Bonus: The Coronation of King Charles III (feat. Katie Nicholl)

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🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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May 6, 2023. For the first time in 70 years, Great Britain will crown a new monarch. King Charles III will officially take the throne, and his wife will be named Queen Camilla. The coronation itself is brimming with history, the first at Westminster Abbey held nearly 1,000 years ago.

Today, Sally speaks to Katie Nicholl (royal correspondent for Vanity Fair and host of the Dynasty podcast) to unpack how this coronation came to be and what it signifies in the modern world.

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0:00.0	The History Channel, original podcast.
0:06.8	History this week.
0:10.3	Or actually, history tomorrow.
0:16.4	On Saturday, May 6, Charles III,
0:19.4	the former Prince of Wales and the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II,
0:23.8	will be crowned King of England.
0:26.8	His wife Camilla will be crowned Queen.
0:30.4	Now, Charles has technically been King since Queen Elizabeth died in September.
0:35.6	But during Saturday's coronation,
0:37.7	the crown will physically be placed on his head in a formal ceremony that has been happening
0:43.2	for centuries. This event is just brimming with history, from the venue and the ritual,
0:49.2	to the fascinating and sometimes strange traditions that accompany the crowning of the King.
0:55.8	So, as history unfolds before our eyes, we wanted to talk to an expert who could tell us all
1:01.9	about what to expect from this coronation. The old and the new, what it will look like and feel like,
1:08.9	and what the mood is like in London. As the United Kingdom gets ready for an event,
1:13.0	it hasn't witnessed in more than 70 years.
1:17.6	Katie Nicholl is Vanity Fair's Royal Correspondent. She's the author of The New Royals,
1:23.2	and also co-host of the Vanity Fair Podcast Dynasty.
1:31.3	All right, Katie Nicholl, welcome to History this Week.
1:34.0	Thank you very much for having me. It is indeed a historical week.
1:37.2	It truly, truly is. And in fact, I was going to say, we are a history podcast, but this moment,
1:42.4	it almost, it feels like history is just unfolding in front of our eyes in the present moment.
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