By Adam Berls

coronation

Coronation to be a historic first

May 5, 2023 | 4:08 PM

PRINCE GEORGE — Nearly 70 years ago, Queen Elizabeth the second was crowned in Westminster Abbey, back in a time where televisions were only owned by a select few. Now her son will be crowned in the same chair tomorrow.

The event will be smaller than his mother’s coronation, but over two thousand people are expected to be in the Abbey when Charles is crowned, including many members of the Royal Family and multiple heads of state from around the world, but for many this will be the first coronation they have ever witnessed.

It’s a hugely significant event for Canada because we have been very used to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second as our monarch for 70 years and living memory of a previous male monarch is fading. And now we have a new king with a new queen. And we have a lot of understanding and getting used to to sort out what that will mean for this country. – Sheldon Clare, English & History Professor, CNC

Canada is a constitutional monarchy which means that the King is our head of state and may be called upon to perform constitutional responsibilities if the situation requires it. More often than not, a representative of the King will be called upon to do it, like a governor general or lieutenant governor.

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If you wish to watch the coronation, you’ll have to get up early, as most broadcasts will start around 1 am Pacific, but for royalists and monarchists it will be a chance to see a King get crowned for the first time in over 80 years, as the last British king to be crowned was Charles’s grandfather, George VI, back in 1937.