“God Save The King!” », launched the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, imitated by some of the approximately 2,300 guests present at Westminster Abbey. Under the trumpets and cannon shots, King Charles III and Queen Camilla were crowned on Saturday, May 6, during a religious ceremony full of solemnity in London.
Back at Buckingham Palace, the royal family greeted the thousands of people who had gathered to catch a glimpse of the sovereign. The event, placed under very high security, took place without notable incident apart from the very noticed arrest of more than twenty demonstrators, including six anti-monarchists and several environmental activists who wanted to protest on the royal route.
Members of the Mounted Band of the Household Cavalry take part in the ‘King’s Procession’, a 2 kilometer journey between Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey, in London on May 6, 2023. MARCO BERTORELLO / AFPArmed police stand in the procession route. For the event, the police had mobilized more than 11,000 officers, in what is, to date, one of its largest security operations. RICHARD HEATHCOTE / AFPUS pop star Lionel Richie arrives at Westminster Abbey, May 6, 2023. A concert will take place in front of 20,000 people at Windsor Castle in west London on Sunday evening. Besides Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, tenor Andrea Bocelli or pianist Lang Lang will headline a bill marked by the absence of British stars. GARETH CATERMOLE / AFPEnglish actress Emma Thompson on her arrival at Westminster Abbey; in London, May 6, 2023. JANE BARLOW / AFPPrince Harry, Duke of Sussex, attends the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla, at Westminster Abbey, London, May 6, 2023. Harry was relegated to the third row and stripped of any official role , consequence of his departure to California in 2020, followed by violent criticism against the palace. TOBY MELVILLE/AFPPolice officers film members of the anti-monarchist group Republic during a protest in Trafalgar Square, London, May 6, 2023. SUSANNAH IRELAND/AFPA guard looks at his watch before the start of the king’s procession. OLI SCARFF / AFPKing Charles III and Camilla, Queen Consort, pictured in the golden carriage that took them to Westminster Abbey, May 6, 2023. TOBY MELVILLE/AFPA musician fell ill during the king’s procession. LOIC VENANCE / AFPCharlotte Mueller, Rene Gensen and Karina Achton from Denmark sit in Hyde Park, London on May 6, 2023. EMILIE MADI / REUTERSKing Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland wears St Edward’s Crown. ANDREW MATTHEWS/APBritain’s Prince William, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis, Kate, Princess of Wales and Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, in Westminster on May 6, 2023. YUI MOK / APA twenty-one-gun salute is fired after the coronation ceremony of the new King and Queen, King Charles III and Queen Camilla, at Cardiff Castle on May 6, 2023. GEOFF CADDICK / AFPCrowds wait to see King Charles III and Queen Camilla on their way back to Buckingham Palace after the coronation ceremony, May 6, 2023. VADIM GHIRDA / APPrince William and Kate, Princess of Wales leave Westminster Abbey after the ceremony. BRUCE ADAMS/AP ALESSANDRA TARANTINO/APQueen Camilla leaves Westminster Abbey. TOBY MELVILLE/AFPProtesters hold signs along the route of the coronation procession in London, May 6, 2023. Police arrested more than 20 protesters ahead of the ceremony, including six anti-monarchists and several environmental activists who wanted to protest on the royal route. SEBASTIEN BOZON / AP
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