When do we think the King's Coronation will be?

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It took 16 months to plan EIIR's Coronation, but I should think they could do it more quickly these days with improvements in technology. And Charles will have had a long time to think about what he wants! I would guess next June.

Given likelihood of a heatwave in the summer i think they might go for the spring.

If the exam schedule has an exam that day, and then they bung in a public holiday for the coronation, then the exam will have to be rearranged.
If the family might otherwise choose to go to watch in London, they won't want to do that the day before an exam.
If a family would normally go off to other extended family further away for big occasions then they can't if a DC has to be around for exams.
General distraction away from revision.
Teachers quite reasonably not being willing to run revision sessions over the Coronation weekend.

To be honest though I don't think any of those are unsurmountable as the date will be known a long time in advance.

@Whataretheodds because it will be another bank holiday and schools will be closed. But the exam boards will now know to prepare for this, and will either have notice of the date before they announce their exam timetables, or they will publish an alternative date to be used if the coronation displaces timetabled exams. My guess is the date has pretty much already been decided, and we'll here before the exam timetables come out.

*hear

Yes-far more likely that the coronation will be within an existing school holiday (May half term, I reckon) so it doesn’t interfere with exams or anything, and then schools will get an extra day to allocate whenever best suits them

Next summer and I will be celebrating my life has too much darkness in it at the moment so by then I want every financial stuff sorted in a new home ready to celebrate. I won’t drink but bunting etc.

Spring/Summer 2023

Yes @Shinyandnew1 my money's on that too, I think that's definitely the most likely scenario.

It has considerable significance for the Church of England itself. The reigning monarch is:

'Defender of the Faith and Supreme Governor of the Church of England'

Although, there was one year that we had an extra two bank holidays in term time, for Royal reasons both in spring I think (if I remember rightly). One was for William and Kate's wedding, and another was something for the Queen. I can't remember at all what that was, my only memory of it is that it absolutely pissed it down all day. They won't want a repeat of that, although that could just as well happen in the height of summer in Britain.

late Spring

I guess March. Spring is coming, new year new hopes etc.

George VI was crowned on 12th May - he kept the date that had been planned for his brother’s coronation.

I think it’ll be at least a year. Charles can’t really risk being seen as being disrespectful to his mother when she was so popular.

I think keep with the 2nd June make it a new tradition 🤷🏽‍♀️

Why on earth would a coronation impact on your kids doing exams? Are they part of the ceremony or something?

I guess March. Spring is coming, new year new hopes etc.

No, it will be Lent.

Plus the weather possibly too cold to have lots of people spending hours standing around in the open.

Yes - I expect they will encourage street-parties (or whatever they brand them as now, 'big lunches).

I wonder if there will be a special Coronation dish? Hope it's better than 'Platinum Pudding' if so!

Next June seems right.
Don't think they'll wait a full year.

Start of July, but not the 1st.
After exam season and before holidays.

Hmm, if they take that approach this time round, we can probably look forward to it happening in 2033.

Sad - but true.

And a very quick witted response that made me chuckle despite not being funny!

That would be such a fitting tribute and it's a Friday?

So could have the May 29th one moved back and a 4 day weekend?

That's what happened for jubilee? I know we broke up a day earlier than originally on the holiday planner?

Hope they take Eurovision into account 😁

You don't really want a random day of the exams cancelled - so exam boards need to know before they finalise timetables.

OK, that's the sort of think National Contingency Day is for, so it wouldn't be the end of the world - though I suppose they might want to add a second contingency day for actal contingencies, if they knew the first one was taken up by exams displaced by the Coronation (it'll be a public holiday)

I think this too