11:41
Almost 9 million viewers in France at the coronation of Charles III
According to Médiamétrie data released this Sunday, an average of almost nine million viewers watched the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday. and Queen Camilla in London on all the channels that broadcast them.
This corresponds to a market share of 70.6% between 11:52 and 13:44 on BFMTV, but also on TF1, France 2, M6, CNews, LCI and Franceinfo, which broadcast this coronation.
By comparison, Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral on September 19 gathered an average of 7.5 million viewers.
11:03
The main organizer of Saturday’s anti-monarchy protests has been released
British police released Graham Smith, the main organizer of an anti-monarchy demonstration on the fringes of Charles III’s coronation, on Saturday night, the Republic reported.
“I have now left the police station,” Graham Smith himself said on Twitter, denouncing the lack of “the right to demonstrate peacefully in the UK.”
Several other members also emerged from police custody after about 16 hours’ detention, saying their phones had been confiscated.
Six of them were arrested early Saturday morning as they prepared to demonstrate in Trafalgar Square on the path of the procession that took the King to Westminster Abbey.
9:29
“Joyful and Glorious”: The British press celebrates the coronation of Charles III
After the historic coronation of Charles III. the British press largely returned to this historic event in their Sunday editions.
Whether it’s The Mail on Sunday, The Sunday Telegraph or The Herald, all titles published across the English Channel this Sunday have dedicated their front page to the newly crowned monarch, commemorating a “joyful and glorious” moment, a “glorious coronation” . or a triumph.
Only The Observer, the Sunday edition of the Guardian, briefly recalled the arrests of anti-monarchy activists that marred Saturday’s day.
More information in our article.
8:10
“Grand Lunch” and concert: the program for this Sunday
This Sunday, the British public are invited to a “big lunch” through neighborhood feasts and with the “Coronation Quiche” on the menu, the recipe for which was unveiled by the Palace in mid-April.
In the evening there will be a concert in front of 20,000 people at Windsor Castle in west London. Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, the tenor Andrea Bocelli or the pianist Lang Lang will headline a bill marked by the absence of British stars.
Finally, the royal family is calling on Britons to volunteer on tomorrow, Monday May 8, a public holiday.
8:05
Coronation, greetings from the balcony and arrests… What you missed yesterday
In case you weren’t following Saturday’s events, eight months after the death of Elizabeth II, King Charles III. and Queen Camilla were crowned in a formal Christian ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday. Here are the main highlights of the day:
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The celebrations for the coronation of King Charles III. go on
Hello everyone and welcome to this directorate dedicated to the celebrations of the coronation of King Charles III. is dedicated. Because if the religious ceremony took place on Saturday, the celebrations are not over and will continue until Monday May 8, a bank holiday across the English Channel.