Aren't the networks going a little overboard with this King and Queen Coronation stuff?

[Retrograde]

60. Maybe

In broad strokes the basics may go back to William the Conqueror but there's been , a lot of tweaking over the years. Henry VIII's rejection of the Catholic Church changed the religious parts, and most of the crowns, jewels, and other regalia used in early times was destroyed or lost under Cromwell. I suspect that like most British traditions they make it up as they go along

We have presidential inaugurations, which is a similar rite stripped of religious trappings and leaving just the basic pledge to uphold the Constitution for the next four years.