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Coronation viewers all say the same thing about very familiar song

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Coronation viewers are all saying the same thing about a VERY familiar tune. It's a song many of us have heard - often followed by jubilation or abject despair.

Yes - it IS the Champions League song! Kind of... it' a version of it anyway. Many a footy fan got a shock when Zadok the Priest was played during ceremony. READ MORE: King's Coronation LIVE as celebrations held across Greater Manchester while service begins at Westminster Abbey - latest updates Composer Tony Britten rearranged it for UEFA in 1992 and it became the anthem for the new Champions League.

The rousing anthem is performed by London's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and sung by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus in English, French and German.

Who knew?! King Charles III and Queen Camilla are being crowned at a historic coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey today.

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