A coronation is the formal investiture — conferral — of a monarch’s royal status and powers, such as they are in a modern constitutional monarchy. Charles, 74, became king the instant of the death of ...

Behind it, the archbishop poured the holy oil from a gold ampulla shaped like an eagle into the 12th-century coronation spoon and made a sign of the cross on the king’s hands, breast and head. (The ...

What is the British Royal Regalia? Learn more about the British Crown Jewels and how they are replaced medieval renditions ...