PATRIOTIC punters will be able to toast King Charles III with extended opening hours for his coronation next year, The Sun can reveal.
Pubs and bars will be allowed to serve until 1am for the special bank holiday weekend around the crowning on Saturday 6 May, 2023 instead of the usual 11pm.
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The Coronation Ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey, London, and will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
A special bank holiday Monday on 8 May two days after the ceremony will also see late opening as well as the evening of Friday 5 May.
Parliament will be required to pass an order to approve the longer licensing hours, with ministers signing off the move this week.
A similar extended opening hours was allowed in England and Wales for the four day bank holiday to mark the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee last June.
A government source said: “Raising a glass will be a fitting tribute to the new King.”
The King’s coronation ceremony will take place almost 70 years after the Queen’s historic coronation.
Camilla will be crowned alongside her husband, just as the Queen Mother was by King George VI in 1937.
Sources have said that the ceremony will be shorter, smaller and less expensive than that of Queen Elizabeth II’s.
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The event will “represent modern Britain” and is expected to be cut to around a third in length – lasting just one hour.
Charles will be 74 for the slimmed-down ceremony, making him the oldest British monarch to be crowned.
Planning for the nation’s first coronation in 70 years began just 48 hours after the Queen’s emotional state funeral last month.
Charles has previously indicated it will be representative of different faiths and communities — reflecting Britain’s ethnic and religious diversity.
The date for the coronation was chosen so it does not clash with Eurovision which is held a week later in Liverpool and football cup finals at the end of the month and early June.
May has also got the nod as weather experts predict pleasant weather for the ceremony that will be watched on telly by millions around the globe.
