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The One Show will launch the Coronation week starting with a one-hour special featuring the brilliant work being done across all the nations and communities of the UK in the build-up to the biggest weekend of the year. At the moment of crowning, gun salutes will be fired from military bases across the U.K. to mark the historic moment. Enthronement Her motivation was clear, nothing must stand between her crowning and her people’s right to participate. Along a route lined with sailors, soldiers, and airmen and women from across the British Empire and Commonwealth, [n 2] [41] guests and officials passed in a procession before about three million spectators that were gathered on the streets of London, some having camped overnight in their spot to ensure a view of the monarch, and others having access to specially built stands and scaffolding along the route. [42] For those not present, more than 200 microphones were stationed along the path and in Westminster Abbey, with 750 commentators broadcasting in 39 languages. [36] Trepanier, Peter (2006). "A Not Unwilling Subject: Canada and Her Queen". In Coates, Colin M. (ed.). Majesty in Canada. Hamilton: Dundurn Press. pp.144–145. ISBN 9781550025866 . Retrieved 16 October 2012.
BBC Radio Nan Gaidheal will be covering the build-up on the day of the Coronation and the ceremony itself in Gaelic. Beginning at 10am, Cathy MacDonald and Catriona Murray will be providing commentary. Witness History presents a week of special programming looking at Monarchies and Kings past, in the run up to the Coronation to King Charles IIII was brought up in the 1950s and my family talked about royalty,” she said. “My family were humble people and all they could afford were two coronation mugs.” There will be coverage across BBC Radio Ulster/ Foyle and BBC Sounds with scheduled programmes in the lead up to and on the Coronation weekend, reflecting the occasion and local plans. These will include a special Gardeners’ Corner ‘Highgrove and Hillsborough’ programme on Saturday 6 May looking at Northern Ireland’s horticultural links with The Monarchy.
a b Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. "Society > The Monarchy > Canada's New Queen > Coronation of Queen Elizabeth > The Story". CBC . Retrieved 17 December 2009. Melman, Billie (2006). The Culture of History: English Uses of the Past 1800–1953. New York: Oxford University Press. p.284. ISBN 978-0-19-929688-0. The Coronation will also be the BBC’s most accessible live event ever on BBC iPlayer. Viewers will be able to watch with subtitles, sign language, and an alternative commentary version for people with sight loss – all delivered live on iPlayer.
Using the coronation spoon, the Archbishop will pour oil on Charles’ hands, chest, and head. The tradition is performed to reinforce the divine right of the monarch. Charles will be anointed out of sight and behind a screen rather than a canopy like the one used by Queen Elizabeth in 1953. Investiture From Canada came the prime minister, Louis St. Laurent, and five other members of the federal Cabinet, the chief justice, the speakers of the House of Commons and Senate, the leaders of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the same two houses, and the leader of the Government in the Senate, [52] Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Louis Breithaupt and his premier, Leslie Frost, as well as Premier of Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, Quebec Cabinet ministers Onésime Gagnon and John Samuel Bourque, [53] Mayor of Toronto Allan A. Lamport, and Chief of the Squamish Nation Joe Mathias. [36] [35]
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