Doyle, a partner in a public relations agency in Montreal, and Hale, who works for the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in Ottawa, have been fast friends since meeting in their first year of university about 30 years ago. Both Alexandra and Mary were crowned as Queens and Empresses. By the time Elizabeth was crowned, the beginnings of what became the Commonwealth was there, so her dress reflected that.” Nor were any answers provided by the PMO to questions regarding who will be part of Canada’s official delegation to the coronation. The trip, initially planned for France and Germany, was seen by many as a signal of the importance the U.K. places on its relationship with Europe going forward.

Edward's low-key four-day visit — his first overseas trip since being named Duke of Edinburgh by his brother King Charles in March — saw him undertake engagements in Toronto and Vancouver. Princess Eugenie, who’s currently pregnant with her second child, wore this simple navy fascinator to the coronation.

Diplomatically, in light of Brexit, this was viewed, I think, as an opportunity by the U.K. government to reset the relationship between the U.K. and France and the U.K. and Germany, who are in geopolitical terms the two main players in the EU," Craig Prescott, a constitutional law expert at Bangor University in Wales, said in an interview. Charles is hardly a stranger to that stage, given his travels through his decades as Prince of Wales. But his recent trip to Germany also offered a view of how he may try to forge his own way in a role that had been held by his mother, Queen Elizabeth, for an unprecedented 70 years.

The last time a Queen Consort was crowned, at the coronation of King George VI in 1937, it was Queen Elizabeth (later known as Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother). Their daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, also attended the service in Westminster Abbey. News of the medal comes after questioning from some quarters last year over the government's decision not to have a medal to honour Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee. It also appears that Canada won’t be specifically referenced in the oath Charles makes during the coronation ceremony. The U.K. government announced changes to the oath this week that will mean that rather than each Commonwealth realm being referred to individually, they will be referenced “collectively.” Whereas the Queen always maintained distance and it was always just a bit more upright, just generally [with Charles] it seems to be a bit more relaxed, a bit more open and sort of more modern in a sense," Prescott said. The relative sparseness of Canadian coronation information has caught the attention of some observers.Murphy said she has strong ties to her family in England, and memories of the Royal Family from her grandmother. All of these consorts were able to have some influence on their public presentation at the time of their coronations and they were all Queen Consorts as mature women." CBC's coverage of the coronation of King Charles will be available on Saturday starting at 4 a.m. ET on CBC-TV, CBC News Network, streaming on cbcnews.ca , CBC Gem and CBC News Explore. Coverage on CBC Radio and CBC Listen begins at 5:30 ET. Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, leave St. George's Chapel in Windsor, England, on April 9, 2005, after the church blessing of their civil wedding ceremony. (Alastair Grant/The Associated Press) Akshata Murty, wife of the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wore an understated yet chic navy blue hat.