There’s nothing left. This Saturday, May 6, the coronation act of Carlos III will take place, a ceremony that will present the heir to Elizabeth II and her consort, Camila, as kings of England before the world.
With the death of the queen on September 8, 2022, Carlos III inherited the throne immediately, but it will not be until this institutional event is held when the new 73-year-old monarch is officially presented in society.
Although these types of ceremonies are usually massive and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II had 8,500 guests 70 years ago, this Sunday’s event will have a smaller list of attendees: 2,000 guests.
The new king has admitted that the list of the chosen ones is “meritocratic and not aristocratic”, something that has left out important families from all over the world who took their presence at the important royal gala for granted.
Among the different guests, the kings of our country, Felipe VI and Doña Letizia, stand out, who will not travel with any of the emeritus Spanish kings. There will also be Carlos Gustavo from Sweden, Felipe and Matilda from Belgium and Queen Ana MarÃa, widow of Constantine from Greece, among others.
One of the important figures of the British aristocracy who has not been invited to the ceremony and who has acknowledged being very surprised by the new monarch’s decision is the Earl of Carnarvon.
For the first time in history, an Earl of Carnarvon is not invited to the coronation of a British monarch, something that has greatly surprised the aristocrat, who owns large and emblematic mansions in the English country, such as Highclere Castle, popularly known as Downton Abbey Castle.
”No one emailed me or [made] a phone call saying, ‘You’re not coming.’ We just haven’t received anything. You can’t always be a part of everything,” explained George Herbert, the 8th Earl of Carnavon. Also left off the guest list are the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Somerset and the late Earl of Mountbatten’s daughter, Lady Pamela Hicks, among others.
Although they will not be part of the royal ceremony to be held next Saturday, George Herbert and his wife Fiona were present a few months ago, following the death of Elizabeth II, at the Queen’s engagement service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. , where the monarch’s closest circle said their last goodbye.
It should be noted that the Earl of Carnarvon was the queen’s godson and they were quite close: ”We had the honor of being part of the late Queen Elizabeth’s funeral in St George’s Chapel. It was an extraordinary day, but very, very sad. The end of a great era,” the count said.
