King Charles is set to be crowned at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, May 6 next year, Buckingham Palace has announced.
The palace said the coronation ceremony would reflect the monarch's current and future roles, while still being "rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry".
The ceremony will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and will also see the king's wife Camilla crowned as Queen Consort.
During the ceremony, King Charles will be anointed, blessed and consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Many had speculated the coronation would take place on June 2, which would coincide with the 70th anniversary of the coronation of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
Charles automatically became king the moment Queen Elizabeth died on September 8.
"The Ceremony will see His Majesty King Charles III crowned alongside The Queen Consort," Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
"The Coronation will reflect the monarch's role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry."
The palace said further details would be announced "in due course".
Coronation ceremonies have retained a similar structure for over 1,000 years, and while next year's is expected to include the same core elements, it may also be a toned-down affair compared to that of Queen Elizabeth II's in 1953.
It has been reported that King Charles will not undergo as many outfit changes as previous coronations and may forego several ancient rituals that could seem out of touch given the United Kingdom is experiencing a cost-of-living crisis.
The curtailing of certain rituals is expected to reduce the time of the ceremony from over three hours to just over one.
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation was the first ever televised, giving the public a glimpse into the solemn religious service and celebration that only a select few had seen inside Westminster Abbey for the past 900 years.
What to expect
The ceremony will be ministered by Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the religious leader of the Anglican Church — the monarch is "defender of the faith".
The archbishop introduces the new ruler to the audience, who applauds, before the sovereign then pronounces the oath of coronation.
In the oath, written in 1688, the monarch solemnly vows to govern the British people according to the laws passed in parliament, to enforce law and justice "with leniency", and to "do everything possible" to preserve the Anglican Church and the Protestant religion.
The archbishop will then anoint Charles with consecrated oil, using a 12th-century gilded silver spoon that is the oldest artefact in Britain's crown jewels.
Charles will be blessed on the throne of King Edward I, which was made in 1300 and has been used at each coronation since 1626.
Under the chair will be the "Stone of Destiny", an ancient symbol of Scotland's monarchy that was captured by Edward I and now only leaves Edinburgh Castle for coronations.
The sovereign finally receives his royal ornaments, including a sceptre and the crown, which is put in place by the archbishop.
In 1953, 8,251 guests from 181 countries and territories participated in the coronation of Elizabeth II, on specially erected seating.
Among them were many representatives of foreign monarchies but no European sovereigns, respecting a royal tradition.
After the ceremony, a long procession takes place in the streets of London.
Although Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace are less than a mile (1.6 kilometres) apart, the procession route stretched 7.2 kilometres in 1953 to allow as many people as possible to attend.
Camilla's coronation
Charles's wife Camilla will then be crowned Queen Consort in a shorter and simpler ceremony.
Queen Elizabeth, in one of her last decisive acts for the succession, settled the long-running question about what Camilla would be called.
Until February, it had been intended she would become "princess consort", as she is not the new king's first wife, and also out of deference to Diana, princess of Wales, who was killed in a 1997 car crash.
Camilla will become queen dowager on the death of the king, who will be succeeded by Prince William.
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