Today royals from around the world accepted the invitation from the Imperial Household Agency to attend His Imperial Majesty Emperor Naruhito's and Her Imperial Majesty Empress Masako's enthronement ceremony at Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

Royals and dignitaries come out in force for the #Enthronement of the new Japanese Emperor pic.twitter.com/vKjpIQftsC

— Chris Jackson (@ChrisJack_Getty) October 22, 2019

Today's event began with which marked His Imperial Majesty who ascended in May being officially enthroned as the 126th Emperor on the Chrysanthemum Throne began with a series of ceremonies. First we had the ritual reporting where H.I.M wearing the traditional white Sokutai robes and Her Imperial Majesty came dressed in many-layered Jūnihitoe robes made traditional rites and performed the proclamation of his ascension to the throne, bowed and read aloud his statement in front of Amaterasu(The Sun Goddess) who is the legendary Imperial ancestor. The reporting was done at the Kashiko-dokoro, which is one of three sanctuaries, which houses the statue of Amaterasu.

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After the rituals, Their Imperial Majesties proceeded to Seiden-Matsu-no-Ma(State room) were then joined by members of the Imperial family. While there Their Imperial Majesties dressed in full imperial dressed ascended their thrones, with The Emperor on the Takamikura Imperial Throne reading his statement declaring his ascension, and The Empress on to the Michodai Emperial Throne. During this time all imperial objects: the Sacred Objects, Kusanagi(sword), Yasakani no Magatami(the jewel), and State and Privy Seals were laid on a table. Following The Emperor's speech, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gave a speech
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His Majesty King Letsie III accompanied by Her Majesty Queen Masenate, His Majesty King Mswati III accompanied by Her Royal Highness Inkhosikati LaMashwama were sitting next together with His Royal Highness Prince Moulay Rachid who was representing His Majesty King Mohammed VI  sitting behind.

But I do wonder about the seating plan of the royals in the first rows. Some Kings and Queens on the second row, while crown princes (from longer reigning monarchies?) are in the front row. pic.twitter.com/QfHQ1FGXSn

— NettyRoyal (@nettyroyal) October 22, 2019

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In the evening, Our African royals joined other world royalties attending the enthronement banquet hosted by the Imperial Sovereign couples