King Charles III's coronation expected in June next year

Event will take place almost 70 years to the day after his mother was crowned The date for King Charles III's coronation is expected to ...

Event will take place almost 70 years to the day after his mother was crowned

The date for King Charles III's coronation is expected to be on June 3 next year in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey, UK officials have said.

Plans are converging on that Saturday near the start of the summer although discussions over which other days will become official holidays are still going on, said a government official speaking on condition of anonymity before a public announcement.

Buckingham Palace declined to comment.

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Almost 70 years to the day after his mother was crowned, the coronation will form the centrepiece of days of celebration to mark the beginning of the monarch’s reign.

King Charles acceded to the throne last month after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

By June next year he will be 74, making him the oldest person to be crowned sovereign in British history.

It has been widely reported that the coronation will be a smaller, more modest version of previous ceremonies, with space for representatives of different faiths and community groups in line with modern Britain’s diversity.