Big screens will be put up in more than 30 locations across the
UK to show King Charles' Coronation in May, the Government has announced. Officials will splash more than £1 million to ensure thousands have the chance to gather together to watch Charles and
Queen Consort Camilla crowned on May 6. There will be screenings across all four nations of the UK, with confirmed sites including Cardiff Castle, Belfast City Hall, Piece Hall in Halifax, Jubilee Square in Brighton and Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester. Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer said the coronation in Westminster Abbey will be a "magical moment". World leaders are set to descend on
London as the UK, nearly 70 years after the late Queen's coronation in June 1953.
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Royal Family over discrimination law exemption' call Tory minister Lucy Frazer said the coronation will be a 'magical moment' ( Image: Cambridge News) Ms Frazer said: “The Coronation will be a magical moment that brings people together to celebrate the best of
Britain over a special weekend in May. “These big screens, in major locations in towns and cities in the four nations of the UK, will make it easier for everyone to take part and have a memorable experience to mark this exciting and historic event.” Councils will also be hosting their own community events to mark the landmark day. There will be a Coronation Concert at
Windsor Castle on Sunday 7 May. Across the weekend tens of thousands of Coronation ‘Big Lunches’ and street parties will be held The Government said that further screen sites will be announced in due course. Some screening sites will also show the Coronation Concert on the Sunday. Full list of confirmed locations hosting screens for the Coronation: North West Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester Parliament Square, Oldham North East Sunderland (multiple locations across the city TBC) Newcastle Upon Tyne (Location TBC) Northumberland (Location TBC) Darlington Market Square, Darlington Yorkshire and Humber City Hall, Hull Trinity Market, Hull City Park, Bradford Piece Hall, Halifax St Peter’s Parish Church, Huddersfield Dewsbury Library, Dewsbury Millenium Square, Leeds Pontefract Castle, Wakefield Peace Gardens, Sheffield Glass Works, Barnsley South West Bristol Cathedral, Bristol Bristol and Bath Science Park, Bristol Lower Gardens, Bournemouth Baiter Park, Poole The Quomps, Christchurch Plymouth (location TBC) South East Jubilee Square, Brighton London (location TBC) Midlands Centenary Square, Birmingham Broadgate, Coventry Himley Hall, Dudley Sandwell Valley Showground, Sandwell The Core, Solihull Derby Cathedral, Derby Smithfield, Hanley City Centre, Stoke-on-Trent Nottingham (location TBC) De Montfort University, Leicester Wales Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
Scotland Location TBC Northern
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