Tag: coronation
Style May 2023
The Court of Appeal
British tailoring could not hope to have a stronger advocate on the throne than Charles III. But will he prove to be the last of the sartorial kings?
Icons April 2023
The Line of Duty
Civil war in Europe. Hitler in the ascendancy. It is 1937, and the U.K. must proclaim its new king. Onto the balcony of Buckingham Palace steps George VI. Bertie, as he was known, has two challenges: leave behind his crippling trauma and usher the nation into an uncertain future.
Icons April 2023
Blue Bloods
Reckon Prince Harry is a rabble rouser? You’ve forgotten about these regal paragons of virtue… From incest and illegitimate children to betrayal and burnished thrones, Ed Cumming finds himself knee-deep in institutional fubars.
Craft April 2023
Prime The Pomp
It is Britain’s time to shine — and with 530-carat diamonds, gold orbs bearing emeralds and rubies, and no fewer than three jewel-encrusted crowns on display, we mean that literally. Charles’s coronation, writes Simon De Burton, will be a show for the ages.
Icons April 2023
A Carolean Paean
Seventy years later, King Charles’s moment has come. There are no doubts about his character or his motives. The only variables are what he can accomplish and how much time the gods will grant him. Simon De Burton delivers The Rake’s alternative coronation homage.
