King’s Coronation date sparks calls for a change to the May bank holiday

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As King Charles III is set to be crowned on May 6th 2023, people are calling for the country’s usual May 1st bank holiday to be postponed to coincide with the King’s Coronation.

The Coronation will take place in Westminster Abbey, eight months after the monarch’s accession and the death of the Queen. Following the announcement, the Daily Mail reports a number of MPs have called for the May 1 bank holiday to be pushed back until Monday May 8 to give the country a long weekend.

Tory former Cabinet minister David Jones told the paper: “To combine the two events would be welcomed by the entire nation. “It would make a very special memory for all of us.” His comments were echoed by former Labour frontbencher Khalid Mahmood, who said: “We can move the holiday back to the coronation weekend. “We have a unique system with the monarchy and an independent parliament – I would back Britons having a three-day weekend to mark the occasion.” The Palace said the ceremony will be “rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry” but also “reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future”.

Charles III will be anointed with holy oil, receive the orb, coronation ring and sceptre, be crowned with the majestic St Edward’s Crown and blessed during the historic ceremony.