Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated King Charles III and Queen Camilla on their coronation that took place on Saturday. Charles III was crowned king in a solemn Christian ceremony steeped in 1,000 years of history and tradition, but adapted to reflect 21st-century Britain.
Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said, “Warmest congratulations to King Charles III and Queen Camilla on their coronation. We are sure that the India-UK relationship will be strengthened further in the coming years.”
St. Edward’s Crown – a solid gold, sacred symbol of the monarch’s authority used only once in their reign – was placed on Charles’s head at 11 am (GMT) to cries of “God Save the King”.
Trumpet fanfares sounded through London’s Westminster Abbey with ceremonial gun salutes across land and sea to mark the first coronation of a British monarch since 1953 — and only the fifth since 1838. Bells pealed in celebration at churches across the land, before liveried soldiers on foot and horseback staged a 7,000-strong military parade stretching through the streets of the capital.
Some 5,000 of those troops arrived by train at Waterloo Station shortly after dawn before marching over Waterloo Bridge, giving London’s early risers a taste of things to come.
