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Coronation Day-King Charles
6 May 2023
The Coronation of His Majesty The King is a time for celebration across the nation and the Commonwealth, over a weekend of special events:
- Saturday 6 May the Coronation Ceremony takes place at Westminster Abbey, London.
- 6-8 May will see Coronation Big Lunches up and down the country and across the Commonwealth.
- Sunday May 7 a spectacular Coronation Concert will be performed at Windsor Castle with iconic locations across the UK lit up using projections, lasers, drone displays and illuminations.
- Monday 8 May a special Bank Holiday has been proclaimed by the Prime Minister in honour of the Coronation, giving everyone the opportunity to join in with their communities and good causes through Big Help Out activities.
The coronation ceremony is an occasion for pageantry and celebration, but it is also a solemn religious ceremony and has remained essentially the same over a thousand years. For the last 900 years, the ceremony has taken place at Westminster Abbey, London. The service is conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose task this has almost always been since the Norman Conquest in 1066.
Source: About the Coronation – Coronation of His Majesty The King & Her Majesty The Queen Consort