The crowning of King Charles: A new start for the British monarchy?
Since acceding to the throne, the king’s personal approval rating has risen while support for royalty has declined
THE crowning of Charles III will be as close as the new king comes to receiving public acclamation in the absence of a ballot.
Saturday (May 6)’s coronation, and the scale of public participation outside Westminster Abbey, will be the first popular marker of King Charles’s reign. With people camping out days ahead to secure positions where the parades will pass and 65,000 events planned across the UK on Sunday, the weekend’s celebrations look set to deliver a requisite show of support.
“If you stage a coronation and nobody comes out to cheer, that’s like a defeat... If the streets are overflowing and people watch it, that’s the crucial popular endorsement,” said Robert Lacey, royal biographer and consultant historian for the Netflix series The Crown.
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