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King Charles III plans to take a shortcut and smoother ride to Westminster Abbey for his coronation, trimming the procession route his mother took in 1953 as he aims for a more modest event that will include some modern touches, Buckingham Palace said Sunday. The lower-key ceremony May 6 will…

King Charles and his wife Camilla will travel to and from their coronation next month in Britain's oldest and newest royal carriages in a grand procession that will be shorter than that taken by his mother 70 years ago, Buckingham Palace said on Sunday.

The coronation ceremony will take place on May 6

King Charles III will be taking a short cut and a smoother ride to Westminster Abbey, trimming the procession route his mother took in 1953 as he aims for a more modest coronation that will include some modern touches

The procession route, carriages and chosen Crown Jewels have been revealed

Previous reports suggested the sceptre would be dropped due to the Prince of Wales’s anti-ivory campaign

Return from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace will be more direct than five-mile journey of Queen Elizabeth II

Most items of regalia used for coronation are at most 350-years-old, but there is one notable exception