5,000 members of the British armed forces attend the coronation of King Charles

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Around 5,000 members of the British armed forces will attend the coronation of King Charles next month, along with soldiers from more than 30 Commonwealth countries to form one of the largest ceremonial military operations in decades.

Charles will be crowned at London’s Westminster Abbey on May 6 in a ceremony glittering with pageantry and pageantry, with traditions dating back 1,000 years.

Gun salutes will ring out across the country to mark the moment the king will be crowned, before military officials later conduct a flyby of more than 60 aircraft.

“From the procession down the Mall to flying by London with gun salutes at sea and across the country, it will be a spectacular and fitting tribute,” Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said in a statement on Sunday.

The coronation comes less than eight months after huge crowds thronged the streets of London to witness the grand processions and ceremonies that marked the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, who died after 70 years on the throne.

The palace has slowly released details of the coronation of their son Charles, which will have some differences from that of Elizabeth in 1953, primarily in its scope, partly reflecting the modern age and cost of living crisis.

Buckingham Palace said Charles was also involved in the commissioning and details of the musical programme, with film composer Patrick Doyle writing a coronation march and Andrew Lloyd Webber writing a coronation anthem.

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