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It's been a matter of weeks since King Charles III became Britain's new monarch - and next summer he will be officially crowned during his coronation.
Taking place at Westminster Abbey, the ceremony is an occasion for pageantry and celebration, steeped in religion and thousand-year-old traditions. Charles' coronation will be Britain's first in 70 years.
His mother, Queen Elizabeth II, was just 25 years old when she was crowned at a ceremony in Westminster Abbey on 2 June, 1953. When his coronation takes place next year, King Charles will be 74, making him the oldest person to be crowned in British history.
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The King acceded to the throne on September 8, immediately on the death of Elizabeth II – the nation’s longest reigning monarch. Here is everything we know about the King's coronation so far, including the date, whether there will be bank holiday and what the ceremony will entail.
The ceremony will be held on Saturday May 6 next year, with the Queen Consort being crowned alongside Charles. The coronation will take place in Westminster Abbey, eight months after the death of the Queen.
The coronation falls on the birthday of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son Archie. Charles’ grandson will be turning four on the day of the ceremony next year.
It's not yet known whether or not the celebration will be marked with a bank holiday. Downing Street indicated it was keeping an open mind on the issue.
The government is considering all options, including creating an extra day off or moving the scheduled May 1 bank holiday to May 8 to give people a long weekend to mark the occasion. There have been calls from some MPs for the May bank holiday at the start of
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crowned sovereign of the United Kingdom, King Charles III will finally get his day in the sun.Following her death last month, Charles, 73, became the new monarch and his own coronation is set for May 6, 2023.The date is also the day that his grandson Archie — the son of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — will turn 4 years old. Queen Elizabeth was ordained as ruler on June 2, 1953, and her coronation was full of pomp and circumstance.However, Charles’ ceremony is reportedly set to be a scaled back and more modernized celebration.“The king has stripped back a lot of the coronation in recognition that the world has changed in the past 70 years,” a source recently divulged to the Mirror.The three-hour service at Westminster Abbey will be pared down to just 60 minutes.As for guests who earned a coveted spot on the invite list, the amount has been chopped down from 8,000 to 2,000.It is expected that peers will wear formal coronation robes, however, the need for the uniform choices may be modified.Operation Golden Orb, which is the code name for the planning of the coronation, was first speculated to be held on June 3.
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As King Charles III is set to be crowned on May 6th 2023, people are calling for the country’s usual May 1st bank holiday to be postponed to coincide with the King’s Coronation. The Coronation will take place in Westminster Abbey, eight months after the monarch’s accession and the death of the Queen.
The announcement of the date for the King’s coronation has sparked calls for a change to the May bank holiday in order to mark the event.
The King's coronation will be held on Saturday May 6 next year, with the Queen Consort being crowned alongside Charles, Buckingham Palace has announced.
Making it official. King Charles III immediately assumed his rightful place as sovereign upon Queen Elizabeth II’s death at the age of 96 in September, and his coronation date has finally been set.
The coronation of King Charles III is set in stone.
After the death of Queen Elizabeth II, many Royal fans are wondering: when is King Charles III’s coronation?
King Charles III ascended the British royal throne after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, last month, his official coronation date has just been set. The coronation will take place on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at Westminster Abbey in London, England, and will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. According to the press release from Buckingham Palace, the coronation «will reflect the monarch's role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry.» A source close to King Charles III tells ET that the coronation ceremony “will be shorter and simpler than 1953 but absolutely still on a scale and spectacle befitting of sovereignty, history and tradition."ET previously reported that the official event is being coordinated by the Duke of Norfolk, Edward Fitzalan-Howard, and will be a shorter ceremony than previous coronations. It will also «reflect the cultural diversity of the nation,» the source said. Charles' eldest son, Prince William, who is the next in line to the throne, will play a significant role in the ceremony. The news, which was first reported by the UK’s, will reflect the new king's wishes for a more modern ceremony and his desires for a slimmed down monarchy.
King Charles III’s coronation will take place on Saturday May 6 next year, Buckingham Palace has announced.
King Charles III’s Coronation will be held on Saturday May 6 next year, with the Queen Consort being crowned alongside Charles, Buckingham Palace has announced.The deeply religious affair will take place in Westminster Abbey, eight months after the monarch’s accession and the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II. The Palace said the ceremony will be “rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry” but also “reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future”.
Buckingham Palace has responded to reports that the date of King Charles ' coronation has been confirmed. It has been suggested that Charles will be crowned on June 3 next year in a touching tribute to the Queen, according to Bloomberg.
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