“This kind of nonsense suggests that the price tag might be a lot higher,” he said. However, Graham Smith of the pressure group Republic said the coronation was already costing £100m. Insiders said that the arrangement was nothing extravagant: “It’s basically a raised stage and some carpet.” In 1953, it was shut for months while rehearsals took place – something that was deemed an impossible imposition on the abbey and its finances in 2023.
Palace sources said the set had been devised so that Westminster Abbey would not have to be closed for any longer than necessary. It has also emerged that rehearsals for the coronation have been aided by the construction of a movie-style set of Westminster Abbey inside Buckingham Palace’s ballroom.Ī scale model of the abbey stage has been installed to ensure everyone with a part to play – including the king – has ample chance to practise before rehearsals start in the abbey this week. “It is my prayer that all who share in this service, whether they are of faith or no faith, will find ancient wisdom and new hope that brings inspiration and joy.”
Photograph: Neil Turner/Lambeth Palace/PAīut the coronation was “first and foremost an act of Christian worship”, he said. The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, reading the coronation Bible, specially commissioned for the event, at Lambeth Palace.
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