The King Charles III of the United Kingdom he will be crowned on Saturday 6 May 2023 at a solemn ceremony in Westminster Abbey of London with Queen consort Camila, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday.

The 73-year-old British monarch, who automatically ascended the throne on the death of his mother, Elizabeth II, on 8 September, will receive, after a period of several months of mourning and preparation for the ceremony, the crown, the scepter and the globesymbols of his kingdom.

The religious rite, officiated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, “will reflect the role of the monarch today and will look to the future, despite being rooted in pomp and historical traditions“, he described the Palace.

The coronation is a rite that has remained virtually unchanged since the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and was celebrated on occasion nearly 900 years in Westminster Abbey.

more austerity

The May religious service should include the main traditional elements that have been repeated without alteration for centuries, along with some new componentsin the “spirit of our times”, as Buckingham suggested.

Among the commentators of the monarchy in the United Kingdom, it is expected that Charles III will opt for a slightly more modest ceremony that the lavish coronation of his mother, on June 2, 1953, and which reflects his desire to apply certain austerity to British sovereignty.

The new monarch will swear before the archbishop his intention to reign over his country and over the other 14 of which he is head of state, including Australia, Canada and New Zealand, “according to their respective laws and customs”, in addition to applying the ” law and justice “in their decisions.

Camila will be crowned together with Charles III as queen consort with a liturgy “similar, but simpler”as described by Buckingham Palace.

Just in case the new monarch is a woman, her husband is not crowned with heras happened with Elizabeth II’s husband, Prince Philip of Edinburgh.

The British king’s official spokespersons will offer “in due course” more details on the organization the ceremony the following year, which in 1953 brought together the heads of state and government of the Commonwealth and of numerous countries in London.

EFE