{"id":1927316,"date":"2023-05-09T10:55:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T14:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theres-a-good-reason-americans-loved-watching-king-charles-coronation\/"},"modified":"2023-05-09T11:01:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T15:01:19","slug":"theres-a-good-reason-americans-loved-watching-king-charles-coronation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theres-a-good-reason-americans-loved-watching-king-charles-coronation\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans loved watching King Charles&#8217; coronation for a good reason."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftheres-a-good-reason-americans-loved-watching-king-charles-coronation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1927316&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Why King Charles III&#8217;s Coronation Matters to Americans<\/h2>\n<p>King Charles III celebrated his highly-publicized coronation over the weekend and it was every bit as regal as advertised. The media provided non-stop coverage in the weeks leading up to the event, which was enough to have many American citizens wondering: but why do we care?<\/p>\n<h3>The Beauty of Tradition<\/h3>\n<p>The United States of America fought a bloody war to free themselves from rule of the British crown. This fact inspires many critics to wonder why, exactly, we\u2019re so obsessed with the British monarchy. There are several reasons for this, but Charles\u2019 coronation highlighted one of the most prevalent. In short, Americans are desperately missing the pageantry of a formal ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the reigning monarch is a figurehead. And yes, Charles technically became king upon his mother, Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s death in September. But there\u2019s no denying the beauty of a solemn, symbolism-heavy ceremony that\u2019s steeped in centuries of tradition. This is true regardless of anyone\u2019s personal opinions about King Charles or his politics.<\/p>\n<p>The king was crowned at Westminster Abbey, a visually stunning Gothic style church erected in the 11th century. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Anglican church\u2019s most senior cleric, led the religious ceremony. Charles was the 40th monarch to be crowned there, following a long line of previous rulers starting with William the Conqueror on Christmas Day in 1066.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/1B3C\/production\/_141174926_gettyimages-1340545479.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles III's coronation at Westminster Abbey\"><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-andrew-is-deleted-ends-social-media-presence-over-links-to-jeffrey-epstein-sexual-abuse-allegations\/\" title=\"Prince Andrew Is Deleted: Ends Social Media Presence over Links to Jeffrey Epstein Sexual Abuse Allegations\">royal family website<\/a> described the coronation as a \u201csolemn religious service\u201d and a \u201cceremony marking the formal investiture of a monarch with regal power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coronation will reflect the monarch\u2019s role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry,\u201d Buckingham Palace said in a statement earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Since the late 14th century, coronations have followed the instructions laid out in the Liber Regalis or \u201croyal book,\u201d a medieval Latin manuscript that describes the order of service, per ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>In an increasingly secularized society, many Americans never experience these types of culturally significant moments during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/macarthur-the-end-of-frivolous-religion\/\" title=\"MacArthur: The End of Frivolous Religion?\">church services<\/a> and other religious occasions. Ancient rituals are often replaced with more modern ceremonies that bear no connection to the past. Just a glance at the unadorned lines of modern architecture compared to the intricate details of Westminster Abbey clearly highlight these changes.<\/p>\n<p>This is one reason an event like a coronation, even in a foreign nation, is so oddly appealing for someone who isn\u2019t personally affected by the crowning of kings and queens in the slightest.<\/p>\n<h3>Historical Artifacts and Outfits<\/h3>\n<p>Numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/farmer-discovers-4500-year-old-goddess-statue-belonging-to-biblical-people-group\/\" title=\"Farmer Discovers 4,500-Year-Old Goddess Statue Belonging To Biblical People Group\">historical artifacts<\/a> were incorporated into the coronation ceremony, including King Edward\u2019s Chair, which has been used in these types of ceremonies for 700 years. This artifact houses the Stone of Destiny, which was built around 1300 and used for centuries to crown Scottish kings.<\/p>\n<p>Another special item used in the ceremony is a coronation cross which includes shards of wood from the cross that\u2019s believed to have been used to crucify Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>The outfits worn by the royal family were all befitting of the important occasion. The monarch arrived at the ceremony dressed in the crimson velvet Robe of State, which was also worn by his grandfather King George VI at his 1937 coronation, per Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>King Charles changed into ceremonial regalia worn before being crowned, slipping on the gold-silk full-length Supertunica coat and Coronation Sword Belt, and over that, the gold cloth Imperial Mantle, which was originally made for the coronation of George IV in 1821. This was the oldest vestment included in the service. Charles was crowned with the historic St. Edward\u2019s Crown that has been used since the coronation of King Charles II in 1661.<\/p>\n<p>The Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Catherine, also wore formal robes and mantels over their outfits. Kate wore a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theres-a-good-reason-americans-loved-watching-king-charles-coronation\/\" title=\"Americans loved watching King Charles' coronation for a good reason.\">visually stunning headpiece made<\/a> of silver and crystal leaves.<\/p>\n<h3>A Declaration of Hope for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Charles was the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-pampered-prince-becomes-king-all-the-rumors-about-king-charles-fussy-demands\/\" title=\"The Pampered Prince Becomes King: All The Rumors About King Charles\u2019 Fussy Demands\">longest-serving heir apparent<\/a> in history, waiting over 70 years to be crowned king. Now he is reigning monarch but all eyes were on his oldest son, Prince William, who has become a favorite in the United Kingdom along with his wife Kate Middleton and their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.<\/p>\n<p>George, who is 9, served as a page for his grandfather during the ceremony. This made him the youngest future king to play an official role in a crowning ceremony. King Charles and George\u2019s great-grandmother Queen Elizabeth both attended their parents\u2019 coronations in 1953 and 1937 when they were children, but were only invited to watch the service and didn\u2019t participate.<\/p>\n<p>As an increasingly noisy faction of Americans seek to tear down institutions and subvert tradition at every turn, seeing the beauty and tradition of King Charles\u2019 coronation reminds them of why human beings are naturally drawn to beauty, truth, and tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Prince William mentioned this during his speech at the coronation concert on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs my grandmother said, when she was crowned, coronations are a declaration of our hopes for the future, and I know she\u2019s up there fondly keeping an eye on us, and she\u2019d be a very proud mother,\u201d the Prince of Wales said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father\u2019s first words, on entering Westminster Abbey yesterday, were a pledge of service,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a pledge to continue to serve, because for over 50 years, in every corner of the UK, across the Commonwealth, and around the world, he has dedicated himself to serve others, both current and future generations, and those whose memory must not be neglected,\u201d William said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Charles III celebrated his highly-publicized coronation over the weekend and it was every bit as regal as advertised. The media provided non-stop coverage in the weeks leading up to the event, which was enough to have many American citizens wondering: but why do we care? The United States of America fought a bloody war<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":1927317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7648,3884,7758,20687,15035,5982,14140],"class_list":["post-1927316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-king","tag-americans","tag-charles","tag-coronation","tag-loved","tag-reason","tag-watching"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1927316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1927316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1927317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1927316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1927316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1927316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}