After George IV's Army and Air Force parades, the procession, led by the King, returned to Westminster Abbey again.

The final part of the coronation ceremony of the King of England began with the grandest celebration banquet.

The banquet lasted until the evening, and George IV was full of ambition.

Caroline, George IV's legal wife, shivered and hid in a carriage that was not warm.

I witnessed the grand procession of the king from afar, and saw the parade of military planes flying in the sky from afar.

Watching from afar as the king's procession returned to the church, one could imagine that the greatest feast was about to begin.

The anger and resentment in Caroline's heart reached its peak.

Caroline felt that she deserved the honor of being a queen, and that she should sit at the center of the procession.

He should sit on the throne of the cathedral and be cheered and celebrated by the nobles and officials of the whole country.

She deserves to be the most glorious hostess of this grand banquet.

But now all this has nothing to do with themselves.

I can only watch from afar.

If it weren't for the fact that the air outside was only a few degrees, Caroline would even want to rush out into the street and yell.

Although the person who actually achieved the position of the most noble woman was her own daughter, Caroline did not feel any comfort at all.

Caroline was so angry and resentful that she almost fainted.

Yes, anger and resentment, and not much chagrin at all.

Caroline didn't even think about why she couldn't stay married to George IV in the first place.

Although George IV was also a jerk in his private life.

Couples of this level, under normal circumstances, usually do not care about each other's lives.

But there will be a tacit understanding to maintain a superficially harmonious relationship.

And the couple Caroline and George IV can't even do this level of patience and perfunctory.

George IV felt it was all Caroline's fault.

He doesn't control his weight at all, he's obese like a pig, and he has a short-tempered personality and loves vanity.

Caroline felt it was George IV's fault.

George IV was also like a pig, indecisive and highly conceited, spending money like water, and in debt as a young man.

The two had no affection for each other.

George IV was willing to marry Caroline because his father, George III, declared that as long as George IV was legally married, he would let the British court pay George IV's debts on his behalf.

Caroline also did not have a good impression of George IV, and married because the other party was the crown prince of the United Kingdom.

After the two got married, they gave birth to Charlotte, and after completing the task of having legal children, they separated and fooled around.

Caroline's target is the Queen of England.

As a result, George III was exceptionally able to live, 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 turned out to be set aside at the last minute.

Caroline wandered the streets of London, and when she returned to her lodgings, she developed a high fever and was bedridden.

In the original history, Caroline fell ill and died shortly after her husband's coronation.

She was not in good health, and she lived with great resentment, and she died at the age of fifty.

The next day, Christmas Day, December 25, 1820, the parade to celebrate the coronation of the King of England officially began.

There are usually two types of parades, one is to send a small number of one or two of each type of warship to be inspected by the monarch as a representative.

The other is to put on display as many major warships as possible to show off the vast majority of the main naval forces.

George IV was so happy that he pursued the latter.

Outside the military harbour of Portsmouth, between the British mainland and the Isle of Wight, in Spithead Bay.

The elite fleet of the British Navy was all out, under the leadership of Admiral Nelson, waiting for the review of the new king.

In the middle of the Grand Fleet, of course, are the capital ships.

A total of six battleships and six aircraft carriers, this is the entire capital ship of Britain now.

Among the battleships, there were four 40,000-ton nine-gun high-speed battleships, which were built after the signing of the naval treaty.

One of them was commissioned only at the end of the year.

There were also two 40,000-ton eight-gun medium-speed battleships, built before the Naval Treaty.

Five of the aircraft carriers were built to the standards set by the treaty, and the full load tonnage was 28,000 tons.

The last, slightly smaller, with a full load of 24,000 tons, was also commissioned at the end of the year.

The total tonnage of these capital ships was 400,0800 tons, battleships totaled 240,000 tons, and aircraft carriers totaled 164,000 tons.

According to the provisions of the naval treaty, the Taixi countries have a share of 320,000 tons of capital ships.

