monly a few days away at the coronation of King Charles III. And to prepare for the historic event – scheduled for Saturday 6 May at 11.20 – Rai 1 broadcasts tonight the special of Ulysses titled The Crown of Windsor. With Alberto Angela ready to dispel any doubts about the most paparazzi and exploited dynasty ever, from newspapers to TV. Ready to make king a man who waited to be, without ever showing impatience, for 70 years (he will be 74 on November 14th).
The Crown of Windsor: Alberto Angela’s special
It’s been more than seventy years since the very young Elizabeth II she was crowned Queen and this Saturday, the eyes of the world will be glued to the TV to follow the coronation of Charles III. Eldest son of the legendary sovereign who, at the age of 74, will be proclaimed King in Westminster Abbey.
An appointment that King Carlo waited a lifetime and that comes later troubled decades who have seen him at the center of many controversy. Like the divorce from Lady Diana, the death of the Princess in 1997 and Megxit in 2020.
Eccentric manlover of poetry and painting e fervent environmentalistCarlo will be ithe oldest sovereign ever crowned in Westminster Abbey. And, together with him, his wife Camilla will be proclaimed queen which, after an initial hostility from the British, managed to win their esteem and consideration.
King Charles III at Buckingham Palace. (Getty Images)
Here, the special of Alberto Angela slips into this intricate maze of joys and pains, inside the ancient rituals of a millenary ceremony and in which they are used the famous crown jewels. Which include some of the most precious and famous stones in the world.
In this tangled maze of joys and sorrows, he will guide us
The troubled life of King Charles III
Loved and hatedon and off, by the press and by his subjects, the monarch has known peaks of extraordinary popularity and depths of hostility and discredit. Born in November 1948, Carlo was a shy and insecure child (and later teenager).than in his youth he traveled the world in search of himself.
In the 80s, the forced marriage with Diana – with whom he will have his sons Willian and Henry – but with his heart always tied toeternal and impossible love for Camilla. In one of love triangles most talked about ever.
Then the darkest decadethe 90s, first with divorce from Lady D in 1996, followed by death of the princess the following year in Paris.
Widower with two teenage children, Carlo will slowly be able to regain the affection of his subjects and, unexpectedly, also a make his Camilla love him. Which he will marry in 2005, crowning a dream of love for forty years.
The guests of the episode
Where there is Windsor, there must be too Antonio Capraricajournalist, writer, former RAI correspondent in London who has been following many members of the royal family with extreme attention for some time. And which he recently published with Sperling & Kupfer the book Charles III. The Fate of the Crown.
Together with the journalist, they will also be there Sir Antonio Pappanowho will conduct the coronation orchestra in London, the friend of King Charles Bona Frescobaldi – which it often has hosted in his estates in Tuscany – it’s ours Andrea Bocelli.
The only Italian artist who will perform in front of the new king in grand coronation concert along with stars like Lionel Richie, Take That and Katy Perry.
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