It's not often newspapers get the chance to cover something that hasn't happened for almost 70 years.
So breathless front page coverage in the UK and Australia – in some cases across multiple days – is to be expected.
Britain's cast of tabloid papers, and even the broadsheets, did just that. As did news outlets Down Under.
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"Long live the King": New Corp's Herald Sun featured King Charles III in full regalia.
The Herald Sun described the ceremony at Westminster Abbey as "spectacular".
The Sun-Herald front also chose a regal picture of Charles from the coronation ceremony, to mark the monarch's crowning.
The Sunday Telegraph also went big on the coronation. The UK paper featured a full-length portrait of King Charles and Queen Camilla in their crowns and robes.
The Sunday Australian used a similar image to mark the historic event. The image is accompanied with the words "Weight of Destiny".
It's the first time in 50 years that The Australian has published a Sunday edition.
The Sunday Tasmanian Examiner featured the words "God Save The King".
The paper opted to use a shot of King Charles leaving the coronation.
The Irish Mail on Sunday displayed the King and Queen in another full length image. An eight-page pullout was also included.
The Age kept things simple, leaning on the power of an image.
King Charles, after the ceremony, wears the Imperial State Crown and bears the Sovereign's Orb and Sceptre in his royal robes.
Western Australia's The Sunday Times also went big with a 16-page special coronation edition.
Unlike The Age, it chose to include Queen Camilla — Queen Consort no more — on a day that's surely almost as important to her as it is to Charles.
Coming on the morning before the coronation, the Daily Express leads on the empty throne awaiting the monarch.
Along with many others, the paper hit on the idea of Charles fulfilling his "destiny".
The Mirror also went for symbolism, it just chose a different symbol.
Here the King's pending power is represented by the 2.2kg St Edward's Crown, which he wore during the ceremony.
In a case of "anything you can do, I can do... well double", The Sun also highlighted the importance of the big day for Queen Camilla.
The Daily Mail went back to the future with a shot of Charles from his Investiture Ceremony at Caernarfon Castle, North Wales, way back in 1969.
The Times also hit on the idea of the King's "day of destiny".
As a more business-focused broadsheet, the FT was never going to devote quite as much real estate to the occasion as the tabloids.
But it still featured a big, bold pointer to its coverage of the big day.
The iPaper also went big on the coronation, devoting half the page to the day.
But it took a dramatically different tack, focusing not on the day itself but the challenge ahead for Charles.
The Guardian kept politics on the front page but devoted a larger-than-usual pointer to the coronation.
The Independent split its coverage between a chortling king and local election disaster for the Conservative Party.
Up north in Scotland, the Scotsman also highlighted Charles "day of destiny".
While the Daily Star put the coronation front and centre, it chose a different star of the day to focus on compared to his rivals.
For the tabloid the day was not so much about Charles but Séamus the Irish wolfhound – and a good old British bender, both at home and abroad.