“That goes on for miles here”: King Charles over the moon with handwritten coronation scroll

A year later, King Charles received a beautiful souvenir of his coronation ceremony. All the events of May 6, 2023, the day Charles was officially inaugurated as King of the United Kingdom, are recorded on one 21-meter-long paper roll: the Coronation scroll.

The coronation role is a British tradition that has been going on for more than 700 years, but it is still a first. For the first time in the history of the British Kingdom, vegan paper was used and there will also be a digital version. Which is entirely according to tradition: the text of the official document is still completely handwritten. A feat, especially if you know how long it is.

“That goes on for miles,” King Charles joked when he was shown the 21 meter long paper roll for the first time. About 11,500 frivolously written words adorn the paper. Monastic work by Antonia Romeo, the representative of the British crown to the government. She worked 56 days in a row to complete the coronation scroll, she told BBC. “It was very intense, but the result feels like a work of art.” (GLI)