Almost eight months after Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, King Charles III’s coronation will take place on 6 May 2023.<br /><br />The ceremony will see His Majesty King Charles crowned alongside the Queen Consort Camilla.<br /><br />Ahead of Charles’s coronation, The Independent looks at what the regal tradition is and why royals have them.<br /><br />A coronation is the formal investiture of a monarch of their regal powers.<br /><br />It is a celebratory event where the crown is physically placed atop the monarch’s head, in front of thousands of guests.
