King Charles’ coronation date revealed as May 6 with Camilla to also get crown

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    King Charles' coronation date has been set for May 6 of next year, Buckingham Palace has announced.

    The lavish and deeply-religious ceremony, which will also see Queen Consort Camilla crowned, will take place at Westminster Abbey nearly eight months after the death of Queen Elizabeth II on September 8.

    The Palace said: "Buckingham Palace is pleased to announce that the coronation of His Majesty The King will take place on Saturday, May 6 2023.

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    "The coronation ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey, London, and will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

    "The ceremony will see His Majesty King Charles III crowned alongside the Queen Consort.

    "The coronation will reflect the monarch's role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry."

    The ritual, which will still feature plenty of pomp and splendour, will see Charles anointed with holy oil by Archbishop Justin Welby and take his oath to "maintain and preserve inviolably the settlement of the Church of England, and the doctrine worship, discipline, and government thereof, as the law established in England"/

    He will then receive the orb, coronation ring and sceptre.

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    The new King will finally be crowned with the majestic St Edward's Crown.

    Similarly, his wife Camilla will be anointed with holy oil and crowned, much like the Queen Mother was back in 1937.

    Royal coronations have largely kept the same traditions for more than 1,000 years, and Charles III's is expected to keep some of the same elements while being made more relevant to the modern age.

    The coronation is set to be shorter than Queen Elizabeth's was back in 1953, which lasted more than three hours – while this one, some reports suggest, will be kept to just one, and some ceremonial rituals including the presentation of gold ingots are expected to get the chop.

    While the Queen's ceremony was attended by an eye-watering 8,000 people, this time around the guest list will be kept to around 2,000, who will observe a much less strict dress code of suits and dresses rather than ceremonial robes.

    The religious ceremony is also set to recognise the multi-faith Britain we now live in, despite remaining an Anglican service.

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    Charles' coronation will be held on a Saturday, despite the fact that coronations are typically held on weekdays, with the late Queen's taking place on a Tuesday.

    The Palace has not yet revealed whether there will be a bank holiday to mark the occasion.

    The government and Palace also suggested the royal household will be sensitive to the cost of living crisis, which has already plunged many Brits into poverty, by being aware of the scale of the ceremony.

    Further details of the ceremony are expected to be released in due course.

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