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Although the coronation of King Charles on May 6 was much shorter than his mothe...

"Death with a rod" and a sexual military: details of the coronation Charles III that you didn't notice

Although the coronation of King Charles on May 6 was much shorter than his mother's coronation, it also found a place of interesting details and incidents that could slip away from the eyes of the audience. During the broadcast of the coronation of Charles III, which was covered by dozens of the media, there were unusual moments and oddities. A selection of viewers of the personnel who slipped from attention was posted by the tabloid Daily Mail.

King Charles's mantle was carried by his grandson Prince George, Lord Oliver Cholmondeli, Nicholas Barklay and Ralph Tolleach. They are all related to the royal family. The father of the latter, Edward, the godfather of King Charles, and his mother Sophie is also a movie star. She starred in the movie "Fish named Wand" when she was six years old. Cross in the state, one of the symbols of royal power, a little crooked. This is all because he was missed by a thief in 1671.

During the Civil War in England, Colonel of Irish descent Thomas Blad went to the other side to fight Oliver Cromwell. But when Charles II returned to the throne, Blad became one of the most disguised people in England and tried to steal the crown's jewelry from London Tower. And he let in the state, bent the cross and remembering the golden sphere. This was never corrected.

The black, decorated with a gold carriage, on which King Charles III and Queen Camilla headed from Buckingham Palace to their coronation in Westminster Abbey, was built 13 years ago. And its internal wooden panels were made of wood 100 historical artifacts. The oak wood of the flagship of Henry VIII "Mary Rose" and a tree from the royal yacht "Britain" were used. The crown on the roof is cut from the tree of the flagship of Lord Nelson, HMS Victory.

There is also part of the musket core from the battle under Waterloo. The carriage was first used at the Parliament's state opening on June 4, 2014. Being the Lord-head of the Secret Council, a member of Parliament from Penny Mosson, the same lady in a turquoise dress, which carried a naked sword in front of the king, used a bag of one hundred recently engraved copper-nickel coins with a face value of 50 pences with the image of a crowned king.

It is an ancient custom and by 1971 100 silver shillings were used. At the coronation of King Charles, the same Gospel-Hoor was performed as the wedding of Prince Harry and Megan Markle. Interestingly, he invited them to Charles and was delighted with the speech, but Megan remained dissatisfied, saying that the performance was "too rhythmic". Especially for the coronation in Westminster Abbey laid a new carpet of royal blue.

It was created from a special smooth fabric, which did not clung to the mantles of the king and the queen. There was also a yellow carpet, so a combination in the colors of the Ukrainian flag came out. But these are the colors of the flag of the late Queen Elizabeth. The whole army of viewers became interested in seeing the assistant of the king, Major Jonathan Thompson in a traditional Scottish dress.

He was already nicknamed "hot stables", and in social networks was awarded the epithets of "Khvatsky" and "Beautiful". But Major Thompson Fans can be disappointed that the 39-year-old officer of the 5th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland has been married to Caroline Marketing for 13 years, and they have two children. And so he repeatedly appeared in official photos. For example, in 2022 he greeted President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky during a visit to London.

By the way, such emotions were evoked by Penny Mordont, a former Minister of Defense, who carried a sword in front of the king. She was the first woman to entrust this important role. King Charles loves botanics, and therefore two Tisza bushes were planted near the large western doors of Westminster Abbey. After the coronation, they were transplanted into a new garden in Sandringham, which will be opened to the public as a constant reminder of last day.

Social networks came to a hype, seeing a mysterious figure in a hood with a rod before the coronation began in the abbey. A gloomy harvest is a kind of death, which in European culture is often depicted in the form of a skeleton with a braid dressed in a white or black hooded hood (Grim Reaper - "Gloomy Herm"). But the reaper was the usual clergyman, and in a gloomy image he put through the game of light. The king's shoes attracted special attention because he appeared in shoes with shiny buckles.

Although he loves his old patch shoes, they made a new pair of shoes, the so -called "opera shoes". They were manually made by Gaziano & Girling from northampton of Swiss calf leather. The skin on the soles was made at a leather plant in a dewon, where ancient methods are used. Silver buckles were ordered by Goldsmiths Company like a pair that Georg VI wore. Decorations on the marshes of horses who pulled carriages were tribute to the king and his passion for ecology.