The Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh represented the King and Queen at the Buckingham Palace gathering. Earlier today, King Charles visited Cambridge University, where he broke ground on a new laboratory that is dedicated to making carbon emissions-free air travel a reality.
The Royal Family have returned to work immediately after a whirlwind weekend that started on Friday with Buckingham Palace engagements for foreign royals and visiting world leaders. The centrepiece was, of course, the Coronation service on Saturday, which saw some 2,200 invited guests descend on Westminster Abbey to watch the crowning of King Charles and Queen Camilla. The day ended after the royal couple appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in a celebratory moment.
On Sunday, members of the Royal Family were despatched to take part in the “Big Lunch” events across the country. That evening they gathered in the grounds of Windsor Castle for the Coronation concert. Yesterday, in the final official engagement, royals including the Waleses and the Edinburghs volunteered with organisations as part of the Big Help Out initiative.
A tradition dating back to Queen Victoria, the Royal Family’s annual summer Garden Parties came to be closely associated with the late Queen Elizabeth II during her 70-year-reign: a chance for the beloved monarch to meet charity workers and community representatives in the bucolic surroundings of the Palace grounds.
