“A coronation,” as the Royal Collection Trust defines it, “is the formal investiture of a monarch with their regal powers. Still, protocol demands that a coronation take place within one year of the previous monarch’s death.

But it would be unseemly to have a big multiday celebration on the heels of a family funeral, so the past few months have served as a buffer period for mourning and planning. He defaulted into the position as soon as his mother died his siblings had to kiss his hands about it. The palace is encouraging Brits to spend their day off volunteering. Monday, May 8: the “ Big Help Out” and bank holiday.Sunday, May 7: the “Big Lunch” and concert, the latter of which “will begin mid-evening and last for approximately two to three hours” at Windsor Castle.ET, preceded by a long carriage ride from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, for which interested American viewers will need to wake up unspeakably early. Saturday, May 6: the coronation ceremony, beginning at 6 a.m.

Very quickly, what is the schedule of events? But there will still be ancient and idiosyncratic touches, such as a cameo by England’s oldest spoon and a painful jaunt in an evil (yet glamorous) stagecoach.īelow is everything we know about coronation weekend. (His mother, by contrast, had over 8,000 guests at hers.) He is rumored to be scrapping unspecified bits of the program in service of something more “inclusive, relevant, and less archaic,” as one royal expert put it to OK! magazine. Though approximately 2,000 people are expected to descend on Westminster Abbey for his coronation, Charles is said to want a shorter, somewhat more modernized ceremony compared with those of monarchs past. The official invitation for the Coronation of The King and The Queen Consort has been revealed.ĭesigned by Andrew Jamieson, the invitation features the Green Man, an ancient figure from British folklore, symbolic of spring and rebirth, to celebrate the new reign.ġ/7 /MpajIk0SQw- The Royal Family April 5, 2023 But on May 6, his coronation will make it official.

King Charles III has been ruling over his United Kingdom since September, when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, abdicated her corporeal throne. Photo-Illustration: The Cut Photos: Gettyīong bong bong bong bong bong bong: Hear that? It’s the jubilant clanging of Big Ben, London’s most British clock, signaling that a new reign - a reign of flora, fauna, and fussiness - is about to begin.

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