King Charles' coronation next May has sparked calls for a bank holiday so the nation can celebrate 'a very special memory'.
Coronation for a living costs crisis: Charles demands 'scaled down' one-hour ceremony with only 2,000 guests
It is expected to be on a smaller scale and shorter than usual, with suggestions that it could be cut down by two hours with guest numbers reduced from 8,000 to around 2,000. Holding the most senior position in the Church of England, the Archbishops of Canterbury have crowned monarchs since 1066, when William the Conqueror ascended to the throne.
After Charles's marriage to Camilla, the royal family's website added the get-out clause "unless decided otherwise" to the phrase: "A Queen consort is crowned with the King, in a similar but simpler ceremony.