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She who wields the knife, never wears the crown, to tweak Michael Heseltine’s often-quoted Shakespearean phrase.

And while Penny Mordaunt wielded not one but two swords at the coronation, it was King Charles and Queen Camilla who wore the crown. But Mordaunt, as the Lord President of the Council, was one of the most memorable figures from the events at Westminster Abbey.