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King Charles III will be crowned as the UK's new monarch Saturday, in the country's first coronation ceremony to take place in nearly 70 years and marking the 40th coronation since 1066.
Charles and Queen Camilla will travel 1.3 miles from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach and return to Buckingham Palace in the Gold State Coach, which has been used for every coronation since 1831.
During the service conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the king will be anointed with oil and receive the traditional symbols of the orb and scepter, before being crowned with the 360-year-old St. Edward’s Crown—made of 22-carat gold and 444 precious and semiprecious stones and weighing nearly 5 pounds. Camilla will be crowned with Queen Mary’s Crown and hold an ivory scepter. See the Crown Jewels here and details of the ceremony here.
More than 2,000 guests will be in attendance at the ceremony, including Princes William and Harry, US first lady Jill Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, charity representatives, and more. See how to watch in the US here. |
Four members of the "alt-right" Proud Boys group, including its former leader Enrique Tarrio, were convicted of seditious conspiracy yesterday for their role in the Jan. 6 storming of the US Capitol following the 2020 presidential election. The case was the second sedition trial in the past year and followed a guilty verdict for Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes last year on similar charges.
More than 1,000 people have been arrested in connection with the events of Jan. 6, 2021, with the majority facing lower-level charges such as entering a restricted federal building. Prosecutors argued Tarrio and the Proud Boys planned in advance to encourage the larger crowd to force their way into the Capitol, with the specific goal of disrupting the certification of the election.
Tarrio himself was not present Jan. 6, having been arrested two days beforehand by Washington, DC, police on an outstanding warrant. The charges carry a maximum penalty of up to 20 years in prison; sentencing is expected in the coming months. |
Sheeran Wins Copyright Case |
British singer Ed Sheeran prevailed in a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement, with a jury deciding yesterday his song "Thinking Out Loud" did not steal from R&B artist Marvin Gaye's 1973 hit "Let's Get It On." Sheeran's 2014 song hit No. 1 on the UK charts and No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
At issue was a chord progression in Sheeran's song that heirs to the estate of Ed Townsend, who cowrote "Let's Get It On" with Gaye, argued were similar enough to have essentially been lifted from the hit (watch breakdown). Sheeran's defense argued the lawsuit was effectively attempting to monopolize a series of chords that have been widely used in various musical genres, including before Gaye's hit song five decades ago.
The case came amid an increase in musical copyright lawsuits in recent years; read an overview here. |
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