Carlos III of England received this Wednesday the Honors of Scotland in a massive and solemn ceremonywhere he was presented with the thousand-year-old Scottish royal relics -the crown, scepter and the sword- to culminate in the process of his coronation as British monarch.
At St Giles Cathedral, in the heart of Edinburgh, the same one that fired the late Elizabeth II of England last year, the enthronement of her son was initialed,
Carlos III, and the queen consort Camila and, with it, the continuity of the Windsor dynasty.
The main act of his coronation at Westminster Abbey in London in May was followed by the presentation of the crown of Scotland on Wednesday.his scepter and the sword of State to the new king, thus emulating the liturgy that his mother Elizabeth Elizabeth II and his father, Philip of Edinburgh, staged in 1953.
Before the ceremony, the Honors were carried in a black Rolls Royce escorted by the Royal Company of Archers to the cathedral from Edinburgh Castle, accompanied by the sound of Scottish bagpipes andSome boos from anti-monarchists strategically congregated at its entrance.
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Carlos received the crown of Scotland, the scepter and the sword of State.
Gathered around a large yellow flag inscribed with “Not my King” outside the cathedral the protesters made their opposition to the monarchy visible: “What a waste of money!”, it was read.
“The monarchy is an anachronism, it should not exist in the 21st century,” Neil Brown, one of the protesters, told Efe. “We shouldn’t be spending money on this when people are suffering,” he added.
The same space was shared by loyalists to the British crown, who responded to anti-monarchist chants: “God save the king”, “Charles, King of Scots”, they proclaimed. “I am very proud that the king is here today,” Janet Donald, who confesses to being a monarchist and unionist, told EFE. “We can’t do it alone, he will help us,” she said.
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The king was received by supporters and critics of the crown.
This was the coronation in Scotland
The jewels, originating from the 16th century and of incalculable value, entered the cathedral guarded by an honor guard formed by representatives of the Navy, the Army and the Aviation.
The first time they were used together was at the enthronement of Mary I of Scots (1543) and they are the oldest in Great Britain.
The liturgy also had a new sword full of symbolism, with the name of Isabel in honor of the mother of the monarch, the longest-serving queen of the United Kingdom, forged for the occasion.
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The ceremony took place at St Giles Cathedral, in the heart of Edinburgh.
The Stone of Destiny, emblem of the Scottish kingdom, once again presided over the special ceremony, where Present were the Princes of Wales, William and Catherine, known as the Dukes of Rothesay in Scotland.
The royal attendees were joined by a select representation from various spheres and parts of Scotland, one hundred people, in the so-called “People’s Procession”, escorted by the royal Scottish infantry and their mascot, the Shetland pony named Corporal Cuachan IV .
After the ceremony, where Scottish international soloist Nicola Benedetti together with other distinguished musicians provided the soundtrack to the royal offering, the cannons of Edinburgh castle sounded in honor of the monarchs Carlos III and Camila, so that later the real stunt pilots, Red Arrows, fired them with an air show.
EFE
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