Charles crowned King: The coronation highlights

The King has been crowned the nation’s monarch and prayed to be a “blessing” to people of “every faith and conviction”.

Charles became the 40th reigning sovereign to be crowned at Westminster Abbey, the nation’s coronation church since 1066, as Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed St Edward’s Crown on his head.

The historic moment, watched around the globe, was a fulfilment of the King’s destiny, but followed the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, last September after a 70-year reign.

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[specterman]

Now just imagine if that was Barbra Streisand being Crowned 👑 Queen!

[Isisbridge]

I was hoping old Welby was going to drop it.

[guff]

If he was crowned "king", what was he before that?

[BharathCalgary]

Diana would have made a better queen than a witch!!