King Charles is considering breaking royal tradition to hand the Princess of Wales an "unprecedented" royal role to help him with official business.
09.10.2022 - 08:35 / msn.com
King Charles’ coronation is reportedly set to last just over an hour. The service at Westminster Abbey – which is rumoured to be scheduled for June 3 next year – will also have fewer rituals and be more diverse than the 1953 ceremony in which his late mother Queen Elizabeth was crowned, according to the Mail On Sunday.
It is reporting the plans for Charles’ coronation are contained in a blueprint called Operation Golden Orb, which will reduce his coronation to around a third of the three hours it took to crown the Queen. A source quoted by the Mail On Sunday said: “The king has stripped back a lot of the Coronation in recognition that the world has changed in the past 70 years.
” The insider added about how it will be more religiously and culturally diverse and not involve Charles changing outfits during the event, as the Queen did: “King Charles is unlikely to do the same and the language will be adapted so as to be understandable to a more modern audience. ” The publication also reported the guest list for the event will be cut from 8,000 to 2,000, with “hundreds of nobles and parliamentarians” set to missing out.
It added MPs and peers are “likely to be told that they cannot be guaranteed a place”. Rituals such as presenting the monarch with gold ingots are also set to be axed, while Prince William is likely to play an important role in helping to plan the ceremony.
The Mail On Sunday said insiders had told them the Duke of Norfolk, who is masterminding the Coronation, has been tasked with preparing a simpler, shorter and more diverse ceremony, but said he declined to comment to the publication on his plans. Bloomberg last week reported His Majesty’s ceremony would be nearly 70 years to the day after his mother Queen
.King Charles is considering breaking royal tradition to hand the Princess of Wales an "unprecedented" royal role to help him with official business.
King Charles has decided against stripping princes Harry and Andrew from a prestigious role after they stepped down from their royal duties, but will instead spare their blushes by expanding his pool of advisors.
Dominic West felt "extremely sympathetic" to King Charles and his now-wife Queen Consort Camilla after reenacting the infamous 'Camillagate' scandal for 'The Crown'. In 1993, an intimate conversation between the then-Prince of Wales and his lover which had been recorded years before was made public and the 53-year-old actor admitted revisiting the call, which included the now-king telling Camilla he wanted to "live inside" her trousers but it would be just his luck to be reincarnated as a tampon, has given him a new take on the controversy. Dominic - who portrays Charles in the upcoming fifth season of the regal drama - told Entertainment Weekly magazine: "I remember thinking it was something so sordid and deeply, deeply embarrassing [at the time].
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King Charles III ascended the British royal throne after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, last month, his official coronation date has just been set. The coronation will take place on Saturday, May 6, 2023, at Westminster Abbey in London, England, and will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. According to the press release from Buckingham Palace, the coronation «will reflect the monarch's role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry.» A source close to King Charles III tells ET that the coronation ceremony “will be shorter and simpler than 1953 but absolutely still on a scale and spectacle befitting of sovereignty, history and tradition."ET previously reported that the official event is being coordinated by the Duke of Norfolk, Edward Fitzalan-Howard, and will be a shorter ceremony than previous coronations. It will also «reflect the cultural diversity of the nation,» the source said. Charles' eldest son, Prince William, who is the next in line to the throne, will play a significant role in the ceremony. The news, which was first reported by the UK’s, will reflect the new king's wishes for a more modern ceremony and his desires for a slimmed down monarchy.
King Charles III is said to be planning a “modest” Coronation, where his eldest son Prince William, 40, will play a key role. Charles was formally proclaimed King just days after his late mother Her Majesty the Queen died last month, but his official Coronation isn’t expected to take place until sometime next year.
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on Sunday, will reflect the new monarch's wishes for a «slimmed-down monarchy.» The changes will also be made in an effort to reflect the «cultural diversity of the nation.» The Duke of Norfolk is spearheading the event's planning, and Prince William is also believed to be playing a significant role in the organizing. The Palace has not yet released a date for the ceremony. «The 1762 gold stagecoach which was seen at the queen's Platinum Jubilee is once again expected to be seen,» the source reports.
King Charles III is said to be scaling down his Coronation next year, amid the cost of living crisis. According to reports, the new monarch will be stripping back on the traditional service, cutting out the royal pomp and flair, making for quite the different ceremony to that of the Queen’s back in 1953.
Buckingham Palace has denied claims that a date for King Charles III’ s coronation has been officially confirmed. Earlier this week, it had been reported that the coronation would take place on June 3rd next year, with an anonymous government source telling Bloomberg that “plans are converging on that Saturday near the start of the summer”.
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