The coronation elicited both celebrations and protest in the United Kingdom, with surveys carried out before the event suggesting that the British public was ambivalent towards the ceremony and its funding. The service was altered from past British coronations to represent multiple faiths, cultures, and communities across the United Kingdom it was shorter than Elizabeth II's coronation in 1953, and had a peak UK television audience of 20.4 million. After the service, members of the royal family travelled to Buckingham Palace in a state procession and appeared on the palace's rear and front balconies. Camilla was crowned in a shorter and simpler ceremony. Representatives of the Church of England and the British royal family declared their allegiance to him, and people throughout the Commonwealth realms were invited to do so. It included Charles taking an oath, being anointed with holy oil, and receiving the coronation regalia, emphasising his spiritual role and secular responsibilities.

The ceremony was structured around an Anglican service of Holy Communion. Charles acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022 upon the death of his mother, Elizabeth II. The coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, took place on Saturday, 6 May 2023, at Westminster Abbey. Heralds of the College of Arms and the Lyon Court.

Selected members of the armed forces of the Commonwealth.

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