Buckingham Palace revealed further details ahead of the coronation of King Charles III, which will take place in London in less than a month's time.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II rides with then-Prince Charles and Camilla in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach in 2019 to the State Opening of Parliament.
In addition to the new details on processional routes, carriages and coronation regalia, a new emoji has even been designed to mark the celebrations. Based on St Edward's Crown, it will appear on Twitter when coronation hashtags are used over the holiday weekend.For the drive to the service, King Charles has opted to ride in the Diamond Jubilee State coach.
The procession will leave Buckingham Palace and head down the Mall accompanied by The Sovereign's Escort of the Household Cavalry. It will pass through Admiralty Arch before turning on to Whitehall and traveling along Parliament Street and on to Westminster Abbey where the service will start at 11 a.m. .Following the service, the coronation procession -- which will be much larger in scale -- will take the same route back to the palace.
"Protecting the arts such as architecture and sculpture; protecting peace in this nation, there's figures of Mars and Minerva, the classical gods of war, but they're not at war, they're actually holding the British Crown aloft. So, there's lots of messages and symbolism," she continues. Among the treasures to be used, which are usually on public display at the Tower of London, will be the Imperial State Crown which is only used at ceremonial events and was made for the King George VI's 1937 coronation. Charles will exchange it for St Edward's Crown at the end of the service. Made of solid gold and trimmed with ermine and velvet, it is famously heavy -- weighing more than five pounds .