Coronation of Clarisse, Queen of France (Reign of Kings)

The Coronation of Clarisse, Queen of France took place on On 27 June 1958 at Reims Cathedral, Reims. Clarisse acceded to the throne at the age of 26 upon the death of her father, King Philippe VII of France on September 2 1954. Being proclaimed queen by her privy and executive councils shortly afterwards. The coronation was held more than four years later in 1958 to not be in conflict with Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.

It also gave the planning committees adequate time to make preparations for the ceremony. During the service, Clarisse took an oath, was anointed with holy oil, invested with robes and regalia, and crowned Queen of France and Navarre. It has been the only French coronation to be fully televised; television cameras had not been allowed inside the abbey during her father's coronation in 1932. Clarisse's was the fourth and last French coronation of the 20th century.

Planning
Special committees were established to supervise various aspects of the work. The committee in charge of accommodation had the task of finding suitable rooms for an anticipated 2,500 foreign guests. To this end it began to commandeer apartments, houses, and hotels for the duration of the festivities, renovating them in a fitting manner. The Kingdom’s textile industry was kept busy producing hundreds of new suits for local guests. Strict rules of protocol dictated the colors: black for schoolchildren, the french tricolors for middle-management people in the private and public sectors, and the traditional grey, blue, and gold for for cabinet ministers and senior officials.