At one level, asking why the coronation matters is to slightly miss the point. Living as we do in a constitutional monarchy, the coronation doesn’t need to make a case for itself. It is simply an indispensable part, primarily in symbolic terms, of the installation of our new head of state.
Ameer Kotecha
Why the coronation matters
State events allow all the jewels of our cultural heritage to sparkle
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