The couple opted for the royal family's newer Diamond Jubilee State Coach to travel to Westminster Abbey. Profile of the coaches used in the coronation procession The couple return on the same path back to Buckingham Palace after the ceremony.Īccording to reports, Charles' coronation at Westminster Abbey is expected to last two hours a sharp contrast to his mother's coronation, which ran more than three hours.Ĭan’t see our graphics? Click to reload page. It continues through the Horse of Guards Parade and down Parliament Street, then ends at Westminster Abbey. The King's Procession travels down The Mall before turning right at St. Their return to Buckingham Palace, called the Coronation Procession, will be in the Gold State Coach. On Saturday, Charles will break the tradition of using the Gold State Coach in the procession known as the King's Procession, which travels from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey.Ĭharles and Queen Consort Camilla will instead ride in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach, built to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth II's reign in 2012. The procession will be more streamlined than his mother's in 1953. The ceremony will be 'rooted in long-standing traditions' but 'reflect the monarch's role today and look towards the future,' according to a statement from Buckingham Palace. Britain's King Charles III will ride in two coaches built more than two centuries apart as part of the coronation ceremonies planned for May 6 at Westminster Abbey in London.

Charles & Ray Eames by Gloria Koenig