I think generally he’s perceived as a serious thinker who’s in keeping with making the monarchy more modern,” she said. But Cannadine said he expects there will be “a lot” of global interest, because no other monarchy in Europe now does coronations: “If you want to watch a coronation, this is the one to see.” British car enthusiasts across the country are also marking the occasion: the British Transportation Museum in Dayton, Ohio, which boasts 62 vehicles, will be celebrating Charles’s crowning as part of its annual British Car Meet. For older Americans, Elizabeth II was an iconic figure. “You felt like you knew her even if you didn’t know her,” said Cherie Beatty, 74, a British car enthusiast from Tennessee. The owners of Glengorm Castle B&B on the Isle of Mull invite Banjo Beale into their turret this week – which is completely new territory for his interior design skills. He’s also got his work cut out in nearby Rubha nan Gall B&B – a lighthouse that needs one of its guest rooms revamping. HR Wales’ Home of the Year 8.30pm, BBC Two

Meanwhile, Battersea, the rescue centre the Queen adopted her dogs from, was also flattered by the subtle detail.The British Emporium, a family-owned grocery store in Grapevine Texas, hosted a ‘Crowns, Corgis, Cycles and Car Show’ on 30 April in honor of Charles’s coronation. Photograph: Barry Lewis/courtesy of the British Emporium Bertie the corgi poses with a cutout of Charles III at a coronation party in Grapevine, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, on 30 April. The party was sponsored by the British Emporium, a local grocery store. Photograph: Barry Lewis/courtesy of the British Emporium

Last weekend, the Texas store hosted a coronation-themed British car show and corgi parade, at which some of the corgis also wore festive attire. My favourite little bit about the coronation is that Camilla’s dress had images of her rescue dogs embroidered at the bottom,” one American viewer tweeted. In Grapevine, Texas, these corgis won a costume competition on 30 April at a party in honor of Charles’s coronation, sponsored by the British Emporium, a family-owned grocery store. Photograph: Barry Lewis/courtesy of the British Emporium Gifted the names Bluebell and Beth, the four-legged royal family members have spent their senior years living at Clarence House, according to The Mirror. Beatty, who owns an Aston Martin, said she was impressed that Charles had converted his own Aston Martin “to run on cheese whey and excess white English wine”, as part of an effort to reconcile his environmentalism with his appreciation for car culture.

Personalised dog bandana

While his global reputation was once defined by his marriage to and divorce from Diana, Princess of Wales, and her tragic death in 1997, some Americans now seem willing to engage with the king’s story on his own terms.

Following tradition, Joe Biden will not be attending the crowning of the British monarch, though the White House said the first lady, Jill Biden, would attend on behalf of the United States. Charles’s coronation is Britain’s first in 70 years, and will be the first time such an event will be accessible to a truly global audience, said Sir David Cannadine, a British historian who has studied the political and cultural significance of royal rituals. Though Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953 was televised, and by some accounts launched the age of modern television spectacles, “not many people owned television sets”, Cannadine said. In Grapevine, Texas, as many as 200 people are expected to gather at 4am local time to watch the coronation on a screen in the parking lot of a local British grocery store. Guests have been asked to bring their own lawn chairs, and despite the hour, many are expected to “come dressed as if they’re going to attend a royal event”, said the owner of the British Emporium, Sheela Bailey, who is originally from West Sussex. So far, though, Charles III’s coronation has not generated the same enthusiasm in Missouri as William and Harry’s fairytale weddings, said James, the tea shop owner, who is originally from Surrey.

Royal dog dress

It’s still far from clear how large the global audience for such an event will be today, Cannadine said, and whether it will surpass the global viewership of the royal weddings or the state funeral of Elizabeth II, which was reportedly viewed by at least 29 million people in Britain and 11.4 million in the United States, according to television viewership figures.