In addition, it has 84,000 tons of special tonnage for aircraft carriers.

At the same time, the treaty also provided that the share of the tonnage of the upper class warships could be used for the construction of lower-class warships.

Aircraft carriers were lined up below battleships.

The British, with Nelson's strong support, took out 80,000 tons of capital ship tonnage to build aircraft carriers.

The goal was to keep the number of battleships and aircraft carriers the same.

Nelson, of course, was absolutely in favor of aircraft carriers, but he did not make the decision to build them all.

Nelson himself, as well as the conservatives of the British Navy and government, still did not dare to put their bets entirely on aircraft carriers.

Since the signing of the treaty, the British have maintained the pace of starting construction of two ships a year, and have continued to update and build new capital ships.

So far, it has taken a total of eight and a half years to complete the shipbuilding plan of all capital ships by the end of this year.

The last battleship and the last aircraft carrier, both commissioned in advance for the coronation of the king.

At the same time, the traditional battleships that Britain had previously retained, the experimental early 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.

Now these twelve capital ships are all the capital ships of Britain now.

In the front and rear of the main fleet, there were a total of twenty-four cruisers, of which almost half of the new cruisers had been completed in recent years, and the remaining half were old ships that had been preserved in good condition.

The tonnage of the new British cruisers was about eight thousand tons, and the old ones generally did not exceed six thousand tons.

The traditional armored cruiser has been completely dismantled as the capital ship of the teacher.

The British cruiser renewal has not yet been fully completed, because the old cruisers are still barely usable, and the capital ships are the ones who determine the status of the navy.

On the periphery of the cruiser were a total of forty-eight destroyers of various types, also half-new, half-old specifications.

The new destroyers are slightly larger, with a full load displacement of about 1,800 tons, while the older destroyers are smaller, usually only around 1,000 tons.

Finally, there were sixteen submarines.

These total 100 warships are already the vast majority of the combat ships of the British Navy.

For George IV's coronation, the British recalled almost all of their warships home.

In the colonies of Southwest Mexico and the American colonies, only a few exceptionally old cruisers and destroyers patrolled.

George IV rode in a new cruiser and made his way through rows of battleships.

When he came to the capital ship area, George IV, who was standing on the deck, saw the location of a total of twelve capital ships at a glance.

George IV immediately thought of the time of the world war, when the capital ship fleet of the British Navy was not visible at a glance.

George IV suddenly felt some regret in his heart:

"We have far fewer capital ships than we did during the world war, when the United Kingdom had at least thirty or more capital ships......"

Prime Minister Jenkinson, who was by George IV's side, explained very intimately when he heard the king's emotion:

"Your Majesty, the capital ship of the World War period, the largest tonnage of the Dreadnought class, is only fifteen or six thousand tons.

"Most of the older capital ships are actually only about 14,000 tons.

"The tonnage of our current battleships has reached 40,000 tons, and the new aircraft carriers also have 28,000 tons.

"The current twelve capital ships have 400,000 tons of tonnage alone.

"Even if all of them are converted into the Dreadnought, there are twenty-five ships.

"If you convert fighters, then the gap is even greater, and now the battleships are all 360 mm guns with at least 25 knots.

"Fight the old ships, one can top several ships.

"So if you count the fighters alone, the current kingdom navy is much more powerful than it was then."

George IV was right to think so, and his mood suddenly became happy again.

The inspection fleet passed through the British Navy's own fleet, and arrived at the location of the ships of the visiting countries.

Daming arranged two 40,000-ton battleships, and did not arrange aircraft carriers to participate.

France, Prussia, Lucia, Austria, Italy, the Ottomans, and Spain each sent a 40,000-ton battleship.

These battleships differed slightly from the battleships used by the British themselves in the design of the hull, but were similar in height in armament.

It is basically changed according to the drawings of the 40,000-ton warship of the Ming Dynasty.

All of them are three triple 360 mm guns, with a standard layout of two in the front and one in the rear.

