Charles III has been crowned as king at Westminster Abbey in a lavish ceremony on a dreary, rainy day in London.
The head of the United Kingdom’s main republican group and other antimonarchist activists were arrested at a coronation protest in London hours before the historic events.
Prince Harry, the second son of Charles III, flew in from the United States to attend the ceremony with scores of other high-profile guests.
Scandal-hit royal Prince Andrew, the monarch’s brother, is also in attendance.
While many are celebrating, a recent YouGov poll in the UK found that just 33 percent of those asked cared about the coronation.
