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a multimillion-dollar hat ceremony pretending the crown was always God's idea.
means The formal ceremony in which a sovereign is crowned and invested with the regalia of their office.
from From Latin 'corona,' a crown or wreath — the same word that gave us the sun's halo-like 'corona' and the beer of the same name. 'Corona' itself likely traces back to a Greek word for a curved or bent thing (think of the arc a wreath makes around a head). Latin built 'coronare,' to crown, and from there medieval Latin 'coronatio' marched into English through Old French as the act of placing the circle on the head — the metal made meaningful.
- oil recipe
- Anointing oil uses orange, jasmine, sesame, rose, cinnamon.
- old chair
- Coronation Chair has held monarchs since 1308.
- vegan upgrade
- Charles III dropped traditional civet and ambergris oils.
- crown weight
- St Edward's Crown weighs nearly five pounds.
- screened off
- The anointing happens hidden under a canopy, unfilmed.
coronation of elizabeth ii — queen elizabeth ii crowned at westminster abbey on june 2, 1953, watched by 20 million on television
coronation of charles iii — king charles iii crowned at westminster abbey on may 6, 2023, with 2,000 guests attending
coronation of napoleon — napoleon crowned himself emperor of france on december 2, 1804, at notre-dame cathedral in paris