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Fewer viscounts, a ballot for peers and minimal homages reflect Charles III’s wish to ‘look towards the future’There will, this time, be fewer coronets and less ermine than in the “last imperial hurrah”, as Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation has been described.Charles III’s coronation will differ in many ways, fulfilling the king’s stated wish to “reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future”, yet with a ceremony still “rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry”. Continue reading...