Why Do We Have A Coronation?
Gone Medieval
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The Role of Feast Days in the Coronation
Coronations typically took place on Sundays but big feast days, wherever possible. William the Conqueror is on Christmas Day. There was a reason to play into the ecclesiastical calendar as well. The whole day is important because you're linking it to a saint. We want to take whatever codiness we can from that and imbue it into this new monarch.
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