Queen Elizabeth II dead: When is Prince Charles’ coronation?

Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday at the Balmoral Castle in Scotland, the Buckingham Palace said. All four of her children and her grandson Prince William travelled to Balmoral to be at her side.

Elizabeth’s son, Prince Charles, is now king and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort. 

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When will Prince Charles’ coronation take place?

The British coronation ceremony takes place after the King or Queen have ascended the throne. They have historically happened a few months after the death of the previous monarch to ensure ni overlap with the period of mourning. 

Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation took place on June 2, 1953, roughly four months after she officially became Queen.

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Charles has already become King. As per Operation London Bridge, leaked by Politico, the 73-year-old will go on a tour of the United Kingdom within the ten days between the Queen’s death and her funeral.

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Per the British royal family’s website, the coronation ceremony is “an occasion for pageantry and celebration, but it is also a solemn religious ceremony, has remained essentially the same over a thousand years. For the last 900 years, the ceremony has taken place at Westminster Abbey, London. The service is conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, whose task this has almost always been since the Norman Conquest in 1066.”

British politicians paid their tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. 

Prime Minister Liz Truss said the country was “devasted” by the death of the monarch, calling her “the rock on which modern Britain was built.”

“We are now a modern, thriving, dynamic nation,” Truss said outside 10 Downing St. in London. “Through thick and thin, Queen Elizabeth II provided us with the stability and the strength that we needed.

“She was the very spirit of Great Britain – and that spirit will endure,” ending on words no British leader has said for 70 years: “God save the king.”

Truss was appointed by the queen just two days ago, becoming the 15th prime minister to serve during Elizabeth’s reign.