The Coronation of King Charles III takes place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday with millions of people expected to watch the historic event.
The ceremony to officially crown The King as the new monarch will take place more than seven months following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September.
The day will begin with arriving at Westminster Abbey between 7.15am and 8.30am. Between 9.30am and 10.45am heads of state, overseas government representatives, ministers, former Prime Ministers, foreign royals and members of the royal family will then arrive at the abbey.
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Meanwhile, The King and Queen Consort’s procession will set off from Buckingham Palace at 10.20am and arrive at Westminster Abbey at 10.53am.
The coronation service will then start at Westminster Abbey at 11am and last for two hours. The ceremony will consist of five main elements: the Recognition; the Oath; the Anointing; the Investiture and Crowning; and the Enthronement and Homage, as well as the Queen Consort’s coronation.
The key moment will come at midday when the King is crowned.
The length of the coronation is shorter than Queen Elizabeth II's coronation 70 years ago which lasted three hours. And this is not the only big difference when compared to Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953.
The King’s Coronation Procession will also be shorter and only stretch 1.3 miles – around a quarter of the length of the late Queen’s five-mile celebratory journey.
Following the ceremony at Westminster Abbeyt a newly crowned Charles and Queen Consort will travel in the Gold State Coach via the tried and tested route of Parliament Square, along Whitehall, around Trafalgar Square, through Admiralty Arch and down The Mall back to Buckingham Palace.
The procession in 1953 took two hours and featured tens of thousands of participants. King Charles’s shorter route is understood to have been chosen for practical reasons.
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