Extra bank holiday approved to mark King's coronation

An other slope vacation volition instrumentality spot crossed the UK to people the coronation of King Charles III adjacent year.

It volition autumn connected Monday, 8 May 2023, 2 days aft the ceremonial astatine Westminster Abbey, the authorities said.

That vacation is successful summation to the slope vacation already scheduled for Monday, 1 May.

Confirming the move, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the clip disconnected would springiness radical the accidental to "come unneurotic and celebrate".

He said that the vacation would people "a unsocial infinitesimal for our country".

"I look guardant to seeing radical travel unneurotic to observe and wage tribute to King Charles III by taking portion successful section and nationalist events crossed the state successful his honour."

Election officials warned that if Friday, 5 May, became a slope holiday, it would disrupt the ballot number arsenic it would impact staffing.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who approved the slope vacation successful Scotland, said: "Scotland volition privation to nonstop its champion wishes to His Majesty, King Charles III, and The Queen Consort."

King Charles III volition marque past arsenic the oldest monarch to presume the throne astatine 73 years old.

Royal sources suggest that his coronation ceremonial volition beryllium markedly antithetic to that of Elizabeth II - it volition beryllium shorter, much divers and with a overmuch smaller fig of guests.

The Queen Consort volition besides beryllium crowned connected the aforesaid date, but successful a akin but simpler ceremony.

Bank holidays person taken spot to people royal occasions successful the past, including the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales connected 29 April, 2011.

An other slope vacation was created connected 3 June, and the past slope vacation successful May was moved to 2 June to widen the solemnisation of the Queen's 70th twelvemonth arsenic a monarch.