Camilla will be crowned alongside the king 18 years after the couple tied the knot.
The invites for one of the most anticipated events of 2023 have finally dropped. royal family Invitations to the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla were released on Wednesday. The invite mentions that the event will take place on May 6, 2023, at the Abbey Church of Westminster.
The invitation also revealed the new title of Camilla Parker-Bowles. The invitation reflects the official use of “Queen Camilla”, a change from the title of “Queen Consort”.
The invitation has been designed by Andrew Jamieson. It featured motifs of the Green Man, an ancient figure from British folklore, a symbol of spring and rebirth, to celebrate the new regime.
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According to the official website of the royal family, over 2000 invitations will be sent over the next few days.
A royal source told the BBC that in the early part of the new reign, it would make sense to use “Queen Consort” to differentiate her from the late Queen Elizabeth. But by the coronation, it would be an “appropriate time” for her to officially change to “Queen Camilla”.
Camilla will be crowned alongside the king 18 years after the couple tied the knot.
Prince George, the grandson of King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla, will play a prominent role in the British monarch’s coronation next month, Buckingham Palace confirmed on Tuesday.
George, 9, the eldest son of the heir to the throne, Prince William, will be one of the King’s four pages of honor who will accompany him at the grand ceremony on May 6, and join the procession from the Nave of Westminster Abbey in London.
Camilla’s four pages would be made up of her grandsons Freddie Parker Bowles, and Gus and Louis Lopes, as well as her nephew Arthur Elliott.