Generation after generation, English aristocrats ermine capes and crowns In case they have to attend a king’s coronation someday. However, in less than a month coronation ceremony Charles IIIthe new monarch who did not cease to introduce changes that would bless him at the ceremony Westminster abbeyOn May 6 he announced to his nobles that Breaking with 17th century tradition and this prohibits the ‘dress code’.
As ‘The Telegraph’ explains, the aristocracy should come in a dark suit. Some nobles expressed their discomfort to the newspaper: “I am very sorry that this decision has been taken. My family’s clothes are from the 19th century and I would be the fifth generation to wear them. So sad”.
For over 500 years, titled aristocrats People in the United Kingdom were required to wear a certain type of dress and ornament when attending a coronation, but few who took an active role in the ceremony did so.
Conversely, those holding a position in the House of Lords of the British Parliament may wear the suits they wear at parliamentary openings in a way that is less ostentatious than the first.
Differences with Elizabeth II
According to ‘The Telegraph’, only 20 of these nobles will goduring the coronation queen Isabel II they were invited more than 900.
The reason why the newspaper interrupted its invitations to the aristocracy was that the British Parliament in 1999 had hundreds of these aristocrats. hereditary seat inside House of Lords.
From three to just one hour
Besides the noble guests, Differences between the ceremony of Carlos III and that of his mother, this takes almost 3 hours. It was so long ago that the late Duke of Edinburgh described how some nobles filled their crowns with sandwiches in the 2018 documentary ‘The Coronation’. King Carlos is expected to take no more than an hour.