Countries such as Britain, France, and Spain have their own naval design experience, and the component of independent design is relatively large.

There are also more equipment independently designed and produced, mainly imported core equipment such as Daming's engines and main guns.

Lucia and Prussia, traditional landlocked countries, have less experience in naval design, and use more original designs provided by the Ming Dynasty.

They also used more accessories produced by the Ming Dynasty, and the country mainly produced the structural frame and conventional equipment of the warship itself.

The Ottoman warships were produced entirely from the drawings of the Ming Dynasty, and all of them used accessories and materials imported from the Ming Dynasty.

The country only undertook the construction of the hull and completed a processing procedure with incoming materials.

In fact, this was a huge step forward for Ottoman.

Da Ming really took him hand in hand to complete the actual construction of a cash battleship.

France, like the United Kingdom, has completed the capital ship renewal program, replacing all the 400,000-ton main force share with new warships.

Lucia and Prussia had less experience, the pace of construction was slightly slower, and the shipyard still had several warships under construction in the last two years.

Spain, Austria, Italy, the Ottomans and other countries have in fact abandoned their plans to use all the tonnage of their capital ships.

Each completed four to six new capital ships of about 40,000 yuan, and the remaining tonnage of capital ships was made up by old ships.

However, the four countries did not give up on completing the shipbuilding program.

Portugal abandoned 40,000-ton warships and built two 30,000-ton high-speed battleships using Ming drawings.

The Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden purchased a light battleship of more than 20,000 tons from the Ming Dynasty.

Morocco, a nominally independent country, received an old-fashioned warship as a gift from the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time paid for the Ming Dynasty to change it into a dreadnought.

The five nations also sent their strongest warships to Britain for George IV's coronation parade.

In this way, there were a total of fourteen capital ships brought by foreign guests on the scene, which was two more than Britain's own capital ships.

In the current naval system, the British attach great importance to aircraft carriers and have created the main fleet of "six battles and six voyages".

And the navies of other countries are still in the majority with battleships.

A few years ago, Prussia and Lucia, which were in the best financial position, were preparing to use up the 84,000-ton tonnage for aircraft carriers and build three 28,000-ton fleet aircraft carriers.

The tonnage of 320,000 tons of capital ships will be used to build high-speed capital ships.

In mainstream naval thinking, the status of battleships is still above aircraft carriers, so aircraft carriers can use the tonnage of battleships.

Britain does not deny this either.

Therefore, the warships of each country that go out to participate in the coronation of the kings of other countries are still the best battleships of their own countries.

When George IV's ship passed through this fleet, George IV himself could not help but fantasize:

"If only these ships were ours......"

But fantasy is just fantasy, even if these countries give these warships to Britain, the current Britain will find it difficult to raise.

The total tonnage of the navy agreed in the naval treaty is actually about the most suitable naval tonnage for Britain.

Without a large enough overseas colony, there would not be enough tax revenue to support Britain in building and maintaining a large fleet.

Nor are there enough overseas interests that require a large enough fleet to protect.

The British parade lasted until the afternoon.

The parade fleet returned to the military port, and the parade fleet also returned to the port or went to the station separately under Nelson's command.

King George IV of England, along with the royal family, dignitaries, and celebrities who had come to visit the city, returned to London again.

Once again, George IV held a large banquet for these distinguished guests.

The warships and passenger ships of the representatives of various countries originally ended up in the Ming Dynasty Jingshi Ying Tianfu.

Britain has also prepared a mission to Daming.

The coronation of the King of England and the official parade took place at the same time that the fleet had completed overhauls and replenished fuel and durable supplies.

George IV has been the de facto king for more than a decade, and the coronation is merely ceremonial.

After the coronation of George IV, the representatives of the Ctessi countries rested in London for two days.

On the morning of December 28, 1820 in the Western calendar, the missions of the Taixi countries officially set off for the Ming Dynasty.