A blend of pageantry, procession, music and mystery, with many private moments to savour

A coronation is pure theatre. But how does one review it when there is so little to compare it with? I missed the 1953 coronation because my father, then an avowed republican, deliberately shunned it and took the family off to a rain-soaked county cricket match instead.

Coming fresh to the crowning of Charles III, I was struck by how immaculately rehearsed it was as a spectacle and how momentarily moving as a dramatic event.

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