<img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x5Zq_2u-uy8/Tke5eekQwyI/AAAAAAAABbQ/rtRkutmm7vE/s1600/asia-map.gif" style="max-width:450px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;"><p class="mol-para-with-font">Despite wall-to-wall TV punditry, there may be some unexplained incidents, 
eye-catching moments and oddities that still need explaining. Here, we highlight several of the more offbeat elements of the day.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold">Pageboy with child-star mum</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">One of Charles's pageboys was Ralph Tollemache, 12, whose mother Sophie 
appeared in the <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/tvshowbiz/john-cleese/index.html" id="mol-82e400c0-ec51-11ed-8490-b76329f0ea75" target="_self">John Cleese</a> film 
A Fish Called Wanda when she was aged six.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold">Wonky orb</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The cross on top of the Orb is 
bent off centre, having been dropped by a would-be thief 
in 1671.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">During the English Civil War, Irish-born Colonel Thomas Blood swapped sides 
to fight with Oliver Cromwell.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">But when Charles II returned to the throne, Blood became one of the most wanted men in England and 
tried to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> 
<div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-b395eb5bc3d4c41b" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="868" width="634" alt="The cross on top of the Orb is bent off centre, having been dropped by a would-be thief in 1671" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-b395eb5bc3d4c41b" website height="868" width="634" alt="The cross on top of the Orb is bent off centre, having been dropped by a would-be thief in 1671" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">The cross on top of the Orb is bent off 
centre, having been dropped by a would-be thief in 1671</p></div><div class="moduleFull mol-video"><div><div itemprop="video" itemscope="itemscope" website content="Happy and glorious! King Charles and Queen Camilla crowned" itemprop="name" /><meta content="PT23M37S" itemprop="duration" /><meta website itemprop="thumbnailUrl" /><meta website itemprop="contentURL" /><meta content="2023-05-06T14:23:24+0100" itemprop="uploadDate" /><meta content="576" itemprop="height" /><meta content="1024" itemprop="width" /><meta content="King Charles III and Queen Camilla have been cheered uproariously by up to 2 million people on the streets of a rainy London today after the historic first coronation in Britain since 1953. The royal couple have arrived back at Buckingham Palace." itemprop="description" /><div class="item"> <div class="vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col news" id="v-8027017977146002783"> <video controls="" class="video-js vjs-default-skin" website website and glorious! King Charles and Queen Camilla website Charles III and Queen Camilla have been cheered uproariously by up to 2 million people on the streets of a rainy London today after the historic first coronation in Britain since 1953. The royal couple have arrived back at Buckingham Palace.website preload="none"> <source website type="video/mp4"></source> </video> </div> </div> 
</div></div></div><p class="mol-para-with-font">During the botched heist,
the Orb was dropped and damaged - leaving the cross still 
crooked.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold">Wood salvaged from the Royal Yacht</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The Diamond Jubilee State Coach was built 13 years ago,
with interior wooden panels made from 100 historic artefacts including oak timber from Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose.


The handrails also came from the Royal Yacht Britannia.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold">Bag of 50ps</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">As Lord 
President of the Privy Council, Tory MP Penny Mordaunt exchanged 
a bag of coins for the ancient custom of the Jewelled Sword 
of Offering. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The purse contained 100 newly 
minted, cupro-nickel 50p pieces with an effigy of the crowned King.


Before decimalisation in 1971, a peer used to offer 100 silver shillings.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold">Gospel choir</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The 
magnificent gospel choir - a first for a British Coronation - featured singers who 
performed at Prince Harry and <a href="https://www.buzznet.com/?s=Meghan%20Markle%27s">Meghan Markle's</a> wedding. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The Ascension Choir, led by Abimbola Amoako-Gyampah, included singers 
from the Kingdom Choir in south London who sang the Ben E King song 
Stand By Me for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold">Rolling out the blue carpet...</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">A new, royal-blue carpet was laid down at Westminster Abbey especially for the Coronation. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">It was designed with a 
friction-less weave so Their Majesties' robes did not snag on the floor.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold">BBC Huw's swipe at Liz Truss</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">BBC anchor Huw Edwards was 
accused of making an unsubtle dig at former Tory PM Liz Truss. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">As 
she arrived at the Abbey behind Boris Johnson, he told viewers that she was 'Prime Minister for a very brief period' - 
a reference to her 44 days in No 10, the shortest 
time for a British PM.</p><div class="mol-page-break"><div class="pageBreak"> </div><div class="clear"> </div></div><h2 class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold mol-style-subhead">The hot equerry,
a King's slippers ...

