King Charles III's coronation gives Brits an extra day off this spring
People in England and Wales have an extra bank holiday to look forward to this year, with the King's Coronation giving us an extra day off to celebrate.
The Easter bank holidays - Good Friday and Easter Monday - which fell in mid-April this year, are over for another year. And if they gave you a taste for a long weekend you might be wondering when the next ones are.Luckily, there isn't long to wait. Each year, there are two bank holidays in May, one at the start and one at the end. But this year, there will be an extra one to mark the King's Coronation.
The ceremony, which will see King Charles III crowned monarch and Camilla crowned Queen Consort, will be conducted at Westminster Abbey. Tens of thousands of street parties are expected to be staged during the weekend, with people urged to come together across the nation for the Coronation Big Lunch on Sunday, May 7.
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