What if Italy Had a Coronation?

Palazzo Reale (Royal Palace) of Turin / Photo: s74 via Shutterstock

The world watched transfixed this weekend as King Charles III was crowned in Westminster Abbey on May 6, succeeding his mother as monarch and becoming King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Head of the Commonwealth and Defender of the Faith.

Some Italians were in attendance, including President Sergio Mattarella and the Anglo-Italian Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, husband of the king’s niece, Princess Beatrice. Famed tenor Andrea Bocelli will be t

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