Strictly speaking, the ceremonies were not imperial coronations but instead were formal "crown-wearing" occasions, among the few times in the year when the rulers would wear their crowns in court.
Of course, Aintree, with the Grand National, the Derby at Epsom, Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood are all hugely important, but not perhaps in the same way as Cheltenham - not least because the 109-year-old National Hunt Meeting, to give it its formal title, crowns true champions almost as a matter of course.
Network Rail could be sentenced as soon as Wednesday when lawyers enter a formal plea at St Albans crown court.
A leading gender-equality campaigner has said she will lodge a formal complaint with the Crown Prosecution Service, accusing it of releasing details of her case to the press before contacting her.
Willem-Alexander became king the moment his mother signed her abdication papers, and even at the formal inauguration ceremony, the crown, orb and sceptre were only displayed on a table.
A statement from the council said: "Stafford Borough Council agreed last night to instruct the Chief Executive to make formal complaint to the Crown Prosecution Service in that Mr Martin Yeates and Mrs Toni Brisby committed the offence of misconduct in public office by knowingly giving false and misleading evidence to the council's statutory overview and scrutiny committee".
Features: Raised ceilings, wood and marble floors, crown molding, formal living/dining room with wet bar, eat-in kitchen, office/bonus room, master suite with spa tub, patio with barbecue, balcony with mountain views, gated entry.
The quality of dental services especially those offered by providers without formal training e.g. crown and bridge work, orthodontics, root canal therapy and composite restorations was low.
It has the Cabinet Office's blessing in the form of a formal launch at today's Crown and Suppliers conference.
A governor, appointed to a six-year term by the Dutch crown, is the formal head of government and representative of the reigning monarch of the Netherlands.
Iceland gained near-full independence in 1918 after World War I and retained only formal ties with the Danish crown.
