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One period aft Queen Elizabeth II's death, the Palace has announced the day of King Charles III's coronation. All the royal details below.
Read What King Charles III Wrote to Queen Elizabeth II
A day for King Charles III's inauguration has officially been set.
Buckingham Palace announced connected Oct. 11 that Charles' coronation volition beryllium held astatine London's Westminster Abbey connected May 6. During the service, which volition beryllium conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Charles volition beryllium crowned alongside Queen Consort Camilla. "The coronation volition bespeak the monarch's relation contiguous and look towards the future," the Palace said, "while being rooted successful longstanding traditions and pageantry."
While further details person yet to beryllium revealed, the announcement comes conscionable implicit a period after Queen Elizabeth II's death. Following the royal monarch passing connected Sept. 8 astatine the property of 96, Charles was officially recognized arsenic the caller reigning King.
In Charles' archetypal code arsenic sovereign, he honored his precocious mother. "Thank you for your emotion and devotion to our household and to the household of nations you person served truthful diligently each these years," helium said successful part. "May 'flights of Angels sing thee to thy rest.'"
"Throughout her life, Her Majesty The Queen—my beloved Mother—was an inspiration and illustration to maine and to each my family, and we beryllium her the astir heartfelt indebtedness immoderate household tin beryllium to their mother; for her love, affection, guidance, knowing and example," Charles besides shared successful his speech. "Queen Elizabeth was a beingness good lived; a committedness with destiny kept and she is mourned astir profoundly successful her passing. That committedness of lifelong work I renew to you each today."
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Though additional details astir the coronation are expected to beryllium revealed successful the coming weeks, it's apt that galore royal household members volition beryllium successful attendance astatine the ceremony, which is taking spot connected the 4th day of Archie Harrison, the lad of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
In his September speech, Charles addressed his lad and daughter-in-law, who stepped down arsenic elder royals and presently reside successful Southern California, saying, "I privation besides to explicit my emotion for Harry and Meghan arsenic they proceed to physique their lives overseas."
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