Coronation of King Charles III: Buckingham Palace reveals details of the three-day celebration
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Buckingham palace On Saturday he revealed details of King Charles III’s coronation, which will be less extravagant than his mother’s ceremony 70 years ago, in a reflection of the cost-of-living crisis many Britons are enduring.
Three days of celebrations will take place, with the coronation on Saturday May 6, a “Great Coronation Luncheon” and “Coronation Concert” the following day, and an additional bank holiday on Monday. The public will be invited on the final day to join “The Big Help Out” by volunteering in their communities.
The coronation itself will be “a solemn religious service, as well as an occasion for celebration and pageantry,” led by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the palace said.
The palace reiterated that it will “reflect the role of the Monarch today and look to the future, while taking root in long-standing traditions and pageantry.”
that palace line has been interpreted by experts as an indication that Charles’s coronation will be different and more subdued than the one his late mother experienced seven decades ago, with a shorter ceremony and amendments to some of the ritual’s feudal elements. Queen Elizabeth’s coronation was the first live televised royal event and lasted three hours.
Charles and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, will arrive at Westminster Abbey in a procession from Buckingham Palace, known as “The King’s Procession”, returning later in a larger ceremonial procession, known as “The King’s Procession”. the coronation”, accompanied by other members. of the royal family.
The King and Queen Consort, along with members of the royal family, will appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to conclude the day’s events.
At this point, the palace has not specified which family members will appear in the procession and on the balcony, following Prince Andrew’s continued exile from public life as a result of landmark sexual abuse allegations and the publication of Prince Andrew’s memoirs. Prince Harry criticizing His family.
“It would help Charles a lot in terms of his image if Harry and Meghan were there,” royal historian Kate Williams. he previously told CNN. “It will look particularly bad for him if his son isn’t there because of course Harry is still very high in line to the throne, as are his sons.”
The next day, May 7th, thousands of events are expected to take place across the country as part of the “Grand Coronation Luncheon”, while as yet unidentified “world music icons and contemporary stars” will gather for a “Coronation Big Lunch”. Concert” held on the East Lawn of Windsor Castle, the palace said.
The concert will be attended by a public audience made up of volunteers from the King’s and Queen Consort’s charitable affiliations, as well as several thousand members of the public selected through a national vote conducted by the BBC.
They will see a “world-class orchestra play renditions of musical favorites headlined by some of the world’s biggest artists, along with performers from the world of dance…and a selection of spoken word sequences presented by stage stars and the screen,” Palace said. , adding that a lineup would be released in due course.
A diverse group comprising Britain’s refugee choirs, NHS choirs, LGBTQ+ singing groups and deaf choirs will form “The Coronation Choir” and will also perform at the concert, along with “The Virtual Choir”, made up of singers from across the Commonwealth.
Well-known venues across the country will also be lit up with projections, lasers, drone displays and illuminations as part of the concert.
The celebrations will conclude on Bank Holiday Monday with “The Big Help Out” which will aim to “bring communities together and create a lasting legacy of coronation weekend volunteerism.”
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