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‘There are always mishaps’: Historian Joanne Paul on British coronations

By France24
13 May 2023   |   4:11 pm
The coronation of Britain's King Charles III will be the first in the lifetime of anyone below the age of 70. For more on the ritual and its evolution, historian and author Joanne Paul joined us for Perspective. She explained that the ceremony goes all the way back to the 7th century, with the first anointing of a British monarch.

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