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Queen or queen consort? What to know about Camilla’s title
By Sylvia Hui, The Associated Press on May 6th, 2023
LONDON (AP) – Now that she has been crowned alongside her husband, King Charles III’s wife is officially known as Queen Camilla. While it sounds more official than “queen consort,” the changing of titles does not signify any practical difference in the role of the 75-year-old royal. Queen consorts do not formally share the sovereign’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Charles III crowned in ancient rite at Westminster Abbey
By Danica Kirka And Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on May 6th, 2023
LONDON (AP) – King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, receiving the bejeweled St. Edward’s Crown in a ceremony built on ancient traditions at a time when the monarchy is striving to remain relevant in a fractured modern Britain. Trumpets sounded inside the medieval abbey and the congregation shouted “God save the king!” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!King Charles III crowned in ancient rite at uncertain moment
By Danica Kirka And Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on May 6th, 2023
LONDON (AP) – King Charles III was crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, in a ceremony built on ancient traditions at a time when the British monarchy faces an uncertain future. Trumpets sounded inside the medieval abbey and the congregation shouted “God save King Charles” as the ceremony began in front of more than 2,000 guests, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Charles III to be crowned in ancient rite at uncertain time
By Danica Kirka And Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on May 6th, 2023
LONDON (AP) – King Charles III is being crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, in a ceremony built on ancient traditions, at a time when the monarchy faces an uncertain future. More than 2,000 guests, thousands of troops, tens of thousands of spectators and a smattering of protesters converged in and around the abbey as the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!King Charles III to be crowned at Westminster Abbey
By Danica Kirka And Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on May 6th, 2023
LONDON (AP) – King Charles III is being crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey, in a ceremony built on ancient traditions, at a time when the monarchy faces an uncertain future. The monarch traveled to the abbey from Buckingham Palace in a gilt-trimmed, horse-drawn carriage, the final mile of a seven-decade journey from heir to monarch. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!King Charles III leaves palace on journey to coronation
By Danica Kirka And Jill Lawless, The Associated Press on May 6th, 2023
LONDON (AP) – King Charles III left Buckingham Palace on Saturday for the final mile of a seven-decade journey from heir to monarch, headed to Westminster Abbey to be crowned in a ceremony steeped in 1,000 years of tradition. More than 2,000 guests, thousands of troops, tens of thousands of spectators and a smattering of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Concert celebrating Gordon Lightfoot set for Orillia, Ont. hometown on Saturday
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on May 6th, 2023
Fans of Gordon Lightfoot will gather tonight in his Orillia, Ont. hometown for a concert honouring the late folk singer-songwriter. In what was initially planned months ago as a tribute to a living legend, “Early Morning Rain: The Legend of Gordon Lightfoot” now serves as a celebration of a life well lived, after Lightfoot died ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Botticelli’s Venus is an ‘influencer’ and Italy is not happy
By Trisha Thomas And Wyatte Grantham-philips, The Associated Press on May 6th, 2023
ROME (AP) – The Italian tourism ministry thought it had a sure-fire way to bring travelers into the country: turning a 15th century art icon into a 21st century “virtual influencer.” The digital rendition of Venus, goddess of love, based on Sandro Botticelli’s Renaissance masterpiece “Birth of Venus,” can be seen noshing on pizza and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!5 things to look for during King Charles III’s coronation
By By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press on May 6th, 2023
LONDON (AP) – King Charles III’s coronation is a chance to unite people with the history and pageantry of the monarchy, but those traditions are also full of potential controversies as he tries to show that the monarchy still has a role to play in modern Britain. The new king has already recognized these challenges ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Crowns and coaches ready for King Charles III’s coronation
By Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless, Brian Melley And Sylvia Hui, The Associated Press on May 6th, 2023
LONDON (AP) – King Charles III, a man who waited almost 74 years to become king, will be crowned Saturday at Westminster Abbey with all the pomp and pageantry Britain can muster. And it can muster a lot. There will be crowns and diamonds, soaring music and, perhaps, a thunderous pledge of allegiance from Charles’ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Russia jails artists amid crackdown on dissent
By Dasha Litvinova, The Associated Press on May 5th, 2023
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) – A Russian court on Friday ordered pretrial detention for a theater director and a playwright facing charges of justifying terrorism, the latest move in a relentless crackdown on dissent in Russia that spiked to unprecedented levels since the start of the war in Ukraine. The Zamoskvoretsky District Court in Moscow jailed ... Read More »
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