I was very impressed by the service. I understand many people on this board would have wanted tiaras, but there were only a limited number of attendees who would have owned one. I think it would have looked strange with twenty tiaras among 2000 people, and I think they found a good dress-code which made most attendees feel included.
With so much ancient ritual, it was already going to be somewhat quaint for our modern eyes. A bit like s fairytale book. I think they managed a good mix of the ancient and the new.
I found the service uplifting and moving despite its ancient origins. I liked the mixed attire of The King, a Georgian waistcoat along with what appeared to be military trousers with buckled shoes. I appreciated the recycling of pieces of George VI’s attire, the robe particularly even though the ermine showed its age it was charming.
I’m a bigger fan of Queen Mary’s crown with all the arches intact, but it looked marvelous nonetheless on Queen Camilla.
I loved seeing St Edward’s crown close up and in such detail, same with The Orb.
Seeing some royal ladies and gents in chivalric robes was a nice compromise to us not seeing them in ermine. Anne looked outstanding in the robes of The Thistle.
I couldn’t see Zara, I’m curious if she wore her OBE pinned to her dress.
I live in America. I was looking forward to seeing tiaras and it am so disappointed as other posters are. I was disa3 the The Duchess of Sussex was not attending the coronation. And now lack of tiaras.
It's a shame when the musicians and singers are dressed in long gowns and white tie but formal representatives are in day dresses as if for a wedding.
With Jill Biden, Madame Macron and Ursula von der Leyen all in short dresses i don't expect foreign royals to be in anything bigger.
The most glittering jewels so far were the rhinestones on the South African opera singer.
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