Please educate this yankee from across the pond. I have conflicting research. Is "Coronation Day" one day in the life of a monarch when they are crowned, or is it a yearly anniversary of that day? The wiki article itself is contradictory: "Coronation Day is the anniversary of the coronation of a monarch" but then it gives a bunch of examples, and they're all exact dates, not days of the year: "Elizabeth II - 2 June 1953". All of the other top hits on Google all reference 1953.
It's used to refer to both the day of the actual crowning, and the yearly anniversary of the crowning. Generally though, the actual day of crowning is referred to as "the Coronation", while the anniversary is "Coronation Day".
Thank you, I'm glad I asked. This is one of those examples that we warn people about when researching where the top several hits on Google can be misleading. I was almost certain it was a once in the life of a monarch sort of thing.
As a fellow Yank, I, too, assumed it was just a once in a lifetime thing. Would make sense, why re-crown Elizabeth II if she already had her ceremony? Understood. The Coronation is when she got the crown. Coronation Day is just the anniversary. (makes notes in his fantasy)
Sounds like it works like a birthday. Is that a one-time thing that happens when you're born, or a yearly anniversary of it? It's kinda both actually.
Oh, I don't actually know, I was conjecturing. Maybe what you said is right, and that would be like your birthday is celebrated every year, but if someone asks your date of birth they want the actual year as well as month and day. This is just me trying to put it into a context we yanks can understand.
