▶ Dignitaries from around the world arrived at Westminster Abbey for the coronation of King Charles III in London, May 6, 2023.

👉 Saturday is coronation day for Britain’s King Charles III and his second wife, Queen Consort Camilla. It is the first British coronation spectacular in 70 years. Queen Elizabeth II was the last British monarch to be crowned. The 74-year-old Charles became king the moment his mother died in September.

Thousands of people wearing red, white and blue, the colors of the British flag, and others with paper crowns atop their heads lined the streets of London Saturday to cheer Charles and the Camilla as they made their way to the coronation in the modern Diamond Jubilee Coach.

The crowning ceremony is being held in Westminster Abbey, where all the British monarchs have been crowned since 1066.

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