King Charles may honour his late mother, Queen Elizabeth, with the date of his coronation. The 73-year-old monarch is likely to formally take the throne next year and with a date eyed late in the spring for the ceremony to take place, officials are considering organising the event for 2 June, the same date the late queen was officially coronated in 1953. Stressing there was "no rush" to hold the ceremony yet, a source told The Sun newspaper: "There is an awful lot of planning still to do.