Charles has long been rumored to want to slim down the monarchy. The coronation procession reflects these kind of more slim line ideals. It's much shorter than his mother, Elizabeth II, was. And perhaps the other big difference is not in what it will be like but how it will be received.
He has been king since September; now it is time for the pomp. We examine the modern monarchy—and the ancient frippery of coronations. Despite prior reluctance to do much about climate change, America is set to become a clean-energy superpower. And reflecting on the life of Carolyn Bryant, whose testimony led to a lynching that set off America’s civil-rights movement.
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