The coronation ceremony of King Charles III will take place on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at Westminster Abbey in London, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday.
The ceremony will be conducted by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the Church of England, and will also feature the coronation of the king’s wife, Queen Consort Camilla, the palace said in a statement.
“The coronation will reflect the role of the monarch today and look to the future, while being rooted in long-standing traditions and ceremonial,” the same source detailed. The Coronation Ceremony, a solemn religious service, has maintained a similar structure for more than a thousand years, and next year’s Coronation is expected to include the same fundamental elements “while recognizing the spirit of our times.”
For the past 900 years, the ceremony has been held at Westminster Abbey in London. Since 1066, the service has almost always been conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The coronation of the new sovereign traditionally takes place a few months after the accession to the throne, after a period of national mourning and to allow for the necessary preparations to be made for the ceremony.
According to Buckingham, the King is expected to sign a Proclamation officially declaring the date of the coronation at a Privy Council meeting later this year.
On September 10, the Council of Accession met at St. James’ Palace in London to proclaim Charles III as the new King, before reading the proclamation from the building’s balcony.
The proclamation was then relayed by the King of Arms of the Order of the Garter and half a dozen heralds in carriages who read it out in Trafalgar Square and then at the Royal Exchange.
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