King Charles III has been crowned in London’s Westminster Abbey in Britain’s biggest ceremonial event for seven decades.
In front of a congregation of about 100 world leaders and a television audience of millions, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby placed the 360-year-old St. Edward’s Crown on Charles’ head as he sat upon a 14th-century throne in Westminster Abbey.
King Charles III attends his coronation at Westminster Abbey in London, on May 6, 2023. (Richard Pohle – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Charles became the 40th reigning sovereign to be crowned at the abbey, the nation’s coronation church since 1066.
At the age of 74, he is the oldest monarch to ever take the British throne….