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Date announced for crowning of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla
The date has been set for the coronation of King Charles III, with Queen Consort Camilla also to be crowned in a ceremony set to follow all the traditional pageantry for anointing monarchs over the last 1000 years.
It will take place on Saturday, May 6, at London’s Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace said.
“The coronation will reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry,” the palace said in a statement.
The ceremony, a solemn and religious event which will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the spiritual head of the Anglican Communion, usually comes several months after the accession of the new monarch.
Kings and queens of England, and later Britain and the United Kingdom, have been crowned at Westminster Abbey since William the Conqueror in 1066.
Camilla will be the first Queen Consort crowned in Westminster in nearly a century, following the coronation of King George VI in 1937.
King George’s wife, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, was bequeathed a bespoke crown featuring 2,800 diamonds.
UK media have reported that Charles wants to scale down some of the customary grandeur around the coronation, mindful that it would come as the country grapples with a cost of living crisis.
The palace said it would maintain the “core elements” of the traditional ceremony “while recognising the spirit of our times”.
Charles, 73, is the 41st monarch in a line that traces its origins back to William, and he will be the oldest monarch to be crowned.
His mother, who died aged 96 at her Scottish holiday home, holds the record for the longest reign at 70 years.
Elizabeth’s coronation as Queen on June 2, 1953, was the first to be televised and was regarded as a milestone in modernising the monarchy, a move that her husband Prince Philip was said to have pushed for strongly.
The Abbey, whose royal links are extensive, was the setting for Elizabeth’s funeral service and it was also where the King’s son and now heir, Prince William, married his wife Kate.
May 6 is also the birthday of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s son Archie – the King’s grandson – who will be turning four on the day.
Guest lists have yet to be confirmed for the spectacle, including whether or not Harry and Meghan will be invited or be able to travel from the US to attend.
The date was also the wedding anniversary of the late Queen’s sister Princess Margaret.
Charles is king and head of state not only of the United Kingdom but of 14 other realms including Australia, Canada, Jamaica, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea.
– with AAP
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