His Day - The Coronation

 This is a special edition for a number of reasons, one being the subject, the Coronation on Saturday of our King and also because it is the 1,100th post on this blog which is quite something.

It was very much His day as his destiny, to be King was set at birth and like his mother to have a centuries old coronation service but one where leaders of other faiths, a cross section of people by ethnic and other diversity that reflect modern Britain were in attendance, taking part.

These things usually take some planning such as the route to be taken, the nature of the procession and facilities for people who  have come to see it.

The Stage Coach wasn't used this time but a more modern much more comfortable one 

Westminster Abbey was the ultimate destination for the service and ceremony and here page boys assist keeping the train of his robe straight.

After the service with the annotating and crowning of Charles our King but the crowning of Camilla our Queen,  they made there way back to Buckingham Palace where they went on to the balcony to wave to the public

Serving royals and children also joined as here they are looking at the fly past.

Sadly because of the rainfall the full flypast wasn't possible but a foreshortened one featuring the Red Arrows was possible as shown here.

Sunday saw the Coronation Concert from Windsor Castle and here Lionel Richie plays the piano performing Easy, recorded while with The Commodores and All Night Long.

Manchester's Take That did party with their first performance since 2019 performing Shine and Never Forget.

Katy Perry amazed audiences and what a dress!