiche is also a pastry filler. However I don?t think the quiche had been announced at the time this cookery contest was launched.

For something completely different. as BP has been in the spotlight in the last 24 hours, below is some good info about Buckingham Palace. Also, the first time there was an appearance on the Palace balcony was in 1850 when Queen Victoria stepped onto it. The Great (International) Exhibition (with which Prince Albert had been involved from the beginning) had proved a great runaway success.

https://www.royal.uk/royal-residences-buckingham-palace

TLLK · May 04, 2023, 12:12:40 PM

@Curryong-It's hard for me to imagine Buckingham Palace in its original form without its famous balcony considering how many photographs have been taken there for over a century. But at one point in time, it was a smaller and less grand palace than the one that we know today.

TLLK · May 04, 2023, 12:15:51 PM

Queen Camilla's grandson breaks his arm and will have to carry out Coronation duties in a sling | Daily Mail Online

QuoteTheir path to the throne can scarcely be described as conventional ? and has certainly been far from untroubled. So I trust that King Charles and Queen Camilla won?t discern an ill omen in the accident that has befallen one of Camilla?s Pages of Honour ? an accident which, I can reveal, will force him to carry out his duties one-handed at the Coronation on Saturday.

The lad in question is Gus Lopes, 13-year-old son of Camilla?s daughter, Laura, and her husband, Harry Lopes. Abetted by his twin brother, Louis, and their cousin, Freddy Parker Bowles, 13, Gus will be responsible for holding aloft his grandmother?s Coronation robes ? likely to weigh as much as 15lbs, as Queen Elizabeth?s did in 1953 ? as she progresses down the aisle at Westminster Abbey.

Gus will have to manage this without the use of his right arm, which will be in a sling ? just as it was earlier this week when he and Louis were at Buckingham Palace for rehearsals.

?Gus broke his arm in a bike accident while on holiday,? a family friend tells me. ?The cast has been removed, but he must have it in a sling on the big day.?

Curryong · May 04, 2023, 12:33:03 PM

Quote from: TLLK on May 04, 2023, 12:12:40 PM
@Curryong-It's hard for me to imagine Buckingham Palace in its original form without its famous balcony considering how many photographs have been taken there for over a century. But at one point in time, it was a smaller and less grand palace than the one that we know today.

Yes, Buckingham House was of course a comfortable family home for Queen Charlotte, wife to George III. She was possibly the last royal to actually love the place. George IV had other ideas and in his usual grandiose way wanted a huge palace built at a cost of many thousands, but didn?t really live there during his reign. Typical!

Queen Victoria had BP extended yet again and below is an illustration of herself and presumably family greeting soldiers returning from the Crimean War in the 1850s.

Who built Buckingham Palace?

wannable · May 04, 2023, 06:12:45 PM

The Royal Family
@royalfamily

Meet the horses!

🐴 Icon
🐴 Shadow
🐴 Milford Haven
🐴 Newark
🐴 Echo
🐴 Knightsbridge
🐴 Meg
🐴 Tyrone

These eight 'Windsor Greys' will be centre-stage on Saturday as they pull the Gold State Coach in the #Coronation procession: https://royal.uk/news-and-activ

wannable · May 04, 2023, 06:16:27 PM

Lord Mayor, City of London
@citylordmayor

As we prepare for the #Coronation I look forward to wearing this splendid red velvet robe which was worn by my predecessor to Queen Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953. Kindly lent by the Skinners' Company.

TLLK · May 04, 2023, 08:19:29 PM

The Windsor Greys that will be pulling the carriages are gorgeous.

A warrant has been issued to formally acknowledge that Camilla will be known as "Queen Camilla" after the Coronation.

A Royal Warrant is issued to drop ?Consort? from Queen Camilla?s title ? Royal Central

QuoteIt appeared in a most unexpected place but there is now further confirmation that, after the Coronation, the word ?consort? will disappear from Queen Camilla?s title.

Since the accession of King Charles, on September 8th 2022, Her Majesty has been referred to as ?the Queen Consort? in official announcements. With just days to go until the Coronation, official guidance for prayers for the Royal Family shows this will soon be a thing of the past.

Lambeth Palace published a notice that, on May 3rd 2023, King Charles issued a Royal Warrant stating that from Coronation Day itself, Her Majesty should be named as Queen Camilla in prayers said for or referring to the Royal Family. For the last eight months, all references have been to ?Camilla, the Queen Consort?.

The Warrant states that ?with effect from 6 May 2023, in every prayer for the Royal Family contained in any form of service authorised for use in the Church of England, instead of the words ?Camilla, the Queen Consort?, the words ?Queen Camilla? should be inserted.

wannable · May 04, 2023, 08:31:10 PM

I think it has been better worded by royal watcher Royal Circular.

Royal Circular
@Royal_Circular

NEW: The King has directed by Royal Warrant that prayers for or referring to members of The Royal Family be altered.

From 6th May, every prayer for The Royal Family will replace the words 'Camilla the Queen Consort' with the words 'Queen Camilla.'

LouisFerdinand · May 04, 2023, 09:58:09 PM

People are camping out ahead of the Coronation
Royal Fans Camp Out Before King Charles? Coronation - YouTube
Hardcore royal fans are camping out ahead of coronation of King Charles III - YouTube