Currently scheduled for May 6, 2023, at Westminster Abbey, is the coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as rulers of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth states. In the wake of his mother Elizabeth II’s passing on September 8, 2022, Charles succeeded to the kingdom.
The religious ritual, which is centered on an Anglican service of Holy Communion, is quite symbolic. The ceremony will feature Charles being anointed, receiving the coronation regalia, and being crowned, highlighting both his spiritual function and worldly obligations.
People from all the Commonwealth realms will be invited to do so, and representatives of the Church of England and royal family will pledge their allegiance to him. A quicker and less complicated ceremony will crown Camilla.
The royal family is anticipated to make an appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the service in a formal procession. The coronation service for Charles and Camilla will be shorter than that of his mother in 1953 and will differ from previous British coronations in that it will honour a variety of religions, cultures, and people from around the United Kingdom.
Public festivities and celebrations have been planned in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the British Crown Dependencies and overseas territories in addition to the coronation ceremony to honour the occasion.
The coronation of Charles and Camilla will be the first of a British monarch in the twenty-first century and the forty-first to take place at Westminster Abbey since William the Conqueror was crowned on December 25, 1066.
