This year’s Summer Opening of Buckingham Palace will focus on the historic coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. The backdrop for the exhibition, which will be one of London’s greatest tourist attractions over the next few months, is the majestic Ballroom, which is used for state banquets. In this exclusive article for HELLO!, the curator Sally Goodsir talks readers through what to expect from the spectacular display…
‘Two days after the death of Elizabeth II last September, King Charles III was proclaimed monarch at the Accession Council at St James’s Palace with the words: “Charles the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories, King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.”
The British monarchy also maintains the tradition of a coronation, which is
