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Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulates King Charles on Coronation
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Charles in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach traveling to Westminster Abbey. Lisi Niesner / Reuters
Charles in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach traveling to Westminster Abbey. Lisi Niesner / Reuters

Charles in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach traveling to Westminster Abbey. Lisi Niesner / Reuters

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan, wife of Xi, sent a message congratulating King Charles III and Queen Camilla on his Coronation to the British throne.

Charles was crowned on Saturday in Britain's biggest ceremonial event for seven decades, a sumptuous display of pageantry dating back 1,000 years.

In their message, Xi and Peng said that the world is undergoing profound and complex transformations, and the international community is faced with many unprecedented challenges.

China and Britain, both permanent members of the UN Security Council, should take a long-term and strategic view to jointly promote the historical trend of peace, development and win-win cooperation, they said.

The Chinese side is ready to work with Britain to enhance friendship of the two peoples, expand mutually beneficial cooperation, and deepen people-to-people and cultural exchanges, so as to bring more benefits to the two countries and the wider world with a stable and mutually beneficial China-Britain relationship.

In front of a congregation of about 100 world leaders and a television audience of millions, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual leader of the Anglican Church, slowly placed the 360-year-old St Edward's Crown on Charles' head as he sat upon a 14th-century throne in Westminster Abbey.

The historic and solemn event dates back to the time of the 74-year-old's predecessor William the Conqueror in 1066.

 

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Source(s): Reuters

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