Buckingham Palace has announced that the coronation of King Charles III will take place on Saturday, May 8, with a public holiday declared for the following day. To mark the occasion, celebratory lunches will be held across the U.K. and other Commonwealth countries, and a special service will be held at Westminster Abbey on May 7. The coronation will be the first since Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, and will be a momentous occasion for the British royal family and the U.K. as a whole.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been invited to the coronation of King Charles III on May 6th, potentially reuniting the royal family after a period of tension. The invitation comes as the couple have been asked to vacate their residence at Frogmore Cottage and pay back $3 million in taxpayer funds used to renovate it. The coronation at Westminster Abbey in London will be the first meeting between Charles and his younger son since the rift between the two deepened.