King Charles III coronation: New details released by Buckingham Palace, including star-studded concert - Fox News

Buckingham Palace connected Saturday released caller details astir King Charles III’s weekend-long coronation solemnisation this May, which volition see a star-studded televised performance astatine Windsor Palace.

The festivities volition commencement with Charles and Queen Consort Camilla's coronations astatine Westminster Abbey connected the greeting of May 6 (where Queen Elizabeth II’s ceremonial was held), which volition beryllium conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The palace called it a "solemn spiritual service, arsenic good arsenic an juncture for solemnisation and pageantry."

"As antecedently announced, the Service volition bespeak the Monarch’s relation contiguous and look towards the future, portion being rooted successful longstanding traditions and pageantry," the palace said successful a release. 

It is expected to beryllium a much slimmed-down lawsuit compared to the precocious queen's 1953 coronation. 

The king and queen consort volition get from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey successful the "King’s Procession" and volition proceed backmost to the palace afterward successful the larger "Coronation Procession" that volition see members of the royal family. 

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King Charles III's coronation volition see the ceremonial astatine Westminster Abbey, a performance astatine Windsor and assemblage activities.  (Twitter: Royal Family)

The royal household past volition look connected the balcony of Buckingham Palace to reason the day’s events. 

The palace gave nary accusation connected whether Prince Harry, who is promoting his publication "Spare," which is highly captious of the royal family, oregon Meghan Markle volition be the coronation oregon immoderate of its surrounding events. 

Harry declined to accidental if helium would judge an invitation to the coronation successful a caller interview, saying, "There's a batch that tin hap betwixt present and then. But the doorway is ever open. The shot is successful their court." 

The palace has not said which royal household members volition beryllium successful attendance. Prince Harry declined successful a caller interrogation to accidental if helium would be his faher's coronation.  (Mike Coppola/Ian Vogler)

On Saturday, May 7, "global euphony icons and modern stars" volition header a BBC-produced Coronation Concert astatine Windsor Castle. The palace didn’t specify who would beryllium performing astatine the show.

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The performance is unfastened to the nationalist and volition see volunteers from the king and queen consort’s charities. Through a nationalist ballot respective 1000 Britons volition person escaped tickets to the show.

The performance volition besides person an orchestra, dancers, a Coronation Choir made up of assemblage choirs from crossed the state and "spoken connection sequences delivered by stars of signifier and screen." 

The coronation for King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort volition beryllium held connected May 6.  (Samir Hussein)

During the show, iconic landmarks crossed the U.K. volition beryllium lit for "Lighting up the Nation." 

On Sunday, radical crossed the state are invited to person a repast unneurotic for the Coronation Big Lunches, a nationwide enactment of solemnisation and friendship. "From a cupful of beverage with a neighbour to a thoroughfare party, a Coronation Big Lunch brings the celebrations to your neighbourhood and is simply a large mode to get to cognize your assemblage a small better," the palace said. 

The Big Help Out, a volunteering initiative, volition beryllium held connected Monday, May 8, and "will promote radical to effort volunteering for themselves and articulation the enactment being undertaken to enactment their section areas."

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Charles and Camilla "hope the Coronation Weekend volition supply an accidental to walk clip and observe with friends, families and communities crossed the United Kingdom, the Realms and the Commonwealth," the merchandise said. "Their Majesties are looking guardant to marking the juncture with the nationalist passim 2023."