Life-sized chocolate King Charles III sculpture unveiled to celebrate coronation

Charles and his wife, Camilla will travel to and from their coronation next month. In Britain's oldest and newest royal carriages, the king and his wife will be taken from Buckingham Palace to the abbey in the diamond Jubilee state coach built to commemorate Queen Elizabeth's 60 th year on the throne and first used in 2014. Well, it's the first time that this carriage has been used at *** coronation. It was delivered to Queen Elizabeth the second in 2014 and used for the state opening of parliament that year on *** few occasions subsequently. But of course, therefore, it's never had the chance to be used in such *** historic and important occasion. After the service, the crown king and queen will then return in the chlorination procession which will be *** third of the 4.5 mile routes taken by Queen Elizabeth 70 years ago said Buckingham Palace for this Reuters reports, Charles and Camilla will travel in *** 260 year old gold state coach which has been used in coronation since William the fourth in 18 31 and was first used by George to travel to the state opening of parliament in 17 62 when he was still king of Britain's American colonies. This coach will be the centerpiece of the much larger and longer procession from Westminster Abbey back to Buckingham Palace on coronation day. The coach is huge. You might be able to tell that from how I'm standing beside it. It's nearly four m tall. It's over seven m long. It weighs four tons because of that. It can only be used at *** walking pace which really adds to the majesty and stateliness of this great royal procession.

A life-sized chocolate bust of Britain's King Charles III weighing more than 50 pounds has been unveiled by confectionery brand Celebrations to mark the forthcoming coronation.Video above: A team of sculptors and chocolatiers led by master chocolatier Jennifer Lindsey-Clarke took 130 hours across four weeks to make the model, using more than 4.5 gallons of melted chocolate, Celebrations said in a press release on Wednesday. This is equivalent to about 2,875 individual Celebrations chocolates.The ornamental shoulder pieces decorating the King's uniform were modeled from individual Twix, Milky Way, Galaxy and Bounty chocolates, with the King's collar made from Maltesers Teasers.One of each of the Celebrations chocolates, including Snickers, was used to create the medals on his chest."What better way to celebrate this moment in British history than immortalizing HM King Charles III using the nation's ultimate sharing treat," said Emily Owen, a senior brand manager at Celebrations, in the release, adding that the team are "delighted with how he looks.""The team studied hours of footage of the King to capture his true likeness and the resemblance is uncanny. Celebrations is all about bringing people together and we are thrilled to be sharing this occasion with so many chocolate lovers up and down the country," she added.The chocolate bust will be on display in the southeastern English town of Slough at Mars Wrigley UK HQ, the headquarters of Mars, which owns the Celebrations brand. King Charles III's coronation will take place on May 6 in London's Westminster Abbey.

A life-sized chocolate bust of Britain's King Charles III weighing more than 50 pounds has been unveiled by confectionery brand Celebrations to mark the forthcoming coronation.

Video above:

A team of sculptors and chocolatiers led by master chocolatier Jennifer Lindsey-Clarke took 130 hours across four weeks to make the model, using more than 4.5 gallons of melted chocolate, Celebrations said in a press release on Wednesday. This is equivalent to about 2,875 individual Celebrations chocolates.

The ornamental shoulder pieces decorating the King's uniform were modeled from individual Twix, Milky Way, Galaxy and Bounty chocolates, with the King's collar made from Maltesers Teasers.

One of each of the Celebrations chocolates, including Snickers, was used to create the medals on his chest.

"What better way to celebrate this moment in British history than immortalizing HM King Charles III using the nation's ultimate sharing treat," said Emily Owen, a senior brand manager at Celebrations, in the release, adding that the team are "delighted with how he looks."

"The team studied hours of footage of the King to capture his true likeness and the resemblance is uncanny. Celebrations is all about bringing people together and we are thrilled to be sharing this occasion with so many chocolate lovers up and down the country," she added.

The chocolate bust will be on display in the southeastern English town of Slough at Mars Wrigley UK HQ, the headquarters of Mars, which owns the Celebrations brand. King Charles III's coronation will take place on May 6 in London's Westminster Abbey.

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