King Charles Coronation: Who Will Be Watching Around The World?
05.05.2023 - 11:45
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King Charles III’s coronation arrives tomorrow (May 6), and networks and streaming services around the world are preparing coverage for the elaborate, generational event at London’s Westminster Abbey.
Millions will watch the pageantry, which is set to cost the British taxpayer at least £100M ($125M) despite several polls showing muted enthusiasm for monarchy both in the UK and abroad. International news channels such as BBC News and CNN will carry coverage but local nets are also clearing schedules ahead of the big day, while in territories such as Hong Kong, pop-up screenings will bring crowds together. The Royal Family’s YouTube channel may also carry the proceedings and SVOD services such as BritBox will stream them in some territories.
In Australia, one of 56 countries where Charles is still monarch through the Commonwealth, most of the main networks will broadcast the event or offer accompanying news coverage. Locally the coronation will take place at 10pm.
Public service broadcaster the ABC will begin its coverage at 5pm local time in New South Wales, with the processions beginning at 7.30pm. Those in Western Australia will see coverage start at 3pm local time and those in the Northern Territories will tune in from 4.30pm.
Channel Nine will start at the same time in NSW, with terrestrial rivals Ten and Seven starting at between 6-7pm. Following the event, Seven will at 5.30am Sunday run the Coronation Concert, which will feature the likes of Katy Perry and Lionel Ritchie, with a second screening in the evening. Tom Cruise, Tom Jones and Joan Collins were recently added to the concert and will pre-record messages for the BBC extravaganza.
In Hong Kong, which was part of the British Empire until 1997, it is likely