The Queen will ascend to the steps of her throne, there symbolically, to be lifted into it by the Archbishop and the Earl Marshal. It is at the moment that she is seated upon her throne, that she takes possession of her kingdom. For most people, what's really happening is a very elaborate, extremely expensive ceremony to crown someone who was already king. A shocking U-Gove poll finds 64% of Britons don't care about King Charles' coronation while only 23% care a lot or care a fair amount.
King Charles is struggling to get his subjects to care about the historic coronation this weekend. Professor Brooke Newman explains the complicated road to ditching the monarchy.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Serena Solin, Laura Bullard and Matt Collette, engineered by Michael Raphael and Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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