(CNN) – the Buckingham Palace Details of the coronation of King Carlos III have been revealed, which will see three days of festivities across the country and in which the public will be invited to participate.
The coronation will take place on Saturday 6 May, a “big coronation luncheon” and “coronation ceremony” the following day, and an additional bank holiday on Monday. On the final day, the public will be invited to join “The Big Help Out” by volunteering in their communities.
“Everyone is welcome to join, any day,” Michelle Donnellan, the UK’s Minister for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, said in a statement.
“Whether it’s throwing a special group party, watching the coronation or a great concert on TV, or stepping up during The Big Help Out to help out with the causes that matter to them.”
The palace said the coronation itself would be a “solemn religious service, as well as an occasion for ceremony and festival” led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
The palace reaffirmed that it would “reflect the king’s role today and look to the future, while being rooted in ancient and benevolent traditions.”
This palace line has been interpreted by experts as an indication that Charles’ coronation will be different and more subdued than his late mother’s seven decades earlier, with a shorter ceremony and modifications to some of the feudal elements of the ritual. The coronation of Queen Elizabeth was the first live televised royal event and lasted three hours.
Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey on June 2, 1953.
Charles and his wife Camilla, Queen Consort, would arrive at Westminster Abbey in a procession from Buckingham Palace, known as the “King’s Procession”, and return later in a larger ceremonial procession, known as the “King’s Procession”. Coronation ”, accompanied by other members of the royal family.
The King and Queen, along with members of the Royal Family, will appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to wrap up the day’s events.
At this point, the Palace has yet to specify which family members will appear in the procession and on the balcony, after Prince Andrew’s continued banishment from public life as a result of historic allegations of sexual assault and Publication of Prince Harry’s memoirs They criticize their family.
If Harry and Meghan were there, it would help Carlos a lot in terms of his image. He previously told CNN Royal historian Kate Williams. “It would look especially bad for him if his son wasn’t around because of course Harry is still very high in the line to the throne, and so are his sons.”
In a sign that not all Britons will celebrate the event, the anti-monarchy campaign group Republic has vowed to protest near Westminster Abbey. “A coronation is a celebration of power and hereditary privilege that has no place in a modern society,” spokesman Graham Smith said in a statement.
At a cost of tens of millions of pounds, this senseless play is a slap in the face to millions of people suffering from the cost of living crisis.
We have already contacted the Metropolitan Police and hope they will facilitate a peaceful and meaningful demonstration. We intend to make our presence felt in Parliament Square when the royal motorcade passes through the Abbey.”
The day after the coronation, May 7, thousands of events are expected to take place across the country as part of the “Big Coronation Lunch” while the yet-to-be-announced “world music icons and contemporary stars” will gather for the “Coronation Gala” in the East Lawn of Windsor Castle, Palace said.
“The Grand Coronation Luncheon helps you bring the celebration straight to the street or your own backyard,” said Peter Stewart, director of outreach for the event’s organizing body, The Eden Project.
“Sharing friendship, food, and fun together gives people more than just a good time: people feel less alone, make friends, and become more involved with their community,” he added in a statement.
The ceremony will be attended by a general audience made up of volunteers from the King and Queen’s charities, as well as several thousand audience members chosen through a national vote conducted by the BBC.
They will see “world-class orchestral performances of favorite musicals headlined by some of the world’s greatest artists, alongside artists from the world of dance… and a selection of spoken word sequences presented by stars of stage and screen,” Palace said, adding that a Lined up right on time.
King Charles III and the Queen attend a reception at Buckingham Palace on December 6. (Image credit: Victoria Jones/Pool/Getty Images)
A diverse group including British refugee choirs, NHS choirs, LGBTQ+ singing groups and deaf choirs will form the ‘Coronational Chorus’ and will also perform at the concert, along with the ‘Virtual Choir’, made up of singers from across the Commonwealth.
Well-known venues across the country will also be lit up with projections, lasers, drone shows, and lighting as part of the concert.
And the festivities will conclude on Bank Holiday Monday with hundreds of activities planned by local community groups for “The Big Help Out”.
“It will be a voluntary festival,” said John Knight, Executive Director of the Together Alliance.
“The goal is to create a legacy of better connected communities beyond the coronation itself.”
CNN’s Lauren Said Morehouse contributed to this report.
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