Much of the Anglican service at London’s Westminster Abbey — which will also crown Charles’s second wife Camilla as queen — would be recognisable to the 74-year-old king’s forebears 1,000 years ago. Coronation organiser the Earl Marshal, Duke of Norfolk Edward Fitzalan-Howard, called the event “a proud moment” in British history. Further afield, Charles’s position looks increasingly tenuous as the hereditary monarch in 14 Commonwealth countries outside the UK. “Time to say goodbye!”Australia is mulling constitutional change to give Indigenous people, once oppressed by the British crown, a greater institutional “voice” in policymaking, which could presage future separation. Much of the final taxpayer-funded bill, widely estimated to be upwards of £100 million ($126 million), is likely to come from the huge security operation.

Source: Punch May 05, 2023 12:44 UTC