King Charles and Queen Camilla receive their Coronation Roll - almost a year ... trends now
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Almost a year after they were crowned at Westminster Abbey, the King and Queen have received the official recording of the proceedings, the Coronation Roll.
It is the first in history to be made from paper and not parchment – which is made from calf, goat or sheepskin – due to Charles's interest in animal welfare.
At Buckingham Palace on Wednesday Their Majesties were presented with the roll by Antonia Romeo, the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery.
Ms Romeo said the roll comprises 57 pages stitched together and contains around 11,600 handwritten words.
As it was unrolled on a trestle table, the King joked: 'It goes for miles.' The Queen added: 'I won't attempt to read it without my specs.'
Unrolled: The King and Queen with Antonia Romeo as they are presented with the Coronation Roll
Illuminated: The first page of the Coronation roll presented to King Charles and Queen Camilla
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery Antonia Romeo's signature on the Coronation Roll
King Charles III and Queen Camilla are shown a digital version of the Coronation Roll
The King said he was hugely impressed by 'the most marvellous illuminations', light-heartedly adding: 'All the right spellings?' Ms Romeo replied: 'That's been checked many times, many times.'
'It's extraordinary, it goes right on to us leaving the abbey,'
