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🗓️ 29 April 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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0:00.0 | In 2008, 23-year-old Norwegian student Martina Vic Magnussen was killed in an apartment near Mayfair. |
0:08.2 | Hours after her death, the only suspect in the case fled the UK to Yemen. |
0:13.4 | He's never been questioned by the police. |
0:15.8 | I'm Noel El-Makafi and I made a promise to Martina's family 15 years ago to find out what happened. |
0:22.6 | Murder in Mayfair. |
0:24.4 | Part of the documentary, find it wherever you get your BBC podcasts. |
0:30.6 | Thank you for downloading the more or less podcast. |
0:33.2 | We're your weekly guide to the numbers and the news and in life. |
0:37.0 | I'm Charlotte McDonald. |
0:41.4 | The congregation rose to witness the supreme climax to the ancient ritual. |
0:45.6 | With St. Edward's crown, the Archbishop of Canterbury performed the simple yet the most significant ceremony of the Queen's coronation. |
1:01.0 | That was 70 years ago, 1953, and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. |
1:07.6 | The moment St. Edward's crown was placed on the new Queen's head and she was anointed monarch. |
1:13.6 | The same ritual will be performed once again for King Charles III at Westminster Abbey on 6 May. |
1:21.0 | It's the pinnacle of a ceremony full of tradition, pageantry and religious significance. |
1:27.2 | When the Archbishop of Canterbury just in Wellby, the most senior bishop in the Church of England, |
1:33.0 | will place the crown on Charles's head, before Trump hits sound and gun salutes are fired across the UK. |
1:41.0 | In the run up to the coronation, there's been a lot of speculation about how much this famous crown costs. |
1:47.0 | Figures have ranged from £3.5 million or £4 million to as much as £45 million or £57 million. |
1:56.0 | So in this week's episode, we are consulting the experts to try and understand what goes into putting a price on a piece of history. |
2:04.0 | Just so you know, this is not the crown that contains the controversial Koei Nord Diamond, which other countries have laid claim to. |
2:10.0 | The crown containing that will not feature in the ceremony. |
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