Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated King Charles III and Queen Camilla on their coronation. “Warmest congratulations to King Charles III and Queen Camilla on their coronation. We are sure that the India-UK relationship will be strengthened further in the coming years. @RoyalFamily”, the prime minister tweeted.

King Charles III was topped at London’s Westminster Abbey in Britain’s first coronation since 1952. The 74-year-old grew to become the oldest sovereign to be topped because the inheritor to his late mom Queen Elizabeth II.King Charles III coronation: LIVE protection

He was anointed with oil from the Mount of Olives within the Holy Land, part of the ceremony so sacred it was hid behind screens — earlier than being offered with the Sovereign’s Orb and different regalia.Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby positioned the solid-gold St Edward’s Crown on Charles head as a sacred and historical image of the king’s authority. Charles’ spouse Camilla who has now turn out to be the Queen after his coronation.

After returning to the Buckingham Palace within the second horse-drawn parade, the royal household appeared on the balcony to applause and extra chants of approbation from tens of hundreds of well-wishers braving a spring downpour.

It was solely the second to be televised and the primary in color and streamed on-line.

Charles pledged “I come not to be served but to serve” through the Anglican service, a lot of which might have been recognisable to the 39 different monarchs topped at Westminster Abbey since William the Conqueror in 1066.(With company inputs)