Charles Philip Arthur George Windsor was born on  14th November 1948, and from the moment he was born, his destiny was to be crowned King of England. 

After being the longest Heir Apparent, he will today fulfil that destiny, as he is crowned King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 

The Coronation itself is steeped in history, although Charles has altered some of it, like the wearing of the stockings and how long the service is, and he has also ensured the Holy oil, which he will be anointed with, breaks tradition, but that is a tradition that needs breaking.

The cruelty-free oil with olives blended from next to his Grand Mother’s grave in Jerusalem, the King's sacred mix is made of oils of sesame, rose, jasmine, cinnamon, neroli, benzoin Amer, and orange blossoms.
The glands of civet cats and whales’ stomach linings have been removed from the Holy Oil.  

There will be evidence of her late Majesty at the coronation and Charles will also recognise his father's side of the family, with, apparently a very unexpected and original touch.

Charles will not be using the traditional Gold Coach either, and a new carriage is being made. It is an enclosed coach and is gold-plated. It is being made by a maker in England and is a gift. 

There will be celebrations all weekend, all over the country, and it will be televised everywhere. There are large screens going up in a lot of the parks so people can go and see it on the large screen, not to mention the thousands and thousands of people in London. I do wish at times I still lived there. There will be numerous street parties, and, indeed, a time of rejoicing.

It will be a very different Coronation to her late Majesty's and he will be a very different King, but I am sure he will do his best to follow in the very big footsteps his late Mother left.

So let’s join in the celebrations, and raise a glass to say:

There will be a party later to celebrate the day so please come and join us at 7 pm

All are welcome.
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