“On behalf of the Federal Council and the people of Switzerland, I congratulate King Charles III and Queen Camilla, with best wishes for a long and happy reign,” Berset, who holds the rotating Swiss presidency this year, tweeted on Saturday.
Berset and his wife were among the 2,000 guests from around the world, including heads of state and other royal families, attending the formal coronation in London.
After the ceremony, Charles and his second wife, Camilla, left by carriage for the Coronation Procession to Buckingham Palace, accompanied by a procession of nearly 4,000 military personnel in full regalia.
The British embassy in Switzerland streamed the coronation in the Arthouse Alba cinema in Zurich, with the British Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, James Squire, diplomats and British, Swiss and Commonwealth families.
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