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King Charleshad the support of fellow royal family members during hiscoronationSaturday — and many of them later stood alongside him on the Buckingham Palace balcony!
The monarch’s wife,Queen Camilla, was wearing the St. Mary’s Crown as she joined him for the balcony appearance.
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Prince WilliamandKate Middletonwere also present for the occasion wearing formal robes and mantels at the King and Queen’s request. The Prince, 40, and Princess, 41, of Wales’s childrenPrince George, 9,Princess Charlotte, 8, andPrince Louis, 5, were there as well. (George was one of the King’s Pages of Honor.)
Additional appearances on the Buckingham Palace balcony included the King’s Pages of Honor Lord Oliver Cholmondley, Master Nicholas Barclay and Master Ralph Tollemache Louis. The Queen’s Pages of Honor — which included Master Gus Lopes, Master Louis Lopes, Master Freddy Parker Bowles and Master Arthur Elliot — were there as well.
Prince Edward,Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh,Princess Anne, Lady in Attendance Annabel Eliot, Marchioness of Lansdowne, Princess Alexandra of Kent, the Duke of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Gloucester were also present.
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NeitherPrince Harry, the King’s second son, nor his younger brotherPrince Andrewappeared on the balcony on Saturday. Though Harry, 38, and Andrew, 63, werepresent forthe congregation portionof Saturday’s event, they weren’t permitted to attendthe processionor balcony events since they’re no longer active members of the British royal family.
King Charles’s accession to the throne follows the September 2022 death of his motherQueen Elizabeth II. Hours after her passing, the new monarch saidin a statement: “The death of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty the Queen, is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family.”
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King Charles — whose mother suddenly became the monarch at 25 after the death of her fatherKing George VI— has spent his entire life preparing to become King.
“I’ve had this extraordinary feeling, for years and years, ever since I can remember really, of wanting to heal and make things better,” King Charles said in his 2013TIMEprofile. “I feel more than anything else it’s my duty to worry about everybody and their lives in this country, to try to find a way of improving things if I possibly can.”
source: people.com
