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Wealthier, more educated, more socially connected people have more opportunity to volunteer.
Westminster’s Cosmati pavement is the only medieval floor mosaic you can walk on in the UK.
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Up close, Westminster Abbey’s fabled floor boasts intricate patterning and psychedelic alternations of colours.
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The national broadcaster’s management has finally condemned the racist abuse directed at their high-profile presenter and apologised too him, but it has come far too late.
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An expert on protest law explains what the arrests of anti-monarchy activists tell us.
King Charles and Queen Camilla stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their coronation in London on May 6, 2023.
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Canadians should learn the lessons of the U.S. and the U.K. to avoid idealizing a republic with a powerful president and at the same time acknowledge that a constitutional monarchy is no alternative.
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Royal palaces are far from the UK’s most popular tourist spots.
Pretty Yende performs at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in 2019.
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Singing at King Charles III’s coronation tells a story of global histories coming full circle.
Defender of faith: King Charles III visits the newly built Sikh temple Guru Nanak Gurdwara in 2022.
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The coronation is a Church of England service, expanded for the contemporary age.
King George V and Queen Mary in Bombay before the Delhi durbar to mark the king’s coronation in 1911.
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The coronation will have echoes of empire, but represents an important stage in the modern monarchy’s move away from its shadow.
King Charles III during the State Opening of Parliament, May 2022.
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The coronation oath speaks to the entire nation, but also broadcasts a global message of what the United Kingdom stands for.
A yarn of pomp and pageantry.
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The pageantry of the coronation will be broadcast around the world. Here’s what to expect over the three days of celebrations.
Left: George, Prince Regent and Prince of Wales by Thomas Lawrence (1816). Right: Charles III photographed by Allan Warren (1972).
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The coronations of these kings symbolise more than mere spectacle: they are a declaration of the new monarch’s intent as they transform from heir to sovereign.
I solemnly swear…
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The oath of allegiance is meaningless on several counts.
King Charles is, arguably, related to all of us.
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How to prove you’re descended from royalty.
Seamstresses from the Royal School of Needlework, at Hampton Court Palace, work on the crimson velvet Robe of State that King Charles will wear on arrival at Westminster Abbey.
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From the coronation robes, made of gold to last centuries, to David Bowie’s jumpsuits created from the newest materials, dress archives have stories to tell.
The then Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall at the Big Jubilee Lunch, celebrating his mother’s 70 years on the throne.
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The packed schedule is a chance for the new king to remind the British public why the monarchy is valuable.
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While this will only be the second British coronation to be televised, popular culture has provided many opportunities to see fictional depictions.
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There will be not one, but seven crowns present at the king’s coronation ceremony.
Dutch delftware with a double portrait of William III and Mary II, ca. 1690.
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From lockets for Henry VIII’s wedding to tea cups for Charles III’s coronation, there is a long history of royal souvenirs.
Michelle O'Neill will attend the coronation.
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Sinn Féin refuses to sit in the Westminster parliament because that would mean recognising the British crown. Here’s why the coronation is a different matter.