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Coronation a roaring success Royal guests
FOLLOWING the coronation ceremony, the focus then turned to Buckingham Palace where the new King and Queen appeared, to the delight of the multitude that had gathered there.
Saturday, May 6 was the day Britons celebrated their newly crowned King and Queen, a historic event watched by millions worldwide.
Despite the rain, family squabbles and the threat of disruption from antimonarchists the day was a complete success.
The King and Queen took their places on the balcony to welcome the royal flypast and as they waved to crowds below a huge roar went up in celebration.
However, due to the weather, the Ministry of Defence had to send a slimmeddown version of the sixminute flypast, trimmed to just two and a half minutes instead.
The original plan was for over 60 aircraft, which included some vintage bombers, to
THE surrounding area of Buckingham Palace was left littered with soggy tents and other discarded belongings on May 7, after heavy rains at the weekend’s coronation event.
The Buckingham Palace Mall was left a ‘right royal mess’ after revellers left the site after the coronation. With some supporters of the newly crowned king having camped there for up to a week and the weather being, well, terribly British, there will be plenty of clearing up to do.
Chris Ship, the ITV News Royal Editor, posted a video of the aftermath of the Coronation of King Charles III saying:
“A few short hours ago, there were crowds and carriages and crowns. Now the Mall resembles an abandoned campsite after a wet make an appearance, but ultimately some helicopters and the Red Arrows were the only ones to take part.
The procession from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace was accompanied by 4,000 troops from the army, navy and RAF.
The first recorded monarch ever to appear before crowds on the famous balcony was Queen Victoria, when she stepped out for the opening of the Great Exhibition in 1851.
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Carrie McInnis posted an image of the mess on Twitter, saying: “Buckingham Palace Mall littered with tents in coronation aftermath and News #GreenEnergy #SustainableEnergy #CleanEnergy #Energy [Video] Buckingham Palace Mall could be seen littered with rubbish including tents and flags in the aftermath of King Charles.”
No doubt the surrounding of Buckingham Palace will get back to its former glory and despite the debris, there is no doubt the Coronation of King Charles III was done on a grand scale and thoroughly enjoyed by many.
WELCOME guests at the Coronation of King Charles III were Their Majesties King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain.
The kings are distant cousins and prior to the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II, Felipe was 567th in line to the British throne.
The visit was short as His Majesty had to be back to present the Copa del Rey on the evening of Sunday May 7 but the royal couple attended a reception hosted by King Charles at Buckingham Palace on May 5.
The following day when attending the Coronation, they looked resplendent, the King in formal military uniform and the Queen appearing graceful and refined in a pink dress with a large pink accented hat.
Betty Henderson TOTALENERGIES, the French oil giant, is making headlines as it takes on environmental group Greenpeace in court over a report claiming that the company massively underestimated its greenhouse gas emissions. The oil company announced its decision to sue on Wednesday, May 3. The report, which was published last November, accused TotalEnergies of emitting around 1.64 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2019, compared to the 455 million tonnes that the company disclosed in public statements. However, TotalEnergies says that the report is filled with false and misleading information, and that the calculations were based on dubious methodologies. Greenpeace and FactorX, the climate consulting firm behind the report, say that the lawsuit is an attempt to muzzle the environmental group before the TotalEnergies general assembly on Friday, May 26, where activist shareholders will push for stricter climate commitments.
Environmental groups are
