Update: Current thinking is King Charles III will not be crowned this year but probably in May or June 2023 at Westminster Abbey.
It could take place on June 2nd 2023, the 70th anniversary of the coronation of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
It is understood the service is likely to be shorter, smaller & less expensive than the Queen’s coronation in 1953.
Previously: Sadly Queen Elizabeth II passed away on 8th September 2022 at Balmoral Castle, Scotland. Charles, Prince of Wales is now King Charles III.
The UK declared a period of national mourning. The Queen’s funeral held Monday 19th September 2022 at Westminster Abbey in London.
The British Accession Council has proclaimed King Charles III as the new sovereign.
That proclamation was read out from a balcony at St James’s Palace, as well as key locations across the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
King Charles III has travelled the country & attended accession ceremonies in Scotland and Wales before returning to London to pay his final respects to his mother.
King Charles III is the eldest child and was heir apparent of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. He has been the longest-serving heir apparent in British history, waiting since 1952. He has also been the oldest person to be next in line to the throne since Sophia of Hanover.
The coronation of King Charles III will take place sometime after the mourning period. We await the details of his coronation and that of his second wife Camilla, now Queen Consort.
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge is now next in line to the throne.
What is a Coronation?: A coronation is a ceremony at which a person is made king or queen. It is is the public handing over of title and powers to a new monarch, usually with great pomp and celebration. The ceremony of the crowning a sovereign or a sovereign’s consort.
Coronations date back a number of centuries. The origins of the coronation of the British monarch lie with King Edgar the Peaceful or the Peaceable (c. 943 – 8 July 975). Edgar was crowned at Bath on 11 May 973 with his wife Ælfthryth some 14 or 15 years after he became King. Thus a precedent for a coronation of a queen in England also took place.
This imperial ceremony was to celebrate his reign, rather than a celebration of appointment and this was the start of the idea of the need to gain popular support for a new monarch from other contemporary regional reigning monarchs through acts of celebration. The ceremony was devised by Saint Dunstan based on ceremonies used by the Frankish kings and those used in the ordination of bishops. Several versions of coronation services, known as ordines or recensions have since evolved over time since then.
Pomp & Ceremony
Coronation of Richard II
The 1377 coronation of 10 year old Richard II saw the evolution of the coronation to one which also sought to gain popular support for a new monarch from the general populous by making the ceremony a spectacle of pageantry for the ordinary people. The acts of public relations and regional diplomacy were both embellished with theatrics together.
The Anglo-Saxon monarchs used various locations for their coronations. These included Bath, Kingston upon Thames, London, and Winchester. The last Anglo-Saxon monarch, Harold II (c. 1022 – 14 October 1066), was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 6 January 1066. William the Conqueror, after successfully defeating Harold at the battle of Hastings (October 14, 1066), followed what had now become English tradition and was also crowned at Westminster Abbey the same day he became king on Christmas Day 1066. Since then the majority of coronations have taken place at Westminster Abbey.
Scottish Coronation Origins
Scottish coronations were traditionally held at Scone Abbey, with the king seated on the Stone of Destiny (Lia Fail). A few Scottish coronations were held at Holyrood, Kelso Abbeys, Stirling Castle and Kirk of the Holy Rude, Stirling. The Scottish coronations originated from rituals used by the kings governing parts of western Scotland and northeastern Ireland, on each side of the North Channel as well as and by the Picts from whom the Stone of Destiny came. It is probable the earliest coronation or inauguration was that of Aidan by Columba in 574.
James I Coronation
When James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Ireland, the Scottish and English crowns were unified on 24 March 1603. Charles I and Charles II had two coronations, one in Scotland and one in England in different years. All monarchs that have followed have only had one coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey. The presiding senior cleric of the coronation has usually been a bishop or archbishop. Since James VI and I the roles and responsibilities for officiating at the ceremony has been fulfilled by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Other ceremonial roles are performed by clergy and members of the nobility.
In general, the coronation usually takes place several months after the death of the previous monarch, in order to provide sufficient time for respectful mourning and time for organising such elaborate arrangements. The coronation of a monarch is considered a happy/joyous occasion thanks to King Edgar and those that followed.
Ragnar Lodbrok or Lothbrok/Lodbrock (b. Abt 774. Hairy-breeches’ or ‘Shaggy-breeches) was a Danish king and Viking warrior who oversaw a Great Heathen Army in the 9th century. Ragnar has been made legendary in the Viking Sagas but also more recently brought to life in the very popular drama series Vikings. This well known Viking is probably a grandfather of the current British Royal Family.
