The United Kingdom’s new monarch, King Charles III, will be crowned next May at Westminster Abbey in London, palace officials announced Tuesday.
The coronation will take place May 6, when Charles will ascend to the throne in a ceremony led by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, in keeping with royal tradition.
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“The Coronation will reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement. “The Ceremony has retained a similar structure for over a thousand years, and next year’s Coronation is expected to include the same core elements while recognizing the spirit of our times.”
The coronation ceremony is a tradition that dates back 900 years in England. Although not much has been revealed on what the newest event will look like, Charles is expected to be crowned on King Edward’s chair. An ancient piece of sandstone called the “Stone of Destiny” that was stolen from Scotland by King Edward I at the end of the 13th century will also be at the ceremony, Historic Environment Scotland announced. The stone is considered a historic symbol of the monarchy in Scotland, according to the BBC.
The coronation of Charles’s mother, Queen Elizabeth II, which took place in 1953, over a year after she ascended the throne upon the death of her father, was the kingdom’s most recent coronation. The queen died on Sept. 8 after a 70-year reign. Charles will be the oldest British king to be crowned and will be the oldest person to become the U.K.’s monarch.
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Operation Golden Orb, the code name for Charles’s coronation, has been in the works for many years. Like the queen’s funeral last month, planning and carrying out a coronation takes time, military organization, and precision. Charles is expected to sign a proclamation declaring the date of the coronation at a meeting of the Privy Council later this year.
