After George IV's Army and Air Force Review, the procession headed by the King returned to Westminster Abbey.
The last part of the British King's coronation ceremony, the grandest celebration banquet began.
The banquet continued into the evening, and George IV was very satisfied.
Caroline, the legal wife of George IV, shivered and hid in a carriage that was not even warm.
I witnessed the king's grand parade from a distance, and saw the military parade aircraft flying in the sky from a distance.
Watching the king's team return to the church from a distance, one can imagine that the grandest banquet is about to begin inside.
The anger and resentment in Caroline's heart reached its peak.
Caroline felt that she should be honored by the queen and sit at the center of the grand procession.
He should sit on the throne of the cathedral and accept the cheers and celebrations of the nobles and officials across the country.
She should be the most glorious hostess at this grand banquet.
But now it has nothing to do with me.
I can only watch from a distance.
If the air outside was not only a few degrees, Caroline would have even wanted to rush to the street and yell.
Although the person who actually obtained the most distinguished female position was her biological daughter, Caroline did not feel any comfort at all.
Caroline almost passed out with anger and resentment.
Yes, just anger and resentment, but not much chagrin at all.
Caroline didn't even think about why she couldn't maintain her marriage to George IV.
Although George IV was also a jerk in his private life.
Couples at this level usually don't care about each other's lives under normal circumstances.
But there will be a tacit understanding to maintain a seemingly harmonious relationship.
As for Caroline and George IV, the couple could not even achieve this level of patience and perfunctoryness.
George IV felt it was all Caroline's fault.
He doesn't know how to control his weight at all. He is as fat as a pig, has a bad temper and is vain.
Caroline felt it was all George IV's fault.
George IV was also like a pig, indecisive and highly conceited. He spent money like water and owed a lot of debt when he was young.
There was no relationship between the two in the first place.
George IV was willing to marry Caroline because his father, George III, declared that as long as George IV married legally according to the rules, the British court would repay George IV's debts.
Caroline also didn't have a good impression of George IV, and she married because he was the British Crown Prince.
After the two got married, they gave birth to Charlotte. After completing the task of having a legal child, they separated and went about their lives.
Caroline's goal is the Queen of England.
As a result, George III was exceptionally survivable, and Caroline was worried that neither she nor her legal husband would survive George III.
Now that George III is finally dead, he should finally get his wish.
It ended up being left out at the last minute.
Caroline wandered the streets of London. When she returned to her apartment, she developed a high fever and became bedridden.
In the original history, Caroline fell ill and died suddenly shortly after her husband's coronation.
She was not in good health to begin with, and she lived with great resentment. Even if she died at the age of over fifty, it would not be considered a premature death.
The next day, Christmas Day, December 25, 1820, the naval parade to celebrate the coronation of the British King officially began.
There are usually two types of ship reviews. One is to send out a small number of one or two warships of each type to accept the monarch's review as representatives.
The other is to put out as many major warships as possible to show the most important naval power.
George IV was very happy with his success, so of course he pursued the latter.
Outside the Portsmouth naval port, between the British mainland island of Great Britain and the Isle of Wight, in Spithead Bay.
The elite British naval fleet was all out, led by Admiral Nelson, waiting for the new king's review.
The center of the large fleet is of course the battleship.
A total of six battleships and six aircraft carriers, this is all the British capital ships now.
Among the battleships, there are four 40,000-ton nine-gun high-speed battleships, which were built after the signing of the Naval Treaty.
One of them just entered service at the end of this year.
There were also two 40,000-ton eight-gun medium-speed battleships built before the Naval Treaty.
Among the aircraft carriers, five were built to the standards stipulated in the treaty, with a full load tonnage of 28,000 tons.
The last one is slightly smaller, with a full load of 24,000 tons, and it just entered service at the end of this year.
The total tonnage of these capital ships is 408,000 tons, the total tonnage of battleships is 240,000 tons, and the total tonnage of aircraft carriers is 164,000 tons.
