Some rather more wacky theories were that it could be the spirit of Princess Diana or Meghan Markle in disguise, however, the reality is that it was just a member of the Abbey community.
Westminster Abbey has confirmed the figure was a verger, a layperson who assists with religious services in the Abbey and whose duties are similar to those of a caretaker or attendant.
They can sometimes be seen carrying a rod before a bishop or dean as a symbol of office.
The verger was seen by nearly 19 million viewers who tuned in to watch the country’s first Coronation in 70 years as King Charles and Queen Camilla were officially crowned.
Ripon Cathedral recently advertised for their own verger, looking for someone to be “involved in the presentation and maintenance of the Cathedral”.
Some of their main duties include “ensuring effective communication, assisting with the effective management of all events, liturgical and secular in the Cathedral, with the proper care, preparation and maintenance of all items used in services”.
In spite of the huge celebrations for his Coronation, as the oldest monarch to be crowned some have speculated he may step back within a few years.
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Journalist Jenni Murray claimed the King looked “tired and spaced out” at the Coronation and that he and Camilla should consider early retirement in favour of his heir Prince William and wife Kate, Princess of Wales.
Writing in the Daily Mail she said: “As William performed his duties to perfection and his wife looked every inch a Queen-in-waiting, I couldn’t help wondering how long it will be before the next Coronation.”
She also suggested that they may decide “in the not-too-distant future to pass the sword” to the younger Kate and William.
Ms Murray wrote: “I hope the King has inherited the extraordinary genes that took his grandmother beyond her century and his mother and father into their 90s, but I don’t recall any of them looking as tired and spaced out as the King and Queen did on Saturday.”
At Saturday’s Coronation service William was the only person to pledge his allegiance to his father in his role as heir to the throne.
He said during the ceremony: “I, William, Prince of Wales, pledge my loyalty to you, and faith and truth I will bear unto you, as your liege man of life and limb. So help me God.”
William also gave an emotional speech during Sunday’s Coronation Concert dedicated to his father, whom he referred to as ‘Pa’.
He expressed the family’s pride in their patriarch and his lifelong commitment to duty and the monarchy.
