The Chelsea forward described being chosen as an ‘amazing honour’, while county cricket matches played the national anthem
Players sing national anthem at county cricket matchesThe Chelsea forward,, led the Australian delegation as flag-bearer for King Charles III’s coronation at Westminster Abbey on Saturday.
Kerr was chosen to bear her country’s flag as part of the Commonwealth, fronting an Australian contingent which included the prime minister, Anthony Albanese.“Obviously it’s an amazing honour,’ Kerr told Chelsea’s official website on Friday. “I found out I’d been offered the role from a phone call, but I wasn’t sure if I could do it because we have a game on Sunday. Emma [Hayes, the Chelsea manager] has been kind enough to let me miss a practice for it, which is very nice of her.
Away from Westminster Abbey, several county cricket matches resumed with players gathering to sing or observe the national anthem before play began. One such match was at Headingley where Yorkshire are playing Glamorgan.during a visit to Sophia Gardens. “Today’s coronation means that Glamorgan Cricket can celebrate having a monarch as their patron,” the caption read.Photograph: Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com/Shutterstockperhaps summed up the mixed mood.
At the Badminton Horse Trials, the day’s dressage started at 8am and paused at 10.15am to allow spectators to watch the coronation on big screens, before the competition resumed at 12.45pm.
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