Newspaper headlines: 'Crowning glory' of 'happy and glorious' Coronation

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By BBC News
Staff
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The King wearing the Imperial state Crown and carrying the Sovereign's Orb and Sceptre

Most of the papers have produced souvenir editions to mark the Coronation, featuring full page photographs of the King on their front covers.

The Sunday Mirror and the Daily Star Sunday have chosen the same image of the newly-crowned monarch holding the Sovereign's Orb and Sceptre.

Identical pictures are also used by the Sunday People and the Sunday Express, showing a smiling Charles waving to well-wishers.

The Sunday Telegraph features a photo of the King and Queen standing side-by-side after the ceremony - while the Mail on Sunday shows them sharing a glance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, alongside the headline "The Look That Says: Darling, It Was A Triumph!"

According to the Sunday Times, "the 40th and oldest monarch to be crowned at Westminster Abbey looked pensive at the start of the service, and unsure at times" - before he "visibly relaxed" as the ceremony wore on.

The Queen is described as looking "nervous" at first - but after being anointed she "beamed throughout the rest of the service - perhaps unable to believe the journey that has transformed her from Charles's toxic mistress to his crowned consort".

For the Mail on Sunday, the most poignant moment came when the Prince of Wales gave his father a light kiss on the cheek after stepping forward to pay homage. "Charles's face", it says, "lit up with pure delight".

The Sunday Telegraph reports that "the day unfurled in three stunning acts"; the Coronation service, the military procession through London, and the appearance of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. It was here, says the paper, that the King and Queen "truly connected with the gathered throng" as they waved at those below.

The Sunday People says the King looked "genuinely humbled by the crowd's roar of affection - and called his encore his "sweet spot of the day".

There's a strong sense of pride in several editorials. The Sun on Sunday says yesterday was "the greatest royal spectacle that most of us have ever seen", despite the rain. It describes the ceremony as a "blockbuster of historic richness unmatched anywhere else on Earth" - with the number of world leaders present "testament to the monarchy's global importance".

The Sunday Mirror agrees - noting that the Coronation unfolded "as smoothly and with as much grandeur as Britain could muster".

The Sunday Express calls it a "triumph" - and a reminder that the UK is a unique country "which we are truly blessed to call home".

The only paper to feature something other than the Coronation on its front page is the Observer - which reports that detailed analysis of Thursday's local election results in England shows Labour is winning back "swathes of Brexit voters".

It says leading academics believe the results are evidence that the link between voting for Brexit and voting for the Conservatives is weakening - giving Labour further encouragement that it can take back seats across the so-called "red wall" and win the next general election.