Headstrong horses and cumbersome crowns: the coronation’s lighter side

A day of pomp and solemnity was punctuated with moments of unintended mischief and mirth

Never work with children or animals is an old adage, but someone forgot to tell King Charles. From the unruly horses that insisted on walking sideways, to five-year-old Prince Louis’s double-handed balcony waves, it was a coronation day of pomp and solemnity punctuated with moments of unintended mirth.

Fashion provided some early talking points. Penny Mordaunt, widely considered to have stolen the show with her sword-holding prowess, was dressed in a bespoke outfit which some said bore a striking resemblance to the colour and logo of the bargain-basement high street chain Poundland.