Coronation fashion: a royal parade to launch King Charles' Britain
Princess Anne wearing a crimson feathered bicorne, walking through Westminster Abbey in a Napoleonic velvet cape. Penny Mordaunt steals the show in a teal two-piece that echoes the female commanders in The Handmaid's Tale, accessorized with a giant sword. Nine-year-old Prince George, a Nutcracker toy soldier comes to life, resplendent in crimson and frogs.
As King Charles' gateway to Britain, the coronation was undeniably spectacular. A ceremonial feast provided glorious visual entertainment during the long hours at Westminster Abbey.
Previous briefings from the palace had suggested Charles wanted a modern event and clean-lined reflecting a 21st-century country in the throes of a cost-of-living crisis, but the clothing optics were surprisingly jazzy and quirky. It was a great reputation for Britain as the land of Mary Poppins and Strictly Come Dancing, Hogwarts and Glastonbury, rather than the home of umbrellas and bowler hats. " data-spacefinder-role="inline" data-spacefinder-type="model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement" class="dcr-173mewl">
The tone was set, naturally, by the King Charles's decision to swap the silk stockings that would have traditionally been worn under her ceremonial dresses for the navy pants of her military uniform was announced in January, but the eye-catching details of the first images of Charles and Camilla to be broadcast around the world, seen through the window of their golden carriage, hit a note quite different: the oversized white silk taffeta bows at the shoulders of Charles's ermine dress and the gobstopper diamonds at Camilla's throat.
Princess Anne wearing a crimson feathered bicorne, walking through Westminster Abbey in a Napoleonic velvet cape. Penny Mordaunt steals the show in a teal two-piece that echoes the female commanders in The Handmaid's Tale, accessorized with a giant sword. Nine-year-old Prince George, a Nutcracker toy soldier comes to life, resplendent in crimson and frogs.
As King Charles' gateway to Britain, the coronation was undeniably spectacular. A ceremonial feast provided glorious visual entertainment during the long hours at Westminster Abbey.
Previous briefings from the palace had suggested Charles wanted a modern event and clean-lined reflecting a 21st-century country in the throes of a cost-of-living crisis, but the clothing optics were surprisingly jazzy and quirky. It was a great reputation for Britain as the land of Mary Poppins and Strictly Come Dancing, Hogwarts and Glastonbury, rather than the home of umbrellas and bowler hats. " data-spacefinder-role="inline" data-spacefinder-type="model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement" class="dcr-173mewl">
The tone was set, naturally, by the King Charles's decision to swap the silk stockings that would have traditionally been worn under her ceremonial dresses for the navy pants of her military uniform was announced in January, but the eye-catching details of the first images of Charles and Camilla to be broadcast around the world, seen through the window of their golden carriage, hit a note quite different: the oversized white silk taffeta bows at the shoulders of Charles's ermine dress and the gobstopper diamonds at Camilla's throat.
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