Coronation – live: King Charles’s portrait unveiled as Prince Louis pictured at first royal engagement
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Your support makes all the difference.The first official portrait of King Charles following his coronation has been unveiled.
Buckingham Palace tweeted the photo, in which the monarch poses with his crown and sceptre, after three days of celebrations to mark the event drew to a close.
It came after a number of royals took part in The Big Help Out on Bank Holiday Monday, a day of volunteering aimed at bringing communities together and creating a lasting volunteering legacy from the coronation weekend.
Prince Louis attended his first official royal engagement, joining his family as they helped renovate a Scout Hut near to their Windsor home.
Last night, his father Prince William made a poignant speech in honour of his father Charles at a glittering coronation concert held at Windsor Castle.
The newly crowned King Charles and Queen Camilla joined around 20,000 members of the public at the concert in Windsor where, along with other family members, they enjoyed performances by Take That, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie.
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Harry and Meghan’s friend shares Archie birthday post as King and Queen crowned
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s friend and photographer Misan Harriman has wished the couple’s son Prince Archie a happy birthday with a poignant photo of the child touching a portrait of his late grandmother, Princess Diana.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son celebrates his fourth birthday on 6 May, which happens to be the same day as King Charles and Queen Camilla’s coronation.
The timing of the two events meant that Prince Harry made a brief solo trip to the UK to attend his father’s coronation, while Meghan remained in California with the couple’s two children, Archie and Princess Lilibet, one.
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Briton’s share memories of the Queen’s coronation as King Charles III officially ascends the throne
Pamela Tawse was 18 and still in her nurse’s uniform and cap when she made her way to central London after her night shift, eager to catch a glimpse of the new Queen Elizabeth on the day of her coronation.
It was the huge crescendo of noise she remembers today, aged 88, twinkling in delight as she thinks back to a time when Britain, still enduring rationing eight years after the end of the Second World War, turned out in force to see the opulence and glamour of the start of a historic reign.
“We climbed over the barricades and the crowds were really deep,” Tawse recounted.
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Multimillion-pound coronation ‘a slap in the face’
The King’s coronation is set to cost many millions – and it falls to taxpayers to foot the bill.
But with no budget revealed for the historic national state occasion, and the government not commenting on the expected total cost, the amount of public funds due to be spent remains unknown.
Some predictions suggest Operation Golden Orb – the crowning of Charles III and the Queen Consort – could cost the nation between £50-100m.
Lauren Elston reports:
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Coronation champion nurse reflects on ‘electric’ Windsor concert
A nurse who was invited to the “electric” Coronation Concert as a coronation champion has spoken fondly of how everyone was “singing along” and cheering for the Prince of Wales when he gave his speech for the King.
Michelle Beaver, 51, and her husband Peter, 55, travelled from Liverpool to Windsor to attend Sunday’s concert, donning red T-shirts adorned with the words Queen and King respectively, and holding flags given to them by volunteers.
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Michelle Beaver praised performers, including Nicole Scherzinger.
Fans joke Prince Louis learns antics from father after William waves flag in front of Prince George’s face
Royal fans have joked that Prince Louis learns his “antics” from his father Prince William after the Prince of Wales was seen waving a Union Jack flag in front of his son Prince George’s face during the coronation concert.
On Sunday 7 May, the Prince and Princess of Wales and their two eldest children, Prince George, nine, and Princess Charlotte, eight, joined the newly crowned King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the first row of the royal box for the star-studded concert on the lawn of Windsor Castle.
Chelsea Ritschel has the details:
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The sweet moment Prince Louis reaches for Princess of Wales’s hand during first royal engagement
Prince Louis embarked on his first-ever royal engagement while volunteering for the Big Help Out initiative on Monday -- with a little help from his mother.
The Prince and Princess of Wales delighted volunteers at the 3rd Upton Scout Group in Slough on 8 May, when they brought along their three children to renovate a Scout hut as part of the Big Help Out – a special bank holiday set aside for volunteering in honour of King Charles III’s coronation.
The family outing marked Prince Louis’ first-ever royal engagement. The five-year-old got his hands dirty shovelling, painting, and eating s’mores.
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