Extra Chapter: Charles III Coronation, Has the United Kingdom Finally Entered the 21st Century?

It has been 70 years since he was crowned head of England. There were many similarities and many differences between the ceremony held by Isabel II in 1953 and the one that canonized her son and successor Carlos III this Saturday. Tradition and continuity are key aspects of the Crown, but the world is leaps and bounds ahead, and we need to keep up with the citizens of the United Kingdom and the other 14 countries ruled by the British monarch.

We talk about that in this additional chapter Francisca Ferreira MarquezAn Expresso reporter in London was unfazed by the bad weather – which forced a planned airshow to be cut short – and was talking to many who wanted to be a part of the day in the parks and streets of the British capital. .

From the discreet presence of the monarch’s most controversial family members to a ritual inherited from the Middle Ages; From the harsh suppression of republican protests to the popular celebrations that extended the royal event, here is a half-hour conversation led by the editor of the International Section, Pedro Cordeiroand through technical editing Joa Luis Amorim.