Talking Tables - Royal Coronation Cake Stand Carriage Shaped 3 Tier - Tableware for the King Charles III Coronation, Street Parties, British Themed - 9 Pieces

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With the UK getting ready to celebrate the upcoming Coronation of King Charles III — there are plenty of ways to get into a celebratory mood for the occasion. Whether you plan to watch the monumental event on TV, attend the Coronation Concert or throw a street party, there are plenty of ways to mark this historic event. Will Torrent, senior development chef at Waitrose, said: "We're all really looking forward to celebrating the King's coronation this weekend and our customers are definitely feeling the same with lots of recipes on waitrose.com seeing increased searches, including the coronation pavlova tower that's seen searches increase by 361pc in the last week." The Ministry of Food granted 82 applications for people to roast oxen if they could prove that by tradition, an ox had been roasted at previous Coronations – a welcome concession at a time the meat ration was two shillings a week. While there will be public events, parties and even a Coronation Concert taking place over the course of King Charles' coronation long weekend (which includes a bank holiday on Monday 8 May,) if you're after a keepsake to remember the occasion for years to come, you may be looking for Coronation memorabilia to mark the historic event. Whether you want to keep a souvenir for yourself or want to show it to your children and grandchildren in years to come, you may be after a piece to remind you of this monumental event in history. The Queen succeeded to the Throne on the 6 February, 1952 on the death of her father, King George VI. She was in Kenya at the time and became the first Sovereign in over 200 years to accede while abroad.

The first overseas tour The Queen undertook after the Coronation was to Bermuda, Jamaica, Panama, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand starting in November 1953. HM returned in 1954 visiting Australia, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) Aden and Uganda – going home in Britannia from Aden via Malta and Gibraltar. We've compiled our favourite coronation table ideas to help you celebrate the coronation in style. Whether you're holding a party and looking for plenty of paper cups and plates, want to decorate in a subtle way with some bunting or are looking for more premium tableware which doubles up as coronation memorabilia, there are plenty of options to cater to all tastes, party sizes and budgets. For instance, in Hammersmith, in West London, King Street will be closed between 11am and 6pm for a coronation street party. Queen Elizabeth II was crowned on 2 June, 1953 in Westminster Abbey. Her Majesty was the thirty-ninth Sovereign to be crowned at Westminster Abbey.

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The Coronation Bouquet was made up of white flowers – comprising of orchids and lilies-of-the-valley from England, stephanotis from Scotland, orchids from Wales, and carnations from Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man. On 24 June 1953, the Honours of Scotland (the crown, the sceptre and the sword) were carried before The Queen in a procession from the Palace of Holyroodhouse to St Giles Cathedral. Great Western Railway said it will run some “very early” additional services to London Paddington from major stations in south Wales, south-west England and the Thames Valley area on Saturday. The recipe for the Anointing Oil contains oils of orange, roses, cinnamon, musk and ambergris. Usually a batch is made to last a few Coronations, but in May 1941 a bomb hit the Deanery destroying the phial, so a new batch was made.

The Sovereign's procession was made up of 250 people including Church leaders, Commonwealth Prime Ministers, members of the Royal Household, civil and military leaders and the Yeoman of the Guard. The incumbent Earl Marshal is responsible for organising the Coronation. Since 1386 the position has been undertaken by The Duke of Norfolk. The 16th Duke of Norfolk was responsible for The Queen's Coronation in 1953 and he was also responsible for the State funeral of Sir Winston Churchill (1965) and the investiture of The Prince of Wales (1969). Prince William gave photographers a nervous smile as the family was driven away from the Abbey after the rehearsal. After the crown, the orb, also made in 1661, was the most important piece of regalia. It is a globe of gold surrounded by a cross girdled by a band of diamonds, emeralds, rubies, sapphire and pearls with a large amethyst at the summit.

Many people camped in The Mall to catch a glimpse of the procession, including a family who had sailed all the way from Australia in a ketch for the occasion. Thousands more celebrated throughout the country and the Commonwealth with street parties. Retailers are reporting soaring sales of coronation-themed products as consumers put up the bunting and prepare for a weekend of street parties. The pieces popular in 1953 were similar to those that are popular today,” notes Stephanie Connell, an antiques dealer who specialises in royal memorabilia. “People sought decorative items for their homes, like mugs, biscuit tins, programmes and replicas of key symbols, like the coronation coach, coronation chair and anointing spoon.” Indeed, it’s said that over a million matchbox-sized gold state coaches, made by the toy company Lesney, were sold. The Queen Salote of Tonga won the hearts of the waiting crowds by refusing to raise the roof of her carriage for protection despite the rain.

The principal decorations for the processional route were in The Mall where there were four twin-spanned arches of tubular steel that were illuminated at night. The arches were lifted into place by giant mobile cranes. Linking the arches down the route were the long lines of standards mounted with golden crowns and each hung with four scarlet banners bearing the Royal Monogram. Equally, if you want to keep your decorations simple, we suggest creating your own hand-made coronation decorations such as paper chains, streamers and hanging paper balls. Also, why not take a look at our best coronation recipes for some tasty treats to enjoy over the bank holiday weekend too?

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The Coronation service fell into six parts: the recognition, the oath, the anointing, the investiture (which includes the crowning), the enthronement and the homage. It's been almost 70 years since the UK and Commonwealth have seen the crowning of a monarch, so King Charles III's coronation ceremony on Saturday 6 May is set to be a much anticipated and celebrated event. There's a bank holiday weekend planned to celebrate the King taking the throne and we can expect it to be a once-in-a-generation event.