King Charles III's "slimmed down" coronation is "unlikely" to include an extra bank holiday, sources have revealed.
Buckingham Place confirmed today the new King will be crowned on Saturday, May 6. The ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey and also see his wife Camila crowned as the new Queen Consort.
The event will form the centrepiece of days of celebration to mark the official beginning of the new king's reign. The Palace said the ceremony will be "rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry" but also "reflect the monarch's role today and look towards the future".
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Many are expected to line the streets to witness the historic event and millions across the world will tune into the TV broadcast. However, organisers have engaged in high level discussions with government and decided it is "highly unlikely" there will be any extra time off to mark the occasion - as Mirror Online reports.
Ministers have taken into account a range of factors including clashes with sporting events, the availability of Westminster Abbey and the Archbishop of Canterbury and even the likelihood of favourable weather conditions. The May 6 date also falls in a month of two bank holidays - May Day on the first and May 29, the last Monday of the month.
One possibility discussed was to move the May Day bank holiday to the following Monday, May 8, although government sources have suggested this would "cause chaos" for businesses up and down the country.
The King is entirely in favour of the country coming together to celebrate the occasion, however, royal sources said he is acutely aware of the cost of living crisis enveloping the country and had personally approved plans for a "slimmed down celebration".
By May next year the King will be 74, making him the oldest person to be crowned in British history. Britain has not celebrated a coronation for 69 years, when Elizabeth II became Queen. King George VI died on February 6, 1952, Elizabeth's coronation at Westminster Abbey did not take place for another 17 months, with her being anointed Queen on June 2, 1953.
Coronations have not traditionally been held on a weekend, with the late Queen's taking place on a Tuesday.
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