RAGNAR `LODBROCK’ OF UPPSALA HALFDANSSON is likely HRH Prince Charles The Prince Of Wales thirty-four-times-great-grandfather. It appears Prince Charles and thus Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are descendants through Ragnar’s sons , Halfdan (Hvitserk) `White shirt’ (King) of DUBLIN, Sigurd II (King) in DENMARK RAGNARSON and Bjorn `Ironside’ RAGNARSSON. The Viking legend lives on…
MATERNAL ANCESTRY
Ragnar `Lodbrock’ of Uppsala HALFDANSSON
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Halfdan (Hvitserk) `White shirt’ (King) of DUBLIN
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Sigtyggr (Sitric I) HALFDANSSON (King) of DUBLIN
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Sihtric II Caoch (Sigtryggr Gale) of DUBLIN
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Harald (Aralt) SIHTRICSSON
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Godfrey (Godfred I) of MAN
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Marion (Princess) of MAN O’DWIBHNE (MacDUIBN) [GODFREY]
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Eva CAMPBELL [O’DWIBHNE (MacDUIBN)]
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Duncan MacDwine CAMPBELL
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Cailen `Bald’ CAMPBELL
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Archibald (Gillespic) (Sir) CAMPBELL
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Dougal (Duncan) of Lochow CAMPBELL
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Archibald (Gillespic) (Sir) CAMPBELL
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Cailen (Colin) Mor `Great’ CAMPBELL
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Neil (Nigel) (Sir) CAMPBELL
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Colin Oig (Sir) CAMPBELL
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Archibald (Sir) CAMPBELL
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Colin `Extraordinary’ (Sir) “Ionganlach” CAMPBELL
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Duncan (Sir; of Lochaw; 1st Lord) CAMPBELL
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Colin (Sir) CAMPBELL
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Duncan (Sir) CAMPBELL
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Catherine (of Glenurchy) MURRAY [CAMPBELL]
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William (Sir; of Tullibardine) MURRAY
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John MURRAY
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Anne (Lady) Lyon [MURRAY]
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John Lyon
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Patrick Lyon
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John Lyon
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Thomas Lyon
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John Lyon-Bowes
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Thomas Lyon-Bowes
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Thomas George Lyon-Bowes
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Claude Bowes-Lyon
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Claude George Bowes-Lyon
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Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Windsor [Bowes-Lyon] (Queen Mother)
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Elizabeth II Alexandra Mary [Mountbatten] Windsor (Queen of England)
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Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales (b. 14 November 1948)
PATERNAL ANCESTRY
Ragnar `Lodbrock’ of Uppsala HALFDANSSON
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Sigurd II (King) in DENMARK RAGNARSON
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Aslaug SIGURDSDOTTIR
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Sigurd Hjort (Hiort `Stag’) HELGASSON
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Ragnhild SIGURDSDOTTIR (of SOGNE) King) of VESTFOLD
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Harald I `Fair Hair’ (1st King) of NORWAY
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Eric I `Blood Axe’ (King) of NORWAY
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Ragnhildr EIRIKSDOTTIR of NORWAY MacALPIN
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Kenneth Thane of LOCHABER MacALPIN
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Banquo MacALPIN
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Fleance, Thane of Lochaber
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Walter de Thane of Lochaber MacALPIN
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Alan (Thane of LOCHABER) MacALPIN
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Walter FitzAlan M MacALPIN
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Alan FitzWALTER
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Walter FitzALAN
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Alexander (of DUNDONALD) STEWART
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James (Sir; of Durrisdeer) STEWART
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Walter Stewart
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Robert II
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Egidia (Princess) DOUGLAS [STEWART]
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Egidia (Jill) DOUGLAS (Algidia (Heiress) `Fair Maid’ of NITHSDALE0 2nd Earl of ORKNEY
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William (3rd Earl of ORKNEY; Earl of Caithness; 1st Lord SINCLAIR)
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Eleanor (Lady) 1st Earl of ATHOLL [SINCLAIR (ST. CLAIR)]
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Anne (Elizabeth) (Lady) Stewart
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Matthew Stuart
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Henry Stuart
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James I Stuart
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Elizabeth Stuart
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Sophia Hanover WITTELSBACH
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George I Hanover
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George II Hanover
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Louisa Hanover
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Louise (Daughter of Frederick V)
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Louise Caroline of Hesse-Cassel
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Christian IX
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William George I of the Hellenes Oldenburg
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Andrew of Greece
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Philip Mountbatten
