For the first time in 70 years, the United Kingdom, Canada and the entire Commonwealth are celebrating a new monarch as 74-year-old Charles was formally crowned King.

The coronation of King Charles III will be the first time a King of England has his coronation televised and only the second-ever British monarch to do so after Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.

The Brexit negotiations are coming down to the wire, as the United Kingdom is scheduled to leave the European Union on March 29.

On Thursday, the United Kingdom is holding a referendum to decide whether “Brexit” will happen — that is, Britain leaving the European Union.

When the British gave Hong Kong back to China in 1997, China promised the city could be semi-autonomous, continue running a capitalist system, and offer freedom of speech, religion and of the press.