At the age of four, Prince Charles became the first child in British history to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation ceremony on June 2, 1953.
King Charles III became the 40th monarch crowned at Westminster Abbey. For the first time since 1937, King Charles III’s coronation includes the crowing of a Queen Consort. Queen Elizabeth, Queen George VI’s wife, was the last Queen Consort to be crowned. William the Conqueror was the first ruler to be crowned at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066. King Charles III took the throne on the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning British monarch, on September 8, 2022.
At the age of four, Prince Charles got a hand-painted children’s invitation to his mother’s Coronation.
Prince Charles Philip Arthur George was born on November 14, 1948, at 9.14 p.m., at Buckingham Palace, weighing 7lbs 6oz.
At the age of three, the young Prince became heir apparent and went on to become the longest-serving Prince of Wales.
The King was the first heir to the throne to graduate from university. In his first year at Cambridge, the King studied archaeology and anthropology before transferring to history for the rest of his degree. His Majesty also studied Welsh at the University College of Wales in Aberystwyth from April to June 1969.
First Coronation In 70 Years
Since King George III, every coronation of a British king has occurred between May and September. Although not the first, the crowning of Anglo-Saxon King Edgar in Bath in 953 CE is the earliest detailed English coronation. Mary, Queen of Scots was the youngest queen in history, becoming Queen at the age of six days in 1542.
The modern coronation dates back to 1902, when King Edward VII was crowned. This includes a state parade from Buckingham Palace to the Abbey. Another procession inside, the Recognition, Anointing, Coronation Oath, Homage, and lastly a march from the Abbey back to Buckingham Palace.
For hundreds of years, the monarch spent two nights before the coronation at the Tower of London. The monarch then proceeded through London to Westminster the day before the coronation. This was last seen with Charles II in 1661.
