Partick Harvie, co-leader of Scottish Greens, addresses protesters as Charles is presented with Scotland’s medieval crown jewels

A ceremony in Edinburgh marking King Charles III’s coronation has been marked by politically significant republican protests led by a Scottish government minister.

The king was presented with Scotland’s medieval crown jewels in a short ceremony at St Giles’ Cathedral, where his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, lay in rest with the same crown on her coffin last September.

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