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King Charles III’s coronation will take place May 6, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday.
The new king, 73, will follow in the footsteps of his ancestors dating back more than 1,000 years when he is officially crowned and anointed at Westminster Abbey.
“The coronation will reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry,” the palace said in a statement.
The religious ceremony, to be conducted by Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, is set to be less extravagant than the late Queen Elizabeth II’s three-hour coronation in 1953.
