{"id":6746,"date":"2023-05-03T18:42:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=6746"},"modified":"2023-05-03T18:54:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:54:22","slug":"king-charles-coronation-will-be-an-economic-booster-show-for-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/politics\/king-charles-coronation-will-be-an-economic-booster-show-for-uk\/2023\/05\/03\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles’ coronation will be an economic booster show for UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON<\/span>\u00a0(Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> The<\/span> coronation<\/span> ceremony<\/span> for<\/span> King<\/span> Charles<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> the<\/span> most<\/span> glorious<\/span> display<\/span> of<\/span> pageantry<\/span> seen<\/span> in<\/span> Britain<\/span> for<\/span> a<\/span> generation<\/span> and<\/span> will<\/span> provide<\/span> an<\/span> economic<\/span> boost<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> nation,<\/span> its<\/span> organiser<\/span> and<\/span> Buckingham<\/span> Palace<\/span> have<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Charles,<\/span> along<\/span> with<\/span> his<\/span> wife<\/span> Camilla,<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> crowned<\/span> at<\/span> London’s<\/span> Westminster<\/span> Abbey<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> historic<\/span> event<\/span> whose<\/span> origins<\/span> date<\/span> back<\/span> some<\/span> 1,000<\/span> years,<\/span> and<\/span> involving<\/span> thousands<\/span> of<\/span> military<\/span> personnel<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> mile-long<\/span> procession<\/span> through<\/span> central<\/span> London.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“This<\/span> is<\/span> a<\/span> proud<\/span> moment<\/span> in<\/span> our<\/span> national<\/span> history,”<\/span> said<\/span> Earl<\/span> Marshal<\/span> Edward<\/span> Fitzalan-Howard,<\/span> the<\/span> Duke<\/span> of<\/span> Norfolk<\/span> and<\/span> England’s<\/span> most<\/span> senior<\/span> peer.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“This<\/span> is<\/span> also<\/span> a<\/span> time<\/span> to<\/span> remind<\/span> ourselves<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> pride<\/span> we<\/span> have<\/span> in<\/span> our<\/span> great<\/span> country<\/span> and<\/span> our<\/span> unwritten<\/span> constitution<\/span> which<\/span> has<\/span> served<\/span> us<\/span> so<\/span> well<\/span> for<\/span> over<\/span> 1,000<\/span> years<\/span> during<\/span> our<\/span> long<\/span> history,”<\/span> Fitzalan-Howard,<\/span> whose<\/span> family<\/span> have<\/span> organised<\/span> state<\/span> occasions<\/span> since<\/span> 1483,<\/span> told<\/span> reporters.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Some<\/span> 7,000<\/span> armed<\/span> forces<\/span> personnel<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> involved<\/span> in<\/span> ceremonial<\/span> duties,<\/span> with<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 4,000,<\/span> including<\/span> military<\/span> bands,<\/span> taking<\/span> part<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> procession<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> Abbey<\/span> back<\/span> to<\/span> Buckingham<\/span> Palace<\/span> where<\/span> the<\/span> newly-crowned<\/span> king<\/span> and<\/span> queen<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> given<\/span> a<\/span> royal<\/span> salute<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> gardens.<\/span> Fitzalan<\/span> Howard<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> would<\/span> be<\/span> a<\/span> “brilliant<\/span> spectacle”.<\/span> Then,<\/span> royals<\/span> traditionally<\/span> wave<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> crowd<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> balconies<\/span> of<\/span> Buckingham<\/span> Palace<\/span> as<\/span> military<\/span> planes<\/span> pass<\/span> by.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>As<\/span> the<\/span> palace<\/span> has<\/span> previously<\/span> admitted,<\/span> the<\/span> service<\/span> itself<\/span> reflects<\/span> a<\/span> different<\/span> era,<\/span> unlike<\/span> Queen<\/span> Elizabeth’s<\/span> 70<\/span> years<\/span> ago.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> 1953<\/span> she<\/span> had<\/span> 8,000<\/span> in<\/span> attendance,<\/span> but<\/span> at<\/span> Westminster<\/span> Abbey<\/span> she<\/span> has<\/span> only<\/span> 2,300<\/span> guests.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Critics<\/span> question<\/span> the<\/span> cost<\/span> of<\/span> extravagant<\/span> coronations<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> time<\/span> when<\/span> the<\/span> public<\/span> faces<\/span> a<\/span> cost-of-living<\/span> crisis.<\/span> “It’s<\/span> not<\/span> my<\/span> position<\/span> to<\/span> say<\/span> how<\/span> accurate<\/span> these<\/span> numbers<\/span> are,<\/span> but<\/span> it’s<\/span> certainly<\/span> theorized<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> celebration<\/span> represents<\/span> a<\/span> major<\/span> economic<\/span> boost<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> country,”<\/span> the<\/span> spokesperson<\/span> said,<\/span> adding<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> very<\/span> The<\/span> presence<\/span> of<\/span> many<\/span> heads<\/span> of<\/span> state<\/span> is<\/span> also<\/span> networking.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>However,<\/span> consulting<\/span> firm<\/span> Pantheon<\/span> Macroeconomics<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> expected<\/span> Britain’s<\/span> gross<\/span> domestic<\/span> product<\/span> to<\/span> fall<\/span> by<\/span> about<\/span> 0.2%<\/span> in<\/span> May<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> previous<\/span> month.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONDON\u00a0(Reuters) – The coronation ceremony for King Charles on Saturday will be the most glorious display of pageantry seen in Britain for a generation and will provide an economic boost to the nation, its organiser and Buckingham Palace have said. Charles, along with his wife Camilla, will be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280,1154,2395],"tags":[4560,4561,4562,4563,4564,3068,4565,3070,3082,4518,4519,4520,4521,4522,4524,4525,4530],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-5-1.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6750,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6746\/revisions\/6750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}