Critics have questioned the cost of a lavish coronation when the public is facing a cost of living crisis but a palace spokesperson says there are reports that more than 1 billion pounds is expected to flow into the struggling economy as a result.
on Saturday, May 6, will be the most glorious display of pageantry seen in Britain for a generation and will provide an economic boost to the nation, its organizer and Buckingham Palace have said.
“This is a proud moment in our national history,” said Earl Marshal Edward Fitzalan-Howard, the Duke of Norfolk and England’s most senior peer. Some 7,000 armed forces personnel will be involved in ceremonial duties, with more than 4,000, including military bands, taking part in a procession from the Abbey back to Buckingham Palace where the newly-crowned king and queen will be given a royal salute in the gardens.It will be “a glorious display of pageantry,” Fitzalan-Howard said. The royals will, as is traditional, wave to the crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace afterwards, and there will be a flypast by military aircraft.
There will be only 2,300 guests in Westminster Abbey as opposed to the 8,000 who watched in 1953, although 100 heads of state will still be present, and it will be much shorter.
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