King's Coronation service step-by-step guide from songs and readings and the crowning

The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla will take place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday.

Tens of millions of people across the globe are expected to watch the historic event that will see the new monarch officially crowned.

It will be the first time in 70 years that there has been a coronation of a British monarch. Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September 2022, was crowned in June 1953 when she was aged just 25.

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To celebrate the coronation of King Charles there will also be two large processions, to and from Westminster Abbey, as well as a concert at Windsor on Sunday night and thousands of street parties across the country.

The coronation ceremony takes place at Westminster Abbey at 11am and will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby

It will consist of five main elements. These are the Recognition; the Oath; the Anointing; the Investiture and Crowning; and the Enthronement and Homage, as well as the Queen Consort’s coronation.

Here is everything you need to know and a step-by-step guide to the order of events during the coronation ceremony

The processions

The service begins with the procession of faith leaders and representatives of faith communities, ecumenical leaders, realms and the choir, and then the procession of the King and the Queen Consort.

Charles wears George VI’s crimson Robe of State and Camilla wears Elizabeth II’s crimson Robe of State.

Greeting the King

Chapel Royal chorister Samuel Strachan, 14, one of the youngest members of the congregation, welcomes the King to symbolise the importance of youth in the nation’s society.

The King responds: “In His name and after His example, I