And where else would international royalty, world leaders and 100 overseas heads of state get an opportunity to meet Ant and Dec? More than 20 million people watched the service on television, many crowded around neighbours' screens, outnumbering the radio audience for the first time. King Charles III departs the Coronation service at Westminster Abbey on May 6, 2023, in London, England.

Monday, May 8: the “ Big Help Out” and bank holiday. The palace is encouraging Brits to spend their day off volunteering. The coronation concert will see music stars descend on Windsor Castle, with Take That, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie on the line-up. Every aspect of the big day was televised, from royal fans gathering in the streets to the ceremony and processions. The Queen's coronation was the first to be televised and was credited with bringing TV into the mainstream.The Sovereign’s Ring, meanwhile, features a sapphire with a ruby cross set in diamonds and serves as a ‘symbol of kingly dignity’. It was first made for the Coronation of King William IV in 1831, with all monarchs from King Edward VII subsequently using it at their Coronations. Other official recommendations include coronation aubergine, coronation lamb, coronation trifle, and coronation prawn tacos with pineapple salsa. beans quiche? There’s no such thing as over the top, especially not for the King's coronation celebrations. And the more the better in this case! Leave your loungewear at home and swap it for something a bit more jazzy to capture the attention of other party goers. One thing’s for sure, you’ll be awarded the best dressed as the party! Spice up your life Designed by Andrew Jamieson, the invitation features the Green Man, an ancient figure from British folklore, symbolic of spring and rebirth, to celebrate the new reign. A coronation,” as the Royal Collection Trust defines it, “is the formal investiture of a monarch with their regal powers. It is a grand, celebratory event in which the monarch is presented with royal ceremonial objects, such as the Crown Jewels, and it is where the crown is physically placed on the sovereign’s head, in front of many thousands of very important guests.”

Stood behind Camilla were her ladies in attendance - her sister Annabel Elliot and longtime friend and current Queen's companion Lady Lansdowne. The vestments Charles will wear were also used during the coronation ceremonies of King George IV in 1821, King George V in 1911, King George VI in 1937 and Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. It will also feature "the coronation choir", a diverse group of community choirs and amateur singers from across the UK, including refugee choirs, NHS choirs, LGBTQ+ singing groups and deaf signing choirs.

Charles, meanwhile, gets to wear two crowns. The most important is the St. Edward’s Crown, which is used exclusively for coronations and — because it is made of solid gold, velvet, fur, and jewels — weighs about five pounds. It looks something like this: Over there was the battered but rather beautiful Coronation chair, with a King about to be crowned. It looked almost fragile waiting for its royal occupant. He was banned from driving for six months in September for using his mobile phone behind the wheel despite claiming he needed his licence to arrange the upcoming coronation. The concert will see a world-class orchestra play a host of musical favourites and will also feature, for the first time ever, a joint performance from The Royal Ballet, The Royal Opera House, the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Royal College of Music and The Royal College of Art.

Queen Victoria was the ruling Queen in the late 1800s. She’s still a royal icon and is worthy of dressing up as her to celebrate the King's coronation! You could also repurpose the Queen Victoria costume to dress up as Queen Elizabeth. Among them was TV presenter Floella Benjamin, former MI5 chief Baroness Elizabeth Manningham-Buller and Lincolnshire farmer Francis Dymoke. We’re the go-to place where Brits come,” said manager Iain Anderson, 43, who oversaw the proceedings. “Americans love us too. Everybody comes.” You could feel the sense of expectation. It was really happening right here, on an altar full of candlelight, prayers and a glow of gold. The abbey was like being inside a jewel box.During the ceremony, the King swore to uphold the law and the Church of England, was anointed with holy oil, received the Royal Orb and sceptres and was crowned with the solid gold St Edward's Crown. Read more about the crowning ceremony here. Inviting all Brits (including those watching and listening remotely) to join in the Homage of the People, swearing “true allegiance” to him, so help them God. Usually this is only done by the dukes and earls live at Westminster Abbey. We hope you’ve received the memo by now, but for those who haven’t, the biggest party of the summer in on the horizon. The King is celebrating his coronation on the 6th May, and as with all royal bank holidays, it’s going to be one big celebration! As it’s a British occasion, it calls for British costumes, British accessories, and of course, British party decorations.

Though approximately 2,000 people are expected to descend on Westminster Abbey for his coronation, Charles is said to want a shorter, somewhat more modernized ceremony compared with those of monarchs past. (His mother, by contrast, had over 8,000 guests at hers.) He is rumored to be scrapping unspecified bits of the program in service of something more “inclusive, relevant, and less archaic,” as one royal expert put it to OK! magazine. But there will still be ancient and idiosyncratic touches, such as a cameo by England’s oldest spoon and a painful jaunt in an evil (yet glamorous) stagecoach. This was history in the making - and you had to pinch yourself to think you were seeing it close-up, inside Westminster Abbey.

Sunday, May 7: the “Big Lunch” and concert, the latter of which “will begin mid-evening and last for approximately two to three hours” at Windsor Castle. The invitation to play Charles’s big party has been a surprisingly tough sell if recent reports are to be believed. While we had hoped the Spice Girls would reunite for the evening, they declined in the end. Also asked and answered “no”: Harry Styles, Ed Sheeran, Adele, Elton John, Kylie Minogue, and Robbie Williams.