It was decided to keep to the date planned for Edward's coronation to stress continuity and also keep costs under control." Royally quotable Diplomatically, in light of Brexit, this was viewed, I think, as an opportunity by the U.K. government to reset the relationship between the U.K. and France and the U.K. and Germany, who are in geopolitical terms the two main players in the EU," Craig Prescott, a constitutional law expert at Bangor University in Wales, said in an interview. What has emerged so far seems to reflect how something like a modern coronation “is a tremendously complex and delicate event to plan and navigate,” said Justin Vovk, a royal commentator and a PhD candidate at McMaster University in Hamilton who specializes in the history of the monarchy, in an interview. Vovk said "it's a bit sad" Canada and other countries won't be specifically mentioned, "because it felt like an opportunity for the Commonwealth realms to receive a bit of recognition, a reminder that the monarchy isn't British alone."

Gov. Gen. David Johnston, left, and Prime Minister Stephen Harper unveil the design for the Diamond Jubilee medal presented to mark Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne in 2012.(Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press) Royal Fascinator Some provinces to offer medals to mark Queen's Platinum Jubilee after Ottawa opts outA nighttime rehearsal for the coronation of King Charles processes down The Mall in London on April 18.(Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) These traditional words evoke much raising of eyebrows now, even in the U.K., and from the former Prince of Wales himself," he said. Charles I’s consort, Henrietta Maria, for instance, who was just 15 when they were married and was a devout Catholic, refused to be crowned in a Protestant ceremony,” said Harris. The last time a Queen Consort was crowned, at the coronation of King George VI in 1937, it was Queen Elizabeth (later known as Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother). Their daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, also attended the service in Westminster Abbey.

Charles watches as Camilla signs the guest book during their visit to the Chancellery on March 30 in Berlin.(Clemens Bilan/Getty Images) America’s love affair with the British Royal Family continues with King Charles’s coronation Saturday, May 6, at 11 a.m. in Europe; the procession begins an hour-plus earlier. In the United States, live coverage begins airing at 5 a.m. EST and 3 a.m. PDT. If you’re a late sleeper, set your DVR!Coverage of the coronation will air on CBC-TV, CBC News Network, CBC Gem and CBC News Explore on May 6 starting at 4 a.m. ET. There will be repeated coverage later in the day on News Network for those who aren't early risers. Royal Fascinator Dodging potential controversy, Camilla will wear a recycled crown — without the Koh-i-Noor diamond The early Anglo-Saxon kings hadn't really emphasized their consorts,” said Harris. “It was quite a shift from 973 that the consort was part of the coronation ritual.”

Just here in Nova Scotia, the office of Lt. Gov. Arthur LeBlanc has announced a variety of events over May and into June,” said Johnson, noting, for example, an exhibit on King Charles, his life and interests that will be on display at LeBlanc’s official residence. During the period of mourning, there was potential for confusion if the [title] Queen was used to refer to both the late Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Camilla," Harris said. A rare surviving early version of the 1937 coronation gown of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, is shown on display at Kensington Palace in London on June 2, 2021.(Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images) Hello, royal watchers and all those intrigued by what’s going on inside the House of Windsor. This is your biweekly dose of royal news and analysis.While some details about the procession and the extent of the military contingents — more than 6,000 personnel in all — have emerged, “we certainly don't know anything about how they're going to accommodate other faiths at the coronation,” said Morris. But the people involved are very, very different. I think that's how they've squared it, in that the people who will be involved will be much more diverse." While not, as Doyle says, "major royalists," they share an interest in the monarchy and follow it closely. In Canada, with our multicultural ethos, and within our much more fluid approach to religiosity/multi-faith reality/agnosticism, it is in keeping with modern-day Canada that the Canadian government does not see the King as playing the role of ‘Defender of the Faith.’” Wearing a full cream-colored ensemble, Princess Charlene of Monaco wore this simple fascinator with a knot detail.

Vovk said he thinks all this “is sending this message that in some ways there there will be modernization, but the ceremonies that have provided structure and legitimacy to this important moment in the life cycle of monarchy … are still going to be employed, and that it really sends the message that these are elements that they see as being critical to that continuity, that they do need to keep things familiar.” By settled law and tradition, the wife of a King is automatically titled Queen, as was the case with Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth [the wife of George VI], following the style and precedence of their husbands," said Bedell Smith, whose book, George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy, was published this week.As Princess Anne sees it, there should be no surprises as her brother, King Charles, prepares to formalize his position as monarch. Doyle, a partner in a public relations agency in Montreal, and Hale, who works for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Ottawa, have been fast friends since meeting in their first year of university about 30 years ago.