King Charles III's Coronation: Date, bank holiday, times, schedule, concert line-up and procession route
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPreparations are well underway as the country is set to celebrate King Charles III's coronation this May. He will officially be crowned monarch during a ceremony at Westminster Abbey, while Camilla Parker-Bowles will become Queen.
Charles will become Britain's oldest monarch at the time of his coronation - at 74 years old. His late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, was just 25 when she took to the throne in June 1953.
Charles ascended the throne in September last year following the Queen's death at the age of 96. The coronation will be Britain's first in 70 years and is expected to be steeped in history and tradition. READ MORE: King's Coronation bank holiday weekend could get workers 10 days off with just 4 days leave Tens of thousands of street parties are expected to be staged across the country during the long weekend, for which an extra bank holiday has been declared.
People have been urged to come together across the nation for the Coronation Big Lunch on Sunday, May 7. On the same day, musicians and stars will descend on Windsor Castle for the coronation concert which will be broadcast live on the BBC.
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