
The Archbishop of Canterbury gives the greeting and introduction: Image: Charles and Camilla in the lead-up to the crowning moment Their Majesties remain standing at the chairs of estate in silent prayer. In his name and after his example I come not to be served but to serve. Your Majesty, as children of the kingdom of God we welcome you in the name of the King of kings. Samuel Strachan, a Chapel Royal chorister, addresses the King: The regalia, Bible, paten, and chalice are placed on the altar. Their Majesties will move through the church to the chairs of estate in the coronation theatre. Jerusalem is builded as a city, that is at unity in itself. The King and Queen Consort will enter the abbey through the Great West Door as the choir sings I Was Glad, which was originally composed by Hubert Parry for the coronation of Edward VII in 1902: He had stated: “A woman’s place is in the kitchen and the bedroom - and not necessarily in that order” in 1981 Pope John Paul II was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt by a Turkish gunman while he was entering St Peter’s Square, Vatican City in 1995 the British mountaineer Alison Hargreaves, aged 33, became the first woman to climb Everest without supplemental oxygen and Sherpa support.īaroness (Rosie) Boycott, founder, Spare Rib, and editor, the Daily Express (1998-2001), 72 Jack Brereton, Conservative MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, 32 Lord (Anthony) Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony, justice of the Supreme Court (2009-17), 80 Prof Dame Jane Glover, director of opera, Royal Academy of Music (2009-16), 74 David Hill, musical director, Bach Choir, chief conductor, BBC Singers (2007-17), 66 Prof Kathleen Jamie, poet laureate of Scotland (makar), 61 Harvey Keitel, actor, Reservoir Dogs (1992), 84 Carrie Lam, chief executive of Hong Kong (2017-22), 66 Dame Andrea Leadsom, pictured, Conservative MP for South Northamptonshire, 60 Johnny Logan, Eurovision winner (1980, 1987, composed the 1992 winning song), 69 Richard Madeley, broadcaster, 67 Armistead Maupin, writer, Tales of the City (1978), 79 Scott Morrison, prime minister of Australia (2018-22), 55 Samantha Morton, actress, Minority Report (2002), 46 Robert Pattinson, actor, the Twilight saga (2008-12), 37 Selina Scott, former ITV and BBC presenter, 72 Tim Shipman, journalist, political commentator, The Sunday Times, 48 Zoë Wanamaker, actress, My Family (2000-11), 74 Stevie Wonder, singer-songwriter, I Just Called to Say I Loved You (1984), 73.įrancesca Annis, actress, Macbeth (1971), 78 Anne Baker, writer, received an MBE for fundraising for the NSPCC in the 2021 new year honours, 109 Ian Blackford, SNP MP for Ross, Skye & Lochaber, SNP Westminster leader, 62 Cate Blanchett, actress, Blue Jasmine (2013), Tár (2022), 54 Sir Chay Blyth, the first person to sail non-stop westwards around the world, 83 David Byrne, singer-songwriter and guitarist, Talking Heads, 71 Sofia Coppola, film director and screenwriter, Lost in Translation (2003), 52 Greg Davies, comedian and actor, The Cleaner (since 2021), 55 George Lucas, film-maker, the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, 79 Martine McCutcheon, actress, EastEnders (1995-98), Love Actually (2003), 47 Olly Murs, singer-songwriter, Troublemaker (2012), 39 Fraser Nelson, editor, The Spectator, 50 Benedict Nightingale, journalist, theatre critic for The Times (1990-2010), 84 Sir Richard Peto, emeritus professor of medical statistics and epidemiology, University of Oxford, 80 Dame Siân Phillips, actress, I, Claudius (1976), 90 Prof Sir Peter Ratcliffe, nephrologist, co-recipient, Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (2019), 69 Tim Stevenson, lord-lieutenant of Oxfordshire (2008-21), 75 Robert Zemeckis, film-maker, the Back to the Future film series, Forrest Gump (1994), 71 Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder (2004), Facebook, 39.Image: King Charles III arriving for his coronation at Westminster Abbey On September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King took up the Battle of the Sexes challenge, beating Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 to a $100,000 prize.


Riggs belittled women’s tennis, but had the court resurfaced to slow the game to his advantage. The speech included the phrase: “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat” in 1973 tennis stars Bobby Riggs and Margaret Court faced off in the Mother’s Day Massacre in a challenge match. The composer, with the librettist WS Gilbert, wrote operettas including The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado and The Yeomen of the Guard in 1940 Winston Churchill gave his first speech as prime minister to the House of Commons. In 1842 Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan was born.
