Foreign Affairs

Coronation of King Charles

In the video the soldier faints during the coronation ceremony at Cardiff Castle

It seems that many soldiers fainted in the various locations of the ceremony for the long waits at attention

06/05/2023

During the ceremony, the new King is presented with the "regalia", the symbols of royal power: the golden globe of the sovereign, the coronation ring, the scepter with the cross and the one with the dove. Then, the archbishop places the crown of St. Edward on his head. At that moment the abbey bells and trumpets ring, a 62-shot salute is fired from the Tower of London, with a six-gun salvo at the Horse Guards Parade. Not only in London but throughout the Kingdom ceremonies are celebrated where gunshots are fired: twenty-one shots will be fired in 11 other locations in the United Kingdom, including Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast, and on deployed Royal Navy ships. Just during the ceremony at Cardiff Castle, capital of Wales, this soldier could not resist the length of the ceremony and evidently lost consciousness, immediately taken away by other soldiers in camouflage suits.