and a very Grim trick of the light</h2><p class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold">The 'Hot Equerry'</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">An army 
of female viewers swooned over the King's aide, Major Jonathan Thompson. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Nicknamed the 'Hot Equerry', the 39-year-old was described on social media as 'hunky', 'dashing' and 'handsome'. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Major Thompson's fans may be disappointed that the kilted officer with the 5th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland has been married for 13 years to marketing executive Caroline and they have 
two children.</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> 
<div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-9c47b128ae1239ee" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="1429" width="634" alt="Nicknamed the 'Hot Equerry', the 39-year-old was described on social media as 'hunky', 'dashing' and 'handsome'" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> 
</div> <noscript> <img id="i-9c47b128ae1239ee" website height="1429" width="634" alt="Nicknamed the 'Hot Equerry', the 39-year-old was described on social media as 'hunky', 'dashing' and 'handsome'" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Nicknamed 
the 'Hot Equerry', the 39-year-old was described on social media 
as 'hunky', 'dashing' and 'handsome'</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold">Trees replanted at Sandringham</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">A pair of tall yew topiaries were positioned at the Abbey's 
Great West Door, underplanted with a meadow of wild 
grasses and cowslips, primroses and violets.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The 
trees will be replanted in a new, biodiverse topiary garden at Sandringham, which will be open to the public, as a lasting reminder 
of the day.</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> 
<div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-d80978ff4aa8d0da" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="438" width="634" alt="A pair of tall yew topiaries were positioned at the Abbey's Great West Door, underplanted with a meadow of wild grasses and cowslips, primroses and violets" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> 
</div> <noscript> <img id="i-d80978ff4aa8d0da" website height="438" width="634" alt="A pair of tall yew topiaries were positioned at the Abbey's Great West Door, underplanted with a meadow of wild grasses and cowslips, primroses and violets" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">A pair 
of tall yew topiaries were positioned at the Abbey's Great 
West Door, underplanted with a meadow of wild grasses and cowslips,
primroses and violets</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold">Spectre of the Grim Reaper</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Social media went into a frenzy about an overhead picture of the Abbey nave which was said 
to show the Grim Reaper - a shadowy figure carrying a stick. In fact, it was a trick of the light and was 
the outline of a clergyman.</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-ff0405d387257bfe" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="438" width="634" alt="Social media went into a frenzy about an overhead picture of the Abbey nave which was said to show the Grim Reaper - a shadowy figure carrying a stick" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> 
<noscript> <img id="i-ff0405d387257bfe" website height="438" width="634" alt="Social media went into a frenzy about an overhead picture of the Abbey nave which was said to show the Grim Reaper - a shadowy figure carrying a stick" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Social media went into a 
frenzy about an overhead picture of the Abbey nave which was said to show the Grim 
Reaper - a shadowy figure carrying a stick</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold">Charles's slippers</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The King wore 'opera pump' slippers hand-made by 
Northampton-based Gaziano & Girling using Swiss calf leather. </p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The leather on the soles came from a tannery in Devon which uses ancient 
methods.

The silver buckles were commissioned by the Goldsmiths' 
Company and were modelled on a pair worn by George VI.</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-bf497b49ab13b2ee" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="433" width="634" alt="The King wore 'opera pump' slippers hand-made by Northampton-based Gaziano & Girling using Swiss calf leather" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> 
</div> <noscript> <img id="i-bf497b49ab13b2ee" website height="433" width="634" alt="The King wore 'opera pump' slippers hand-made by Northampton-based Gaziano & Girling using Swiss calf leather" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> 
</div> <p class="imageCaption">The King wore 'opera pump' slippers hand-made by Northampton-based Gaziano & Girling using Swiss calf leather</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font mol-style-bold">Blue 
manes</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">The braids (made from recycled plastic bottles) weaved into the manes were part of a tradition which began at Queen Victoria's 
coronation. Charles chose royal blue - his mother's favourite colour.</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="style"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-d8bd7a92daad7790" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="423" width="634" alt="The braids (made from recycled plastic bottles) weaved into the manes were part of a tradition which began at Queen Victoria's coronation" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> 
</div> <noscript> <img id="i-d8bd7a92daad7790" website height="423" width="634" alt="The braids (made from recycled plastic bottles) weaved into the manes were part of a tradition which began at Queen Victoria's coronation" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">The braids (made from recycled plastic bottles) weaved into the manes were part of a tradition which began at Queen Victoria's coronation</p></div></div>

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