At the haunting figure that appeared during the coronation of King Charles III. appeared fleetingly in the background in Westminster Abbey on Saturday, it is apparently one sextona lay minister who helps with services, an abbey official said Newsweek.
Video of the cloaked and cloaked person walking past an archway carrying what could have passed for a scythe went viral on social media during the ceremony, sparking jokes about the presence of the Grim Reaper, the embodiment of death.
The moment was one of many to capture viewers’ attention during and after the ceremony, with pop star Katy Perry, Prince Harry and Britain’s new monarch herself also going viral online.