 A scene from the coronation of George VI. Image by Henry Charles Brewer, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed Public domain |
Monarch Various ArtistsCoronation of the British monarch Coronation of the British monarch Formal investiture and crowning ceremony The coronation of the monarch of the United Kingdom is an initiation ceremony in which they are formally invested with regalia and crowned at Westminster Abbey. It corresponds to the coronations that formerly took place in other European monarchies, which have all abandoned coronations in favour of inauguration or enthronement ceremonies. A coronation is a symbolic formality and does not signify the official beginning of the monarch's reign; de jure and de facto his or her reign commences from the moment of the preceding monarch's death or abdication, maintaining legal continuity of the monarchy. George VI receiving the homage after being crowned in 1937; watercolour… (Source: Wikipedia)
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