Buckingham Palace has dismissed claims that King Charles’ coronation date has been confirmed. After Bloomberg reported that Charles would be crowned fittingly on June 3 next year, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson told The Mirror on Wednesday that it was “purely speculation”.
But if the new king’s coronation does take place on June 3 it will be 70 years and one day since Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation. The intricate details for King Charles III's coronation have been years in the making, and are closely guarded under the codename, Operation Golden Orb.
The ancient religious tradition is a service in which every monarch must swear an oath before the nation to serve them as king or queen. They are then anointed in a ceremony that was considered too sacred for television broadcast during the Queen’s coronation in 1953. You can get more story updates straight to your inbox by subscribing to our newsletters here.
