May 6, 2023 05:53 PM
(This post was last modified: May 6, 2023 11:26 PM by C C.)
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CORONATION:
Sydney Morning Herald - Australia (5:46 min)
https://youtu.be/HSu-cuKTRFc
Washington Post (3:34 min)
https://youtu.be/MUnwX-1wSj8
CBC News - Canada (2:14 min)
https://youtu.be/MdbW9tAIyO8
New York Post (14:09 min) - 20+ second blackout interrupts at circa 1:00 mark
https://youtu.be/jYWnH3rlJoY
How King Charles’s coronation was marked across the commonwealth and beyond
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/royal...eyond.html
EXCERPTS: The ascension of King Charles III to the throne marks the first coronation of a British monarch in seven decades, and around the commonwealth, several events to mark the historic occasion unfolded. The Star has compiled a list of how different cities worldwide commemorated the coronation of Britain’s new monarch.
Scotland [...] A different scene was seen in Glasgow, where protesters flocked to the streets, demanding Scotland’s independence from the British household...
Sydney. Almost 17,000 km away from London, a private party at Sydney’s government house garden unfolded with the planting of a sapling at the heart of it...
[...] Accra, Ghana: Attendees plugged into a live stream of the coronation in a picnic-style watch party at the British High Commission headquarters in Ghana. “We’re hanging the bunting, we’re turning the music up, and we are rolling out our picnic blankets,” reads the commission’s Twitter post.
[...] Paris The Standard Athletic Club and British Community Committee of France, hosted a Coronation Grand Fete, a day of sports activities and a three-course meal by the British brewery L’entente...
[...] Ottawa. An hour-long event at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building, featuring speakers and artists, including the Algonquin group Eagle River Singers, singer-songwriter Florence K, and the Ottawa Regional Youth Choir. The ceremony closed with a 21-gun salute from Parliament Hill...
[...] U.K. Consulates. From Kenya to India, several U.K. foreign consulates joined the occasion with private celebrations carrying live broadcasts of the coronation. In Bangladesh, the event was culminated in the hanging of a portrait of King Charles and Queen Camilla, while in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the ceremony hosted a British-style banquette on a garden party... (MORE - missing details)
Head of anti-monarchy group arrested during King Charles’ coronation
https://globalnews.ca/news/9679097/king-...n-arrests/
EXCERPTS: British police arrested multiple people amid the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday, with anti-monarchy group Republic saying their head Graham Smith was among those detained.
Republic tweeted that Graham Smith was arrested along with five other members of their team and hundreds of placards were seized. It comes as London’s Metropolitan Police also confirmed the arrests of at least seven people, but did not give any names.
[...] The arrests come after the Canadian government earlier in the week warned Canadians to exercise a “high degree of caution in the United Kingdom due to the threat of terrorism.”
“Previous incidents have resulted in casualties. They include random violent incidents in public areas, such as knife and vehicle attacks as well as explosions,” officials said in a May 2 travel advisory.
“These incidents have occurred mainly in the London area but have also happened elsewhere. Further attacks in the United Kingdom are likely.” (MORE - missing details)
King Charles III's coronation: 'This is a fantastic advert for the United Kingdom'
https://youtu.be/e7ocdKAg3ME
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/e7ocdKAg3ME
Sydney Morning Herald - Australia (5:46 min)
https://youtu.be/HSu-cuKTRFc
Washington Post (3:34 min)
https://youtu.be/MUnwX-1wSj8
CBC News - Canada (2:14 min)
https://youtu.be/MdbW9tAIyO8
New York Post (14:09 min) - 20+ second blackout interrupts at circa 1:00 mark
https://youtu.be/jYWnH3rlJoY
How King Charles’s coronation was marked across the commonwealth and beyond
https://www.thestar.com/news/world/royal...eyond.html
EXCERPTS: The ascension of King Charles III to the throne marks the first coronation of a British monarch in seven decades, and around the commonwealth, several events to mark the historic occasion unfolded. The Star has compiled a list of how different cities worldwide commemorated the coronation of Britain’s new monarch.
Scotland [...] A different scene was seen in Glasgow, where protesters flocked to the streets, demanding Scotland’s independence from the British household...
Sydney. Almost 17,000 km away from London, a private party at Sydney’s government house garden unfolded with the planting of a sapling at the heart of it...
[...] Accra, Ghana: Attendees plugged into a live stream of the coronation in a picnic-style watch party at the British High Commission headquarters in Ghana. “We’re hanging the bunting, we’re turning the music up, and we are rolling out our picnic blankets,” reads the commission’s Twitter post.
[...] Paris The Standard Athletic Club and British Community Committee of France, hosted a Coronation Grand Fete, a day of sports activities and a three-course meal by the British brewery L’entente...
[...] Ottawa. An hour-long event at the Sir John A. Macdonald Building, featuring speakers and artists, including the Algonquin group Eagle River Singers, singer-songwriter Florence K, and the Ottawa Regional Youth Choir. The ceremony closed with a 21-gun salute from Parliament Hill...
[...] U.K. Consulates. From Kenya to India, several U.K. foreign consulates joined the occasion with private celebrations carrying live broadcasts of the coronation. In Bangladesh, the event was culminated in the hanging of a portrait of King Charles and Queen Camilla, while in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the ceremony hosted a British-style banquette on a garden party... (MORE - missing details)
Head of anti-monarchy group arrested during King Charles’ coronation
https://globalnews.ca/news/9679097/king-...n-arrests/
EXCERPTS: British police arrested multiple people amid the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday, with anti-monarchy group Republic saying their head Graham Smith was among those detained.
Republic tweeted that Graham Smith was arrested along with five other members of their team and hundreds of placards were seized. It comes as London’s Metropolitan Police also confirmed the arrests of at least seven people, but did not give any names.
[...] The arrests come after the Canadian government earlier in the week warned Canadians to exercise a “high degree of caution in the United Kingdom due to the threat of terrorism.”
“Previous incidents have resulted in casualties. They include random violent incidents in public areas, such as knife and vehicle attacks as well as explosions,” officials said in a May 2 travel advisory.
“These incidents have occurred mainly in the London area but have also happened elsewhere. Further attacks in the United Kingdom are likely.” (MORE - missing details)
King Charles III's coronation: 'This is a fantastic advert for the United Kingdom'
https://youtu.be/e7ocdKAg3ME
