he world will be “watching London” during the King’s coronation on Saturday, Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said on Thursday.
He also explained how he expects the King to reign in a different “style” to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II after her 70 years as head of state.
“I think it will be about recognising the world is a different world each day, I think this King will adapt to the new world that we all live in,” he told LBC Radio.
He added: “This is a big weekend, a weekend where I believe the United Kingdom comes together.
“This will hopefully give people a new vision, new hope, new aspirations….people getting together.
“The world, everybody will be watching London, because everybody wants a piece of the action and there is nobody who does it better than how we do it.”
It comes as the Lord Great Chamberlain said King Charles and Queen Camilla were “very relaxed” ahead of the coronation.
“They appear extremely well, very relaxed and it’s been an absolute pleasure working with them at the rehearsals,” Lord Carrington told Times Radio.
At the coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey in London, he will hand the new monarch the “Golden Spurs” which date back to Richard I, and also later receive the Royal glove.
He explained that the spurs, which are not the ones used in Richard I’s time, represent “knighthood, chivalry, bravery…”.
The Lord Great Chamberlain is the hereditary Officer of State to whom the Sovereign entrusts the custody and control of those parts of the Palace of Westminster not assigned to the two Houses, principally, the Robing Room and the Royal Gallery.
When the Sovereign opens Parliament the Lord Great Chamberlain is responsible for the arrangements. The Lord Great Chamberlain also has control jointly with the Speakers of the two Houses over Westminster Hall and the Crypt Chapel.
On Saturday, viewing areas will open along the procession route at 6am and guests for Westminster Abbey are expected to start to arrive at security checkpoints in Victoria Tower Gardens between 7.15am and 8.30am.
Heads of state, overseas government representatives, Government ministers, first ministers, former PMs, foreign royals and members of the royal family will arrive between 9.30am and 10.45am.
Some of those expected to be among the 2,300 guests include US first lady Jill Biden, French president Emmanuel Macron, Chinese vice-president Han Zheng, Sinn Fein’s leader in Northern Ireland Michelle O’Neill, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese and Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and all his living predecessors are expected to be there alongside Cabinet ministers and leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer.
Others expected to be in the congregation are TV presenters Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, British Vogue editor-in-chief Edward Enninful and singer-songwriter Lionel Richie.
The Met Police said a huge security operation, known as Operation Golden Orb, will see some 11,500 officers on duty on the day of the coronation.
The King and Queen Consort’s procession will set off from Buckingham Palace at 10.20am and arrive at Westminster Abbey at 10.53am.
Coronation rehearsal for HM King Charles III | Wednesday 3rd May 2023
The service will begin at 11am and last for two hours, with the key moment coming at midday when the King is crowned.
The Archbishop of Canterbury will place the St Edward’s Crown on Charles’s head. Trumpets will sound and gun salutes will be fired across the UK.
The service will include the first Homage of the People – a modern addition to the ancient ceremony that will see people across the UK and overseas realms invited to swear an oath of allegiance to Charles.
When the service ends, the newly crowned King and Queen will embark on their coronation procession back to Buckingham Palace in the Gold State Coach via the tried and tested route of Parliament Square, along Whitehall, around Trafalgar Square, through Admiralty Arch and down The Mall, arriving back at Buckingham Palace at 1.33pm.
The King’s Coronation Procession stretches to just 1.3 miles – around a quarter of the length of the late Queen’s five-mile celebratory journey.
Thousands of members of the armed forces will take part on the day of the coronation – the largest military ceremonial operation for 70 years – staging gun salutes and a flypast, and parading in the processions.
Charles and Camilla will receive a royal salute from the military in the palace gardens at 1.45pm.
This will be followed by a balcony moment when the couple will be joined by other members of the royal family to watch a flypast at around 2.15pm.
Big screens will be placed in royal parks including in Hyde Park, Green Park and St James’s Park so royal fans can watch the day’s events.
Thousands of street parties are expected to be held at the weekend, with people encouraged to come together across the country for the Coronation Big Lunch.
