King Charles III will be crowned next Saturday

Several people are already camped between Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey, in London, awaiting the coronation ceremonies of King Charles III, next Saturday (6). Security has been tightened and 30,000 police will be on the streets of London in the coming days. Last night, a man was arrested outside Buckingham Palace. No other heir to the British throne has waited so long to be crowned. Queen Elizabeth II died in September last year, aged 96, at Balmoral Castle, in Scotland, after fulfilling 70 years of reign. She took the British throne in 1952 and was the longest-serving monarch in the history of the British crown. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will attend the coronation ceremony in London. The visit to England also includes a bilateral meeting with the British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, the head of government of the United Kingdom (the head of state is the king himself). King Charles III will be the 40th monarch to receive the crown at Westminster Abbey, in a religious ceremony that has been held for more than 900 years and that began to follow the rituals of the Anglican Church, after its creation by King Henry VIII, in 1534 Before reading the oath, the new king will be anointed with aromatic oils, in a ceremony that involves songs and readings. *With information from RTP – Rádio e Televisão de Portugal *Contributed by Pedro Rafael Vilela

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