British Coronation Traditions

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

Education, History

4.7 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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On May 6, 2023, something will happen in London that hasn’t occurred in 70 years. A British monarch will be crowned. An event for which King Charles has spent his entire life in preparation. The ceremony, which will take place in Westminster Abbey, will incorporate centuries of traditions, both civil and religious. Many of those traditions had specific origins and reasons for their incorporation into the ceremony. Learn more about the British coronation ceremony and the traditions behind it on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors BetterHelp is an online platform that provides therapy and counseling services to individuals in need of mental health support. The platform offers a range of communication methods, including chat, phone, and video sessions with licensed and accredited therapists who specialize in different areas, such as depression, anxiety, relationships, and more. Get 10% off your first month at BetterHelp.com/Everywhere ButcherBox is the perfect solution for anyone looking to eat high-quality, sustainably sourced meat without the hassle of going to the grocery store. With ButcherBox, you can enjoy a variety of grass-fed beef, heritage pork, free-range chicken, and wild-caught seafood delivered straight to your door every month. Visit ButcherBox.com/Daily to get 10% off and free chicken thighs for a year. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On May 6, 2023, something will happen in London that hasn't occurred in 70 years.
0:05.0	A British monarch will be crowned.
0:07.0	An event for which King Charles has spent his entire life in preparation.
0:11.0	The ceremony will take place in Westminster Abbey and will incorporate centuries
0:15.1	of tradition both civil and religious. Many of those traditions had specific origins and reasons
0:20.4	for their incorporation into the ceremony.
0:23.0	Learn more about the British Coronation Ceremony and the traditions behind it
0:26.8	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. King Charles III has spent 74 years preparing for the day of his coronation.
0:49.9	He was the firstborn son of the Air Pres heir presumptive and when his grandfather King George
0:53.7	the 6th died he became the heir apparent. His mother Queen Elizabeth II became monarch
0:58.9	at a very young age and then lived to a very old age, making Charles the longest waiting air apparent to any royal
1:05.9	throne in world history.
1:08.2	So he's had plenty of time to think and plan for his big day when he would be crown king. The ceremony that he will go through
1:14.7	is one which has evolved over 1,000 years. Every ceremony is a bit different
1:19.6	but they all incorporate traditions that were developed over the previous centuries.
1:24.0	While Charles is the king and became so at the moment of the Queen's death, the coronation ceremony
1:29.0	is an official stamp on the process.
1:31.1	It can be thought of as like a wedding ceremony between the monarch and
1:33.9	the state or as an initiation right. There have only been two English monarchs who weren't
1:39.1	crowned. The first was Edward the fifth, who was only a child when he took the throne and was believed
1:43.9	to have been murdered by his uncle Richard, who then became king.
1:47.4	And the second was Edward the 8th who advocated the throne in December of 1936. Charles will not just be crowned the King of the United
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