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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Simon Coyle

King's Coronation service step-by-step guide from songs and readings and the crowning

King Charles III Queen Elizabeth II ​​Rishi Sunak Dean Paul Mealor William Byrd Jerusalem Oil Westminster Abbey Bible

The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla will take place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday.

Tens of millions of people across the globe are expected to watch the historic event that will see the new monarch officially crowned.

It will be the first time in 70 years that there has been a coronation of a British monarch. Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September 2022, was crowned in June 1953 when she was aged just 25.

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