How the King's Coronation will be different to Queen Elizabeth II's in 1953
manchestereveningnews.co.ukKing Charles will make history when he becomes the oldest monarch to be crowned at his coronation ceremony on May 6. It will be a big moment for the United Kingdom, marking the first coronation of a monarch since Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1953 - 70 years ago.
Charles and his wife Camilla will be crowned in a service led by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, in front of around 2,000 invited guests.
With seven decades between the coronation of Charles and his mother, this will be the first time the majority of the population will get to see a monarch crowned - and a lot has changed since 1953. READ MORE: King's coronation day-by-day timetable and schedule for the bank holiday weekend There will be some big changes made for the Coronation of King Charles III, partly due to his age.
The King is 74-years-old - 47 years older than the Queen was when she was crowned at the age of 27. Changes have also been made to modernise the occasion and to slim it down amid the ongoing cost of living crisis which has seen inflation soar in the past year.
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