He had canceled any official public engagement since the announcement of his cancer on February 5, confining himself to certain official functions or small meetings. On Sunday March 31, King Charles III, 75, finally reappeared at Windsor Castle for the Easter Mattins Service. Alongside Queen Consort Camilla, he attended the religious ceremony celebrating Easter, but above all there were smiles and greetings, even concluding his appearance with a walkabout with his crazy fans… In good shape, Charles? It looks like it.
Charles III displayed his usual elegance on this occasion, made of classicism, boredom and patina. On the shoulders, one of the classics of her wardrobe, a polo coat signed by tailor Anderson
To attend the ceremony, Camilla had also made an effort. His spectacular green hat allows us to recall the following rule: in a church, if men have the obligation to uncover themselves, according to the instructions of the Bible (1 Corinthians 11:7: “A man must not cover his head head, since it is the image and glory of God”), women can remain hatted. For what ? Because nothing is specified on this subject. And because putting a hat on a woman’s hair is far too cumbersome an exercise to be repeated over and over again…
For the occasion, Camilla also took out her little Chanel bag. In this case, this classic Flap Bag model quilted in navy lambskin is configured here in a unique way. If Coco Chanel has always equipped her bags with a chain allowing them to be worn over the shoulder, with the aim of freeing women’s hands and thus making an active life easier for them, Camilla has here taken the opposite approach. Concretely, she removed her bag from its chain to carry it by the handle, thereby constraining herself to a representational role. After all, it is not inconsistent.
Finally, how can we not mention the other star in this image? To the right of the king, the man named Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury and spiritual leader of the Anglican Church, appears here in a dazzling suit of light. But don’t be fooled by appearances… In 2023, poor Justin Welby actually stood out by asking his competitors in the English Roman Catholic Church to lend him the liturgical vestments necessary for the coronation of Charles III, due to a lack of funds for have them made… So times are tough for everyone.
