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In the intolerant time we live in, full of censorship of what we have been and conditioning of what we can aspire to, where pride is celebrated and tradition is forbidden, it is an extraordinary breath of fresh air that will be repeated in Westminster Abbey on the 6th of May, an ancient, beautiful rite In the smallest detail, an exaltation of continuity and history
In the supreme moment of the ceremony, the Archbishop of Canterbury will solemnly place St. Edward’s Crown on Charles III’s forehead. Amidst the festivities and cheers for the King, Charles of England, alone among the remaining monarchs of the West, would become the person who would satisfy the popular imagination by wearing a crown, the symbol par excellence of royal power, worn by almost all kings and queens throughout the centuries, if not in everyday life, at least in most Serious moments.
The nineteenth century saw the last coronation of several ancient kingdoms. The memory of the French Revolution and the mortal weight of the guillotine over the Bourbons would push monarchical Europe toward a less affluent existence more attuned to the fact that kings no longer rule by the will of God, but only as long as the people allow it. It didn’t help that the heir to the revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte, himself ascended to the throne and had himself crowned in one of the most magnificent ceremonies in recorded history – dragging the Pope to Paris – before sending him into a miserable exile. in Saint Helena.
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