Buckingham Palace announced this evening (Tuesday) that the coronation ceremony of King Charles III and Queen-consort Camilla will take place on May 6, 2023 in Westminster Church, where coronations have been held for more than 900 years. Although Charles is already considered king in the United Kingdom, the ceremony will be the symbolic celebration of the new reign.
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The impressive play will include many rituals, and will be the first in almost 70 years; The last one was for Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953. The palace noted that the ceremony will combine the new and the old world, and will be “rooted with age-old traditions, but will also reflect the role of the monarch today and look towards the future.”
King Charles III will be 74 when he is crowned, the oldest age a new monarch has ever been crowned, and the date of the ceremony is also the birthday of King Charles’ grandson Archie, son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.