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King’s coronation set for May 6 – with Camilla to be crowned alongside Charles

The ceremony, which will take place in Westminster Abbey next year, will ‘reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future’.

The Independent UK

What will happen stage by stage at the King’s coronation?

The ceremony will feature six different stages when Charles is crowned on Saturday May 6 in Westminster Abbey.

The Independent UK

How the late Queen’s coronation boosted the nation after the Second World War

Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in a deeply religious ceremony in Westminster Abbey on June 2 1953.

The Independent UK

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Brits WON'T get extra bank holiday under King Charles's slimmed down coronation plan

The coronation date falls in a month of two bank holidays - May Day on the first and May 29, the last Monday of the month. There won't be an extra bank holiday on May 6, according to sources

Daily Mirror

Author Michael Rosen urges better pay for nurses after speaking at Covid service

The former children’s laureate read an extract from his book Many Different Kinds Of Love at the remembrance event at Westminster Abbey.

The Independent UK

Author Michael Rosen to speak at Westminster Abbey coronavirus service

The children’s laureate said he was ‘looking forward’ to honouring those who died.

The Independent UK

King Charles could be crowned on 'fake' Stone of Destiny, claims Glasgow pub boss

Ian Hamilton, who died last week, led a gang of four students who took the stone from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1950.

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King Charles' coronation 'will be a bank holiday for the UK' insiders claim

Officials, who were not named, revealed the bank holiday would happen next June and the most likely date expected to be at Westminster Abbey will be June 3, reports have claimed

Daily Mirror

Perth-bound Stone of Destiny raider passes away at the age of 97

Ian Hamilton KC was one of four students who stole the ancient Stone of Scone from under the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day, 1950

Daily Record

Buckingham Palace responds to reports of King Charles' coronation date

The ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey

Nottingham Post

Kate and William's 'normal' relationship and their early days of dating, according to former royal butler

The couple were friends for a few years before making their relationship official, and tied the knot with the eyes of the world upon them at Westminster Abbey in 2011.

Daily Record

Stone of Destiny raider and nationalist Ian Hamilton passes away aged 97

Former lawyer and Scottish nationalist Ian Hamilton was one of four students who removed the ancient Scots stone from under the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey in December 1950.

Glasgow Live

Former lawyer and Stone of destiny raider Ian Hamilton dead aged 97

Ian Hamilton, 97, from Paisley, was one of four students who removed the ancient Scots stone from under the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey in December 1950, just days before Christmas.

Daily Record

West Lothian woman says attending Queen's funeral was "tremendous honour"

Lord Lieutenant Moira Niven MBE was among the 2000 people at the service in Westminster Abbey.

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Daily Mirror

'Anyone who's lost someone they loved will have sharply felt the Queen’s funeral'

It didn’t help that the funeral was held on the anniversary of my wedding to my late husband, Colin. I’d welled up long before I heard Love Divine at Westminster Abbey

Daily Record

Lord-Lieutenant for Perth and Kinross 'privileged and honoured' to attend Queen's funeral

Crieff’s Stephen and Fiona Leckie were among those attending the historic memorial ceremony in Westminster Abbey on Monday

Bristol Post

Calls for Bradley Stoke mayor to resign after blasting Sir Keir Starmer for attending Queen’s funeral

Cllr Antony Griffiths suggested that the atheist Labour leader should not have been at Westminster Abbey

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Archbishop of Canterbury to visit

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will visit Australia just weeks after leading the Queen's funeral service at Westminster Abbey.

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Column: Amid the pageantry and corgis, what made the queen’s funeral extraordinary was silence

On Monday morning London time, an unprecedented hourslong ceremony began as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II was borne in splendid procession from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey, where the royal family, hundreds of Britain’s leaders and heads of state from around the world attended the funeral service for England’s…

Daily Mirror

Touching moments Kate Middleton comforted George and Charlotte at 'Gan Gan's' funeral

While the world watched Princess Charlotte and Prince George attend their great-grandmother's funeral, Kate Middleton made sure her young children were always nearby and felt comforted

Daily Mirror

Lip reader reveals Camilla's short comment as she joined royals at Queen's funeral

Following the Queen's committal service in Windsor after her state funeral at Westminster Abbey - a lip reader picked up the touching comment Queen Consort Camilla made as the royals left the service

Daily Mirror

Princess Charlotte dubbed 'little superstar' after fans spot adorable gesture for George

As Princess Charlotte and Prince George arrived at Westminster Abbey to attend the Queen's funeral yesterday, seven-year-old Charlotte could be seen turning round to check that her big brother was nearby

Daily Mirror

Unexpected celebrities who were at Queen's funeral after Corrie star shocks fans

Coronation Street legend Antony Cotton said being invited to the Queen's funeral was 'the greatest honour' - and he wasn't the only famous face in the crowd

Daily Record

Harry and Meghan's emotional night after Queen's funeral and plans for future

The Duke of Sussex walked behind his grandmother's coffin through London and Windsor Castle, with the Duchess joining processions at Westminster Abbey and St George's Chapel.

The Conversation

Westminster Abbey has witnessed nearly a millennium of British history – but many rituals, like those at royal funerals, aren’t so old

The royal funeral for Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Sept. 19, 2022, was a public ceremony on a truly global scale. In the days before, long snaking queues of mourners waited to file past her coffin as it lay in state in Westminster Hall. Hundreds of the world’s…

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