The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla could be the last ever seen in Great Britain, according to experts. While the event was a lavish affair said to have cost up to £100million, it was slimmed down from the Queen's coronation in 1953.
And constitutional experts say that any future coronation could be scaled down even further - or scrapped altogether.
Speaking to Express.co.uk, Dr Robert Morris, an honorary professor at University College London's Constitution Unit, said: "It seems very likely that William might prefer his father’s style of coronation if, that is, he would want a coronation at all.
"We are the only European monarchy that still has a coronation, and William and/or the government of the day (which controls the monarchy) may decide for whatever reasons that the day of Coronations is over."
He added: "The coronation does not ‘make’ the monarch who succeeds to the throne immediately on the death of their predecessor. Coronations are not required by law although, there is a statute that prescribes the wording of the Coronation oath."
Craig Prescott, a professor of law at Bangor University and expert in constitutional and political matters, said: "It might be that this is the last coronation of this sort, that William's coronation might be even simpler and slimmed-down compared to this, which, itself, is a slimmed-down version of 1953."
Dr Morris said any future ascension could take on a "secular" identity. He said: "There could, for example, be a new, secular ceremony where the monarch would swear to his power to support the constitution, see that justice was upheld with mercy, and support the freedom of everyone to practice their own religion or none."
Graham Smith, CEO of anti-monarchy campaigning organisation Republic, said: "If William has any sense, if he is going to be King, then he would not do anything like this in the future.
"I think there's pretty low interest for it - about 15 percent in one poll - if they do it again, I think people are going to get a bit sick of it."
He added: "I think there's a reasonable chance we'll get rid of the monarchy before then. It's going to be an uphill struggle, but I think the monarchy is losing a lot of support."