According to the provisions of the naval treaty, the European and Spanish countries have a share of 320,000 tons of capital ships.
In addition, it has a dedicated tonnage of 84,000 tons for aircraft carriers.
At the same time, the treaty also stipulates that the tonnage share of upper-level warships can be used to build lower-level warships.
Aircraft carriers are ranked below battleships.
With Nelson's strong support, the British devoted 80,000 tons of battleship tonnage to build aircraft carriers.
The goal is to keep the number of battleships and aircraft carriers the same.
Of course, Nelson absolutely supported aircraft carriers, but he did not make the decision to build all aircraft carriers.
Nelson himself, as well as conservatives in the British navy and government, still did not dare to put their full attention on aircraft carriers.
Since the signing of the treaty, the British have maintained a rate of starting two ships a year and continued to update and build new capital ships.
It has taken a total of eight and a half years to complete the shipbuilding plan for all battleships by the end of this year.
The last battleship and the last aircraft carrier were commissioned in advance for the king's coronation ceremony.
At the same time, the traditional battleships that Britain had retained before, the early experimental dreadnoughts built after the war, and the test aircraft carriers converted from cruisers were all decommissioned and dismantled in accordance with the provisions of the treaty.
These twelve battleships are now all the battleships in Britain.
There are a total of twenty-four cruisers in the front and rear of the main fleet, almost half of which are new cruisers completed in the past few years, and the remaining half are old ships that have been preserved in good condition.
The tonnage of new British cruisers is about 8,000 tons, and the old cruisers generally do not exceed 6,000 tons.
The traditional armored cruiser has been completely dismantled as the teacher's battleship.
The British cruiser update has not yet been completed, because the old cruisers are still barely usable, and the capital ships determine the status of the navy.
Surrounding the cruiser are a total of forty-eight destroyers of various types, which are also half-new and half-old.
The new destroyers are slightly larger, with a full load displacement of about 1,800 tons, while the old destroyers are smaller, usually only about 1,000 tons.
Finally there were sixteen submarines.
These 100 warships in total constitute the vast majority of the British Navy's combat ships.
For the coronation of George IV, the British recalled almost all their warships back to the mainland.
In the colonies of Southwest Mexico and the colonies of the United States, there are only some extremely old cruisers and destroyers patrolling.
George IV sailed in a new cruiser among the rows of battleships.
When he arrived at the battleship area, George IV, standing on the deck, saw the positions of a total of twelve battleships at a glance.
George IV immediately thought of the endless battleships of the British Navy during the World War.
George IV suddenly felt a little regretful:
"Our capital ships are much fewer than during the World War. At that time, the United Kingdom had at least thirty capital ships..."
Prime Minister Jenkinson, who was staying by George IV's side, explained very considerately when he heard the king's emotion:
"Your Majesty, the largest tonnage of the battleships during the World War, the Formidable class, was only 15,000 to 6,000 tons.
“Most of the older capital ships are actually only about 14,000 tons.
“Our current battleships have a tonnage of 40,000 tons, and our new aircraft carriers also have a tonnage of 28,000 tons.
“The current twelve capital ships have a mere calculation tonnage of 400,000 tons.
"Even if all are converted into formidable class ships, there are still twenty-five ships.
"If you convert it into fighter jets, the gap is even greater. Today's battleships all have 360mm guns and can travel at least 25 knots.
“With the old ships from the past, one can hold up to several.
"So if we simply count fighter jets, the Kingdom's navy is much more powerful now than it was then."
George IV was right to think so, and his mood suddenly became happy again.
The review fleet passed through the British Navy's own fleet and arrived at the location of the visiting ships from various countries.
Ming Dynasty arranged two 40,000-ton battleships and no aircraft carriers to participate.
France, Prussia, Lucia, Austria, Italy, the Ottomans, and Spain each sent a 40,000-ton battleship.
These battleships have slightly different hull designs from those used by the British, but their weapons are highly similar.
Basically, they were modified according to the drawings of the Ming Dynasty's 40,000-ton battleship.
