As is the norm in any respect globally televised occasions reminiscent of these, the performing arts had been nicely represented on the coronation of King Charles III. Notable among the many Hollywood celebrities who had been current on the majestic Westminster Abbey, a few hours earlier than the coronation, as listed by ‘Variety’, included Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Lionel Richie and Katy Perry.

Although Charles ascended to the throne the minute Queen Elizabeth II died final yr, the coronation was a ceremony to mark the formal investiture of his regal powers.

The 2,200-strong congregation who gathered to look at the St Edward’s Crown being positioned atop King Charles’ head consists of members of the royal household, together with Prince Harry consigned to the third row, politicians, aristocrats, worldwide dignitaries and celebrities.

There had been a variety of acquainted faces within the viewers hailing from the worlds of media and leisure, says ‘Variety’. Among them had been ‘I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!’ hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, higher recognized by their stage moniker ‘Ant and Dec’, adventurer Bear Grylls, ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ star Joanna Lumley, ‘Mr Bean’ actor Rowan Atkinson, singer Lionel Richie (who can also be set to carry out on the coronation live performance on Sunday night), Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones, British ‘Vogue’ editor Edward Enninful, designer Stella McCartney, ‘The Repair Shop’ star Jay Blades and the magician Dynamo, notes ‘Variety’.

Some of the celebrities had been invited due to their hyperlinks with King Charles’ philanthropic organisation, The Prince’s Trust — Ant and Dec, Lionel Richie and Edward Enninful are all ambassadors for the charity — whereas others had been beneficiaries.

Dynamo started his profession due to a enterprise mortgage from The Prince’s Trust, which purchased him the digital camera and laptop computer he used to develop his world viewers, whereas the Stereophonics obtained a grant from the charity at the start of their careers that enabled them to purchase audio system for his or her reside exhibits, notes ‘Variety’.

Australian singer-songwriter-actor Nick Cave, who was one of many invitees, felt compelled to elucidate his presence on the occasion final week in a blogpost titled “Why the f**k are you going to the King’s coronation?”

Cave, as quoted by ‘Variety’, wrote on his weblog: “I am not a monarchist, nor am I a royalist, nor am I an ardent republican for that matter. What I am also not is so spectacularly incurious about the world and the way it works, so ideologically captured, so damn grouchy, as to refuse an invitation to what will more than likely be the most important historical event in the U.K. of our age. Not just the most important, but the strangest, the weirdest.”

Cave continued: “I hold an inexplicable emotional attachment to the Royals — the strangeness of them, the deeply eccentric nature of the whole affair that so perfectly reflects the unique weirdness of Britain itself.”

He added that he discovered himself welling up throughout the funeral of King Charles’s mom, Queen Elizabeth II, final September. “I’m just drawn to that kind of thing — the bizarre, the uncanny, the stupefyingly spectacular, the awe-inspiring.”