- A Coronation Big Lunch held in London
- The Coronation Concert, with drones in formation overhead
- Buckingham Palace revealed a new hashflag emoji depicting St Edward’s Crown for use on Twitter.
- The King and Queen attended a celebratory pre-coronation reception at Westminster Hall. They hosted coronation garden parties at Buckingham Palace and at the Palace of Holyroodhouse . Charles, together with the Prince and Princess of Wales, greeted crowds at The Mall during a walkabout.
- People in Britain held “Coronation Big Lunch” street parties. More than 3,000 parties were planned, with English councils having approved the closure of 3,087 roads. Most street parties were scheduled for Sunday, 7 May. Coronation quiche was chosen by Charles and Camilla as the official dish of the Coronation Big Lunch. Pubs also remained open until 01:00 on the coronation weekend.
- The Coronation Concert was planned for 7 May on Windsor Castle’s east lawn. In addition to performances by singers, musicians, and stage and screen actors, the show also featured a “Coronation Choir” composed of community choirs and amateur singers. During the concert, landmarks, areas of natural beauty, and street parties were featured. 5,000 pairs of free tickets were distributed by public ballot, and volunteers from the King and Queen’s charities were also invited. Several musical performers reportedly turned down the palace’s invitation to perform citing scheduling conflicts.
- Staff from the British Embassy in Washington D.C. volunteer at the Capital Area Food Bank on 8 May as a part of the Big Help Out initiative
- A public holiday was declared on 8 May to commemorate the coronation. On the same day, the Together Coalition, in partnership with The Scout Association, the Royal Voluntary Service, and various faith groups, organised the Big Help Out initiative to encourage volunteering and community service. An estimated 6 million took part in the initiative. The Royal Voluntary Service, of which Camilla is president, also launched the Coronation Champions Awards, which recognised 500 volunteers nominated by the public.
- Twenty-eight days prior to the coronation of Charles III and Camilla, the Church of England established a period of prayer for them, and to this end, published a Book of Daily Prayers that included “daily themes, reflections and prayers for use by individuals, churches or groups”.
- Congregations of the Church of England held special commemorative services throughout the country on 6–7 May 2023.
- The government of the United Kingdom issued coronation medals to 400,000 individuals, including those involved in supporting the coronation, front line emergency and prison services workers, and members of the British Armed Forces. The medals are made of nickel silver and plated in nickel and feature an effigy of the King and Queen, on a red, white and blue ribbon.
- The Transport for London voice announcement was replaced by the voice announcements recorded by the King and Queen on 5 May, and were used on railway station and all London Underground stations throughout the coronation weekend and bank holiday on Monday. The London North Eastern Railway also named its daily 11:00 passenger train from London King’s Cross to Edinburgh Waverley the Carolean Express, starting on 6 May.
- Natural England will mark the coronation with the creation of the King’s Series of National Nature Reserves, which will see five major national nature reserves named every year for the next five years.
- The Royal Mint released a new collection of coins, including 50p and £5 coin depicting the King wearing the Tudor Crown. Royal Mail issued four stamps to mark the King’s coronation, as it did for the coronations of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. The company will also apply a special postmark from 28 April to 10 May.
- The Royal Collection Trust released official coronation memorabilia to mark the occasion. In February 2023, Buckingham Palace announced it would temporarily relax the “rules governing the commercial use of royal photographs and official insignia” to allow other groups to produce coronation memorabilia.
- Companies that have produced coronation memorabilia include Emma Bridgewater, Jan Constantine, Merrythought, and Royal Crown Derby. Greene King produced a special brew to mark the coronation and auctioned several unopened crates of a special brew created for the cancelled coronation of Edward VIII in 1937, with proceeds from the auction going to The Prince’s Trust.
Public events and commemorations for the coronation
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