Behind all the pomp and circumstance surrounding King Charles III’s coronation, the first in decades following the death of his mother, the long-lived Elizabeth II, a BBC documentary discovered small pearls: jokes, forgetfulness… Ducks “real” during rehearsals.
For example, King Charles III he joked about having “sausage fingers” with his son, Prince William, during the coronation rehearsal, as captured in the documentary.
The affectionate TV portrayal of the King reveals a playful and warm relationship with his son, the network wrote Friday.
The BBC documentary follow the preparations for the elaborate ceremony of May.
Official photo of Carlos III, the day of his coronation. Photo: ReutersIt also shows the Archbishop of Canterbury forget his lines during a rehearsal.
“I have a memory probably as good as our spaniel’s; in other words, zero,” says Archbishop Justin Welby, of not knowing the words during one of the ceremony’s many practices.
When the Archbishop freezes in the middle of prayer while blessing the King on the Coronation Chair, another priest jokes and I say, “You should have said that before.”
Carlos and Camilla, kings. Photo: Reuters The King, dressed in the golden Coronation robes over jacket and tie, He also starts laughing.
The 90 minute documentary, Charles III: The year of the coronation, which will be broadcast on BBC One on Boxing Day, shows King Charles as a kind figureimmersed in the complex preparations for his coronation.
The ceremony
The ceremony was as medieval as it was spectacular. And its modernization has become a controversy. Charles III, the first king in 300 years to wait 74 years to ascend the throne, He was crowned in Westminster Abbey together with his wife Camilla, former lover, wife, then queen consort and by decision of the sovereign, the new British queen.
The ceremony was as medieval as it was spectacular. Photo: ReutersTHE the most luxurious crown jewels and the centuries-old ceremonial robes of the Coronation, with the Anglican church displaying its ancestral rites.
It was a modern ceremony. The Parker Bowles, ex-husband and children of the new Queen Camilla, arrived by coach and took their seats in the front row. The queen’s grandchildren attended her coronation, wore her long queen’s train and were received with ease. A royal family reunited but not reconciled.
sausage fingers
For the tests, a replica of part of Westminster Abbey was built inside Buckingham Palace, so that participants could continue to practice.
At one of the final rehearsals, in the abbey itself, cameras captured Prince William tenderly supporting his father.
When the prince struggles to tie one of the ceremonial robes, the king tells him not to worry He doesn’t have “sausage fingers” like hers.
Source: Clarin
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