May 2023

Thoughts from Sandie

Last year in May we were celebrating the late Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee, this May we are celebrating King Charles’s Coronation.
I’m hoping the weather will be good for the bank holiday weekend.

Stone Town Council is planning a Coronation party in the High Street on Sunday 7th May 2023, the day after the King’s official Coronation.

Everyone is invited to this free to access family fun day. Entertainment will be headlined by top Abba tribute band Bjorn UK.
The party will start at 12:30pm and continue until 5:00pm.

Operation Golden Orb ...

King Charles III's coronation will take place on Saturday 6 May 2023 at Westminster Abbey in London.

A coronation is both the symbolic religious ceremony during which a sovereign is crowned and the physical act of placing a crown on a monarch's head.

It formalises the monarch's role as the head of the Church of England and marks the transfer of their title and powers.

However, it is not actually necessary for the monarch to be crowned to become King.

Edward VIII reigned without a coronation - and Charles automatically became King the moment Queen Elizabeth II died.

Coronations have remained much the same for more than 1,000 years. The British ceremony is the only remaining event of its type in Europe.

However, it is likely to be shorter and smaller in scale than Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation, with a wider range of religions represented.