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King Charles III to be crowned on May 6, next year Buckingham Palace says

King Charles III follows the hearse with the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II moving towards St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. [Jon Super, AP]

King Charles III will be crowned at Westminster Abbey on May 6 in a ceremony that will embrace the past but look to the modern world after the 70-year reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II.

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