Coronation and Constitution in the United Kingdom

Category: Beke-Martos, Judit, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2025, Constitutional Law & Crisis Governance, Articles

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Author: Beke-Martos, Judit

Title: Coronation and Constitution in the United Kingdom

Abstract: The paper establishes a link between the unwritten constitution of the United Kingdom and the significance of the most recent lavish coronation ceremony of King Charles III. For this purpose, it briefly introduces the unwritten constitution of the United Kingdom, as well as its historical development and its role in maintaining the constitutional relevance of the royal coronation ceremony in the UK. It provides a detailed description of the most recent British coronation on May 6, 2023, with King Charles III and Queen Camilla, to highlight the religious and constitutional elements that are intertwined in this power-legitimizing event. In the concluding remarks, the author refers to comparable European monarchies and their lack of coronation ceremonies in order to further support the argument that the coronation ceremony is of constitutional importance in a country that has no written constitution.

Keywords: Coronation ceremony, unwritten constitution, United Kingdom, King Charles III

Cite as: Beke-Martos, J. (2025). Coronation and Constitution in the United Kingdom. Studia Juridica et Politica Jaurinensia, 12(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.71100/STUDIA.2025.1.1

Doi: 10.71100/STUDIA.2025.1.1

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