Buckingham Palace 'confident' coronation will 'go to plan'
Buckingham Palace is ‘confident’ that King Charles’s coronation will ‘go to plan’ on the historic day despite claims of ‘chaos’ and ‘massive headaches’ behind the scenes, insider insists
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Buckingham Palace is ‘confident’ that King Charles’s coronation will ‘go to plan’ on the historic day despite claims of ‘chaos’ and ‘massive headaches’ behind the scenes, an insider insisted last night.
With the coronation less than a month away, some claimed that royal aides were in disarray over planning, including uncertainty caused by Harry and Meghan’s reluctance to say whether they will attend the ceremony.
However, an insider has rubbished the claims and said there was ‘huge confidence’ that all would go to plan on May 6.
Buckingham Palace has been making final preparations for the once-in-a-generation ceremony, which will see Charles ascend to the throne at Westminster Abbey on May 6, while Camilla will be made Queen.
A royal source last night reassured the nation that everyone at the Palace was working hard to ensure the joyous occasion runs as it should, telling the Mirror: ‘Everyone is pulling in the right direction.
‘The King and Queen Consort want it to be perfect as does everyone involved which is why everything is being done to make it so.’
Buckingham Palace is ‘confident’ that King Charles’s coronation will ‘go to plan’ on the historic day despite claims of ‘chaos’ and ‘massive headaches’ behind the scenes, an insider has insisted
With the coronation less than a month away, some claimed that royal aides were in disarray over planning, including uncertainty caused by Harry and Meghan’s reluctance to say whether they will attend the ceremony
Buckingham Palace has been making final preparations for the once-in-a-generation ceremony, which will see Charles ascend to the throne at Westminster Abbey on May 6, while Camilla will be made Queen. Pictured: The Cosmati pavement, located before the altar at Westminster Abbey
One anxious insider had told The Mirror: ‘It’s all very frantic, complete chaos to be frank.’
‘There is a plan, which is supposed to be the blueprint of how the day should operate, but things are changing daily which is causing massive headaches.’
Westminster Abbey will be filled with 2,000 people for the service – down from a potential guestlist of 7,000 – including leaders from the likes of France, Spain and Japan.
The King and Queen Consort will use the opulent Gold State Coach for the first time on May 6, to make their journey back to Buckingham Palace after being crowned
King Charles (pictured attending the Maudy Service at York Minster last week) will travel back from the coronation in the Gold State Coach
Queen Elizabeth II travelled in the Gold State Coach with Prince Philip for her coronation in June 1953
Charles will be the 40th monarch to be crowned in the Abbey and at 74 at the time of the ceremony, the oldest to ever be crowned. The service is expected to be watched by hundreds of millions across the globe in what will be a masterclass in pomp and pageantry, despite the King’s decision to ‘slim down’ the occasion.
The service itself will start at 11am and be ‘solemn and religious’ while also offering ‘celebration and pageantry’, according to the Royal Family website.
It will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and ‘will reflect the Monarch’s role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions.’
Among those will be the role of the Page of Honour, carried out by Prince George and seven other boys.
The service is expected to be watched by hundreds of millions across the globe in what will be a masterclass in pomp and pageantry, despite the King’s decision to ‘slim down’ the occasion. Pictured: An invitation to the historic coronation in early May
The historic ceremonial position will see the eight youngsters – four for each monarch – carry the King and Queen’s robes into the Abbey.
Last week it was revealed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are on the brink of confirming whether they will attend King Charles’s Coronation next month.
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Despite the deadline for RSVPs reportedly passing on Monday, it is understood the Sussexes have yet to tell palace aides if they will be flying in from California for the service.
If Harry and Meghan do attend the service, they will not take part in the Coronation procession afterwards nor join senior royals on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, it was previously reported.
Prince William will be the only royal liege at the ceremony, and only he will kneel to ‘pay homage’ to the King, before touching the crown and kissing his father’s cheek.
The action is usually performed by all the royal dukes, but Charles scrapped the traditional obligation, effectively absolving Prince Harry of any ceremonial duties.
Harry and Meghan’s children, Archie, aged three, and one-year-old Lilibet, are too young to perform roles in the ceremony. They have reportedly not been invited to the event.
Royal author Phil Dampier previously told MailOnline: ‘They are too young to be involved in the actual ceremony but of course the King would love to see his grandchildren if they came over and it must be heartbreaking for him that he never sees them.’
The late Queen Elizabeth II, Charles, Camilla, William, Kate, Harry and Meghan attend the Commonwealth Day Service on March 9, 2020
Charles will be the 40th monarch to be crowned in the Abbey and at 74 at the time of the ceremony, the oldest to ever be crowned
Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliam told MailOnline: ‘Harry and Meghan will almost certainly attend as they would be isolated if they did not.
‘When they do attend, as I fully expect they will, they will almost certainly have no role to perform in the ceremony.
‘The Royal Family knows how to deal with them and is only too aware of the harm they have willfully done the Royal Family for monetary gain.
‘The talk with other royals will be of the weather. They will not, with reason, be trusted. They have only themselves to blame for that and for their declining ratings.’
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