All have three triple mounts with 360mm main guns, a standard layout of two in front and one in back.
Countries such as the United Kingdom, France, and Spain have their own naval design experience, and the independent design component is relatively large.
There are also more independently designed and produced equipment, mainly imported core equipment such as Ming Dynasty turbines and main guns.
Traditional landlocked countries such as Lucia and Prussia had less experience in naval design and used more of the original designs provided by the Ming Dynasty.
They also use more accessories produced by Daming. The country mainly produces the structural frame and conventional equipment of the warship body.
Ottoman warships were completely produced using Ming Dynasty's drawings, and all accessories and materials imported from Ming Dynasty were used.
Our country only undertook the construction of the hull and completed a processing procedure for incoming materials.
In fact, this is already a huge progress for Osman.
Daming really led him step by step to complete the actual construction of a cash battleship.
France, like the United Kingdom, has completed its battleship renewal plan and replaced all 400,000 tons of its main force with new warships.
Lucia and Prussia have less experience and their construction speed is slightly slower. The shipyards still have several warships under construction that were started in the last two years.
Spain, Austria, Italy, Ottoman and other countries have actually given up their plans to use up all their battleship tonnage.
Each of them completed four to six new battleships worth about 40,000, and the remaining tonnage of the battleships was made up of old ships.
However, the four countries did not verbally indicate that they would give up on completing the shipbuilding plan.
Portugal gave up its 40,000-ton battleships and used Ming Dynasty's drawings to build two 30,000-ton high-speed battleships.
The Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden purchased a light battleship of over 20,000 tons from Daming.
Morocco, a nominally independent country, received an old warship as a gift from the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time paid for the Ming Dynasty to convert it into a dreadnought.
These five countries also sent their most powerful warships to Britain to participate in the coronation parade of George IV.
In this way, there were a total of fourteen battleships brought by foreign guests on site, which was two more than Britain's own battleships.
In the current naval system, the British pay special attention to aircraft carriers and have developed a main fleet of "six battles and six voyages".
The navies of other countries still have battleships accounting for the majority.
Prussia and Lucia, which were in the best financial position in the past few years, are just preparing to use up the dedicated tonnage of 84,000 tons of aircraft carriers and build three fleet aircraft carriers of 28,000 tons.
All the 320,000 tons of capital ship tonnage will be used to build high-speed capital ships.
In mainstream naval thinking, the status of battleships is still higher than that of aircraft carriers, so aircraft carriers can use the tonnage of battleships.
The UK doesn't deny this either.
Therefore, when warships from various countries go out to participate in the coronation ceremony of other countries' kings, they still arrange their own country's best battleships.
When George IV's ship passed through this fleet, George IV himself on the ship couldn't help but fantasize:
"It would be great if these battleships also belonged to us..."
But fantasies are just fantasies. Even if these countries give these warships to the UK, the UK will now find it difficult to maintain them.
The total naval tonnage stipulated in the naval treaty is actually almost the most suitable naval tonnage for Britain.
Without enough overseas colonies, there would not be enough tax revenue to support Britain in building and maintaining a huge fleet.
There are not enough overseas interests to require a large enough fleet to protect.
The British ship review continued into the afternoon.
The reviewing fleet returned to the military port, and the reviewing fleet also returned to port or headed to the station under the command of Nelson.
King George IV of the United Kingdom, as well as royal families, dignitaries and celebrities from various countries who came to visit, returned to London together again.
George IV again held a large banquet for these distinguished guests.
The original final destination of the warships and passenger ships represented by various countries was Yingtian Mansion, the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Britain has also prepared a mission to the Ming Dynasty.
While the coronation ceremony of the British King and the fleet review were officially held, the fleet has also completed maintenance and replenishment of fuel and durable supplies.
George IV had been the de facto king for more than ten years, and his coronation was merely ceremonial.
After the coronation of George IV, representatives from the European and European countries rested in London for two days.
On the morning of December 28, 1820, the missions from various countries in Europe and the West officially set off for the mainland of the Ming Dynasty.
