According to BBC News:
It was a dazzling spectacle with solemn pledges and soaring music.
It brought together a cast of characters, the like of which had not been seen since the days of Britain’s imperial glory.
Yet for all its splendor and pageantry, the coronation of a British monarch is really a rather curious event.
Strictly speaking it has no legal or constitutional significance. A king or queen is a fully-empowered sovereign from the moment of his or her predecessor’s death….
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