In 1991, the year before the first casino opened, Tunica County had 15.7 percent unemployment, the highest in Mississippi and 6.8 percentage points higher than the state average. “I remember when there was nothing here.”įlash back to the “old Tunica.” Residents had depended for decades on the cotton industry for jobs the introduction of high-tech farming tools cut the need for actual farmers, however. It is said that for her coronation in June 1953, Queen Elizabeth II had a hot water bottle strapped to the seat because the weather was so cold.“There’s no way to forget,” says Clifton Johnson, the Tunica County administrator and a life-long Tunica resident. Made of wood covered in gold leaf, it requires eight horses to pull it along and the royals are reportedly not a fan due to its antiquated state. in 2018.Īfter the coronation ceremony has concluded King Charles and Queen Camilla will be taken back to Buckingham Palace in the Gold State Coach, the third oldest coach in the U.K. Its use in the current coronation is somewhat controversial thanks to the ivory, which Prince William has been vocal about, calling the elephant tusk material “a symbol of destruction, not of luxury.” The sale of ivory was banned in the U.K. Queen Camilla will also be given coronation artefacts to hold including an ivory and gold rod originally made for James II’s wife, Queen Mary of Modena, in 1685. When the crown was first re-made in 1661 for Charles II the gems weren’t included: they were rented for coronations and returned immediately after. It is based on a medieval crown that was melted down during the revolution in 1649. The crown contains 444 precious and semi-precious gemstones including rubies, sapphires and amethysts. This will be the money shot: when the Archbishop of Canterbury places the 362-year-old St Edward’s Crown on King Charles’s head. St Edward’s Crown, which will be used during the coronation of King Charles III (Jack Hill – WPA Pool /Getty Images)
And the crown carved into the oak roof is hollow to allow cameras to be fitted.
It is a mixture of history and modernity: it needs six horses to pull it along but inside the polished wooden armrests hide switches to control the air con, lights and windows. One of the newest coaches in the royal fleet, it was created in 2012 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee. King Charles and Queen Camilla will be escorted from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey in the Diamond Jubilee Coach. Read on about some of the other regalia below… The spoon will not be the only historic item used during the coronation. The spoon was used in the coronation of James I in 1603 and has been used at every coronation since including the coronation of Charles II in 1661. The first mention of it dates back to 1349 in Westminster Abbey when it was already being described as “antique.” It is thought it was originally made for Henry II or Richard. It is believed to date back to the twelfth century, having survived the English revolution of the 1600s and the execution of the first King Charles in 1649. The golden spoon, which is inlaid with pearls, is the oldest item of regalia to be used in the ceremony. According to the BBC, during Queen Elizabeth’s coronation a news commentator called the Act of Consecration “a moment so old history can barely go deep enough to contain it.” “It is the most sacred moment and it is between the King and God,” the Archbishop of Canterbury explains. It is a moment that harks back to the Old Testament, in the Book of Kings, when Solomon is anointed as a king by Zadok the Priest. The Archbishop will then dip his fingers into the spoon and touch the King on the head, chest and hands with the oil.
What viewers – and the gathered congregation at Westminster Abbey, which includes Judi Dench, Stephen Fry and First Lady Jill Biden – will not see happen behind the screen is the Archbishop pouring holy oil from Jerusalem from a gold eagle-shaped flask into the gold Coronation Spoon.
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