1000 Yr Old Tradition Will Mark Coronation of King Charles III

Charles III will officially become the crowned king of Britain on Saturday in a solemn Christian ceremony based on 1,000 years of history and tradition which is adapted to reflect modern England.

Charles, 74, has been king since the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II in September last year after seven decades as her heir apparent.

St. Edward’s Crown- a solid gold, sacred symbol of the monarch’s authority used only once in their reign- will be placed on Charles’s head to cries of “God Save the King”.

Trumpet fanfares will sound through London’s Westminster Abbey and ceremonial gun salutes will blast out across land and sea to mark the first coronation of a British monarch since 1953. It is the fifth coronation ceremony in England since 1838.

Bells will ring in celebration at churches across Britain. Soldiers on foot and horseback will stage a 7,000-strong military parade stretching through the streets of the capital. These troops arrived by train at Waterloo Station before marching over Waterloo Bridge in the early morning.

King Charles and his wife Camilla, who will be crowned queen, will return to Buckingham Palace in the rarely used horse-drawn Gold State Coach past huge crowds, before watching a ceremonial fly-past from the balcony.