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Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales
Alternate PATERNAL ANCESTRY
Ragnar `Lodbrock’ of Uppsala HALFDANSSON
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Bjorn `Ironside’ RAGNARSSON
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Refil BJORNSSON
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Erik (III; V) REFILSSON (BJORNSSON )
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Edmund (Anund) (I) ERIKSSON
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Erik (V; VI) (King) of SWEDEN (& Goten) EDMUNDSSON
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Bjorn (III) `the Old’ (`a Haugi’) ERIKSSON
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Olaf (II; Ring ) (the MIGHTY) BJORNSSON
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Styrbiorn (disinherited King) of SWEDEN OLAFSSON
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Thorkill (Thorkils) `Sprakalaeg’ (Jarl) STYBIORNSSON
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Ulf (Wolf) THORKILSSON
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Bjorn `the Dane’ BEARSSON
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Sybil [Aelflaed (Sybil BIORNSSON) of NORTHUMBRIA]
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Donald III Bane
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Bethoe (Bethoc) of SCOTLAND
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Hextilda FitzUCHTRED (Heiress of) TYNEDALE Lord of TYNEDALE
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William COMYN (CUMYN; CUMMIN) 1st Earl of Buchan; Justiciar of Scotland
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Jean ROSS [COMYN]
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William (III; 4th 5th Earl of) (William (of Ross) LESLIE; (MAKINTAGART)) ROSS
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Hugh MacTAGGART (5th? Earl of; de) ROSS
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Euphemia (of ROSS) LESLIE ROSS
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Egidia (Princess) DOUGLAS [STEWART]
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Egidia (Jill) DOUGLAS (Algidia (Heiress) `Fair Maid’ of NITHSDALE0 2nd Earl of ORKNEY
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William (3rd Earl of ORKNEY; Earl of Caithness; 1st Lord SINCLAIR)
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Eleanor (Lady) 1st Earl of ATHOLL [SINCLAIR (ST. CLAIR)]
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Anne (Elizabeth) (Lady) Stewart
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Matthew Stuart
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Henry Stuart
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James I Stuart
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Elizabeth Stuart
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Sophia Hanover WITTELSBACH
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George I Hanover
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George II Hanover
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Louisa Hanover
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Louise (Daughter of Frederick V)
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Louise Caroline of Hesse-Cassel
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Christian IX
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William George I of the Hellenes Oldenburg
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Andrew of Greece
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Philip Mountbatten
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Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales
Another Alternate PATERNAL ANCESTRY
Ragnar `Lodbrock’ of Uppsala HALFDANSSON
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Ingvar (Yngvar) RAGNARSSON
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Gommeri (Gormeric Gorm) YNGVARSSON
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Roger de MONTE GOMERII
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Roger de MONTE GOMERII
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Renaud (Bernard) `the Dane’ (Seigneur) of HARCOURT
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Torf “the Rich” de Harcourt (de Tourville)
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Lesseline(?) DAMMARTIN
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Hildouin III (IV; 4th Count) IV Count Of Montdidier
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Marguerite de CLERMONT [de ROUCY (ROUCI)]
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Adeliza (de) CLARE [de Claremont]
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Aubrey (Alberic) III de VERE
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Robert de VERE
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Hugh de VERE
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Robert de VERE
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Joan (Joane) de WARREN [de VERE]
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Alice FitzALAN [de WARREN]
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Richard I `Copped Hat’ FitzALAN
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Alice (Lady of Arundel) de Holland [FitzALAN]
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Margaret Holland
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Joan Beaufort
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John (of BALVENY) STEWART 1st Earl of ATHOLL
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Anne (Elizabeth) (Lady) Stewart [STEWART]
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Matthew Stuart
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Henry Stuart
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James I Stuart
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Elizabeth Stuart
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Sophia Hanover WITTELSBACH
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George I Hanover
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George II Hanover
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Louisa Hanover
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Louise (Daughter of Frederick V)
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Louise Caroline of Hesse-Cassel
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Christian IX
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William George I of the Hellenes Oldenburg
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Andrew of Greece
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Philip Mountbatten
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Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge is now next in line to the throne.
dfather of the current British Royal Family.