The queens, in pastel tones, and the kings, in uniform. That has been the clothing choice of the royal guests at the coronation ceremony of Carlos III, who have come to London from the different courts of Europe and also from Asia, Africa and Oceania. In the abbey they have sat in order of seniority on the throne and the kings before the princes. Felipe and Letizia have sat next to Felipe and Matilde from Belgium, behind Guillermo and Máxima from the Netherlands; Alberto and Charlene of Monaco, the Emir of Qatar; Abdalá and Rania from Jordan, Carlos Gustavo from Sweden; Maha of Thailand, Letsie of Leshoto and the Sultan of Brunei,
Letizia has dressed in pink, like Matilde from Belgium and Mette Marit from Norway, in a lighter tone; Máxima from Holland has opted for the cream color, like Charléne from Monaco and Rania from Jordan; while Princess Mary of Denmark has chosen a mauve coat and Maria Chantal of Greece, a light blue outfit.
Not all monarchies have sent their holders. Denmark is represented by Crown Princes Frederick and Mary, as Queen Margrethe is convalescing from back surgery. Haakon and Mette Marit represent Norway, also given King Harald's fragile state of health. King Carl Gustaf of Sweden has chosen to be accompanied by his daughter and his Victoria heiress, in a clear gesture of support for who, probably, it will be, due to a generational change. the next queen to star in a proclamation.
After months of absence in official acts, Princess Charlene of Monaco has reappeared at the London celebrations. The small countries of Europe have been represented by the Grand Dukes Henri and Maria Teresa of Luxembourg and by Alois and Sofia, Prince Regents of Liechenstein.
In addition to the representatives of the European monarchies, members of other royal families have also attended the ceremony, such as the crown princes of Japan, Akishino (brother of Emperor Naruhito) and his wife Kiko, parents of the second in the succession order at the moment, the Prince Hisahito. The little one is the only male of the next imperial generation and is ahead in the order of succession of Princess Mako, the only daughter of the emperors and out of succession since women are excluded from the path to the throne of the Chrysanthemum.
At the ceremony were Abdalá and Rania of Jordan, Princess Mariam of Morocco, Kings Maha and Suthida of Thailand, the Sultan of Brunei and the Kings of Bhutan, the Emir of Qatar, as well as several monarchs from small African kingdoms and from Oceania, like Letsie from Lesotho.
As happened on Friday at the Buckingham Palace reception, the heads of the non-reigning royal houses have also been invited to the Westminster ceremony: Pablo de Grecia, along with his wife María Chantal and the widowed queen Ana María; Simeon and Margarita from Bulgaria, Margarita and Radú from Romania; Alexander and Catherine of Serbia, all seated in privileged places, at the same level as the reigning kings.
