King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla head to Sunday church service at Sandringham

King Charles and Queen Camilla braved the cold this morning as they headed to a church service at the Sandringham estate.

The 74-year-old monarch bundled up in a long brown coat and red scarf as he walked up the lane to St Mary Magdalene Church in Norfolk.

Meanwhile, the 75-year-old queen consort shielded herself from the winter chill in a thick woolen coat that matched her husband’s outerwear.

The royal looked sophisticated in a fur-lined hat and sleek black boots as the couple headed to a service at the church where the royal family gathers each Christmas.

Temperatures in Norfolk dipped to just 3°C ​​this morning, and the grass next to the church path was covered in frost.

Today’s outing was the first time the royal couple had been photographed since full details of the King’s three-day coronation celebrations were announced.

The official coronation will take place on May 6 at Westminster Abbey, where Her Majesty will eschew royal regalia in favor of military dress, in a bid to bring the ceremony up to date.

A procession will then lead the newly crowned King through thousands of people lining the streets to Buckingham Palace, where he will then join his family members on the balcony to greet the masses.

The following day, Windsor Castle will host a concert that will be televised around the world, with thousands of street parties in the early evening as people gather to celebrate the occasion. This will be followed by a bank holiday on Monday, with millions of people set to have a day off work.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to line the streets for the once-in-a-generation coronation procession, and the Firm expects the crowds to rival those seen at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in September.

The coronation, taking place on the first weekend of May this year, will see Charles champion refugees, diversity and volunteering.

Going to It will begin with the coronation of Carlos and Camila, the queen consort, on Saturday, May 6.

The ceremony at Westminster Abbey will be preceded by a procession from Buckingham Palace to the abbey.

The path will be lined with members of the armed forces, including sailors, soldiers and airmen and women.

The Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to take part in the procession, possibly with their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, along with their children Archie and Lilibet, may also appear.

The Earl of Wessex and the Princess Royal are expected to participate as siblings to Prince Charles. It is believed that Prince Andrew may also play a role, although it is unknown if he will be able to wear military uniform, since he and Harry are no longer royals.

In a break with tradition, Queen Consort Camilla will be crowned alongside her husband by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Instead of wearing the traditional breeches and stockings worn by his male ancestors, the king is expected to dress in military uniform to show he is up to date.

It will be followed by another procession, in which Carlos and Camila will join other members of the royal family, and an apparition on the balcony of the palace.

However, it is unlikely that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will join the rest of the family on the balcony: the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are believed to have been banned from attending after their Netflix documentary and Harry’s memoir , Spare, they will devastate. The monarchy.

But there will be more to the weekend than crowns, scepters and ermine robes.

The palace wants the coronation to show the monarchy still has a role to play in a multicultural nation struggling to deal with a cost-of-living crisis, budget cuts and a wave of strikes by public sector workers.

While there was widespread respect for Queen Elizabeth II, as evidenced by the tens of thousands of people who waited hours to walk past her coffin after her death in September, there’s no guarantee that reverence will be transferred to her eldest son. .

The coronation will be a solemn service presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, but the palace is also planning a weekend of events that will highlight the diverse communities and cultures that contribute to modern Britain.

The palace is asking neighborhoods across the country to take part in the ‘Great Coronation Luncheon’ on Sunday May 7, the latest incarnation of the block parties that have become a staple of major royal celebrations.

That evening there will be a concert at Windsor Castle with a choir made up of amateur groups from across the UK, including refugee choirs, NHS choirs, LGBTQ singing groups and deaf choirs.

The ‘Coronation Choir’ will perform alongside another made up of singers from across the Commonwealth who will appear virtually during the televised concert which will also include yet to be revealed headliners.

During the concert, venues across the country will be lit up with projections, lasers, and drone displays.

Thousands of tickets for the concert, which will be produced by BBC Studios and broadcast on BBC One, will be available via public ticket when Buckingham Palace unveiled the first glimpse of plans for a weekend of coronation that will seize the nation.