A house on the real life Coronation Street is going up for auction next week.
07.05.2023 - 17:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
People came together to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III today as street parties continued across Greater Manchester.
Communities around the region marked the crowning of the new King and Queen by throwing a right royal knees up.
Streets could be seen adorned in bunting and Union Jacks across the long bank holiday weekend as many raised a glass to King Charles and Queen Camilla.
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Yesterday’s coronation ceremony might have been swept up by a very British deluge, but the rain gave way to summery sunshine across Greater Manchester as neighbours were out in force setting up street parties.
Over in Bolton, organiser Mandy Hundle is a seasoned professional when it comes to royal celebrations.
Her Platinum Jubilee street party was a hit, bringing around 200 people out of their homes to say cheers to Queen Elizabeth II.
This year, she’s expecting to top that with at least 300 people signing up to come along to the Victoria Road street party.
Organisers were out at 9.30am on Sunday (May 7) stringing up bunting and laying out tables. They were met with smiling faces as families from the area gathered to make the most of the warm weather.
Joining them were husband and wife duo Helen and Nigel Livesey, helping to run the raffle aiming to raise £1,000 for the DEC Turkey Appeal filling the country’s devastating earthquake.
Debbie Mac, from Greatest Hits Radio, was also on hand to bring the bangers with a DJ set for the street as children guzzled pop and adults sipped Pimms.
Meanwhile, over in Nuttall Park, Ramsbottom gathered together in their hundreds, across the generations, to stage a huge event on the grass.
Picnic blankets aplenty,
A house on the real life Coronation Street is going up for auction next week.
A royal family! Prince William is his father King Charles III’s direct heir — and he couldn’t be more proud of his dad’s accomplishments.
Prince Harry attended his dad King Charles III’s Coronation over the weekend without his wife Meghan Markle and their two kids. Questions around whether Harry, 38, would attend at all plagued the royal family in the weeks leading up to the big day.The Prince is no longer a working royal after he quit the UK for California in 2020. Harry has repeatedly spoken to journalists about his time spent in the firm and even wrote a tell all book, Spare, which was released in the UK on 10 January.
The Coronation Concert is taking place on Sunday night with more than 20,000 people descending on Windsor to watch it live.
Amanada Holden enjoyed a right royal celebration to mark the coronation of King Charles III. The Britain's Got Talent judge was a world away from the antics on Saturday night's episode of the ITV talent show as she and her family went out for afternoon tea.
The King and Queen are “deeply touched” by the nation’s celebration of their historic coronation, Buckingham Palace has said. A Palace spokesman said: “Their Majesties were deeply touched by the events of yesterday and profoundly grateful both to all those who helped to make it such a glorious occasion – and to the very many who turned out to show their support in such numbers in London and further afield.” For the latest showbiz reports and breaking news visit OK! Celebrity News.
After more than a year of spiralling bills and alarming inflation, plenty of Brits have questioned whether the Coronation is worth the cost. Millions of people across the country have endured a tough year with price hikes for food, energy, fuel, rent and mortgages.
King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla looked "anxious" at today's historic Coronation earlier today, Saturday, 6 May, says a royal expert.The ceremony began at 11am and lasted for two hours but Royal expert Jennie Bond exclusively told OK! she was “worried” about how the pair looked during the ceremony. She said: "I was surprised by the the weirdness of some of the rituals and I was not surprised, but a bit worried, about how anxious both the King and the Queen looked." Jennie also questioned if the royals even enjoyed themselves due to the complexity of the ceremony, and said she would have liked to see them be more “relaxed”.
An Oldham man stood just metres away from King Charles III as he was on his way to being crowned at the Coronation today. Proud family and friends snapped pictures of Afruz Miah when he appeared on their screens as one of the 2,000 people invited to witness the King’s Coronation inside Westminster Abbey.
As King Charles was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London, people came together across Greater Manchester to celebrate the new monarch - and enjoy a party.
Alison Hammond looked stunning in blue on Friday as she and Dermot O'Leary headed to the cobbled Coronation Street set to present a special instalment of daytime show, This Morning. Filming the episode away from the studio to celebrate King Charles' Coronation, the presenter fittingly opted for a royal blue coat with trousers in a similar shade. Teaming the look with a white T-shirt, the 48-year-old TV star added a glamorous palette of make-up while leaving her dark locks to fall in a sleek style.
coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip's memory were felt throughout, with several nods made to both late royals. When it came to Elizabeth, who died in September, there were several nods made by her son and his second wife, largely in the outfits they wore during Saturday's ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, England. When it came to the king, his Stole Royal was inspired by one worn by his mother during her coronation in 1953 and featured a series of roundels that included the four emblems of the United Kingdom. Camilla's outfit featured several more notable nods to Elizabeth, with the new queen wearing her late mother-in-law's historic «coronation necklace.» First commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1853, it was also worn by Elizabeth during her crowning ceremony in 1953. Additionally, Camilla's «Robe of State,» which was worn upon her arrival at Westminster Abbey, was originally made for Elizabeth in 1953. Her «Robe of Estate,» meanwhile, was embroidered with 24 plants, including the Lily of the Valley, which was the late queen's favorite flower. During the ceremony, Camilla was crowned with Queen Mary's Crown, which was made for the 1911 coronation of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V.
If you’re an American and are keeping an eye on who’s representing the country in King Charles’ coronation, you might be wondering: Who is Finnegan Biden?
Charles and Camilla will be officially crowned King and Queen at the coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, May 6. As part of the celebrations there will be two processions through London - one as they make their way to the abbey and another as they return home to Buckingham Palace.
The Coronation of King Charles III will take place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday and will follow five traditional elements.
Ant and Dec have arrived at Westminster Abbey ahead of the Coronation of King Charles.
Katy Perry has arrived for the coronation of King Charles III. The pop superstar is wearing a lilac colored skirt and button-front top with matching gloves and a fascinator. She completes the look with white heels, a white bag and a festive pearl necklace. Perry was sighted arriving solo to Westminster Abbey on Saturday, and took a moment to find her seat for the ceremony. Also on-hand for the coronation is Perry's fellow judge Lionel Richie.
As King Charles III prepares to be crowned - the first coronation of a new British monarch for the first time in most people's lives - we look back to the coronation of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, which took place in the infant years of the UK's Official Chart, nearly 70 years ago.
Celebrations will be taking place up and down the country to mark the King’s Coronation over the upcoming bank holiday weekend. The main event will take place at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday, when King Charles III will be crowned alongside Camilla, the Queen Consort.
Along with the hallowed Sunday roast, the afternoon tea is also part of the English DNA. With that in mind, Manchester has some fine examples of the art of pairing cakes with little sandwiches, tea and scones (you can keep the cream first/jam first debate, however, it’s a distraction).