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PM Shehbaz to attend King Charles’ coronation: reports

The coronation will take place on May 6

Prime Minsiter Shehbaz Sharif will attend the coronation of Prince Charles in London, reports said on Tuesday.

The reports added that Shehbaz is expected to leave for the United Kingdom on Wednesday and the visit will also include a brief stayin Qatar. Sources also said PM Shehbaz will meet Nawaz Sharif in London.

King Charles will be crowned at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony full of pomp, pageantry and solemn religious significance on Saturday, after he became monarch of the United Kingdom and 14 other realms on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth in September.

The coronation ceremony will begin at 1000 GMT following a procession from Buckingham Palace. It is set to be shorter than that for his mother 70 years ago at about two hours long compared to almost four hours.

A much larger procession will depart the Abbey, made up of armed forces from Britain and across the Commonwealth. The king and queen will travel in the gold state coach which was commissioned in 1760.

There will be 2,200 guests inside Westminster Abbey, far fewer than the 8,000 in attendance for Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953.

Among those will be the British royal family, including Charles’ younger son Prince Harry but not his wife Meghan, or his two children, with the ceremony taking place on son Prince Archie’s fourth birthday.

There will also be other foreign royals, officials and heads of states, with U.S. first lady Jill Biden representing the United States and China’s Vice President Han Zheng expected to attend on behalf of Beijing.

There will also be friends of Charles and Camilla present, representatives of charities and celebrities including Lionel Richie.

Information regarding the coronation via Reuters.