In a nod to the “slimmed-down” nature of this coronation, they’re not called ladies-in-waiting, but ladies in attendance — another example of how this ceremony has been updated, but only sort of.

Some of Charlotte’s ladies-in-waiting even complained to the king about their punishing working conditions.

They will carry out some of the tasks that the late Queen's ladies-in-waiting performed, such as supporting her at public engagements.

I read all her books, all her poems, all her diaries as well as the diaries of her daughter and her ladies-in-waiting to really get as close as I can to anything like the reality.

It includes communications secretaries, ladies-in-waiting, and a passel of junior aides who jockey on behalf of their royal bosses, sometimes to the detriment of other family members.