Here's your quick guide to the coronation of King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla.
Both royals will be officially crowned during the ceremony.King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla will be crowned in just a few days in aFrom what it will involve to how you can watch it in Australia, here's what you need to know about the coronation:King Charles officially became the new monarch when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died in September last year and his coronation on Saturday will be symbolic.
Queen Consort Camilla will also be crowned alongside King Charles in a simpler ceremony that will not require her to take an oath.Where will the coronation be held and who will be in attendance? King Charles will be the 40th monarch to be crowned at Westminster Abbey, where the coronation has been held for the past 900 years.SOPA Images
Many members of the royal family are set to be there, including the Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Kate, along with their four children. King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla will ride in the 260-year-old Gold State Coach on their journey from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace.Foreign royals, including King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and his wife Crown Princess Kiko, King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium, and Greece's Queen Anne-Marie, are also on the guest list.
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