King Charles III’s coronation live updates: Katy Perry, Lionel Richie to headline next coronation event
King Charles III had his crowning moment Saturday as the United Kingdom celebrated its first coronation in 70 years.
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Charles and his wife Queen Camilla are being celebrated in a weekend of festivities, highlighted by Saturday's coronation service at Westminster Abbey.
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May 6, 12:08 PM
Katy Perry, Lionel Richie to headline next coronation event
Saturday's coronation service saw Charles's and Camilla's crowning moment, but the coronation festivities are continuing.
On Sunday, people across the U.K. will gather for coronation celebrations in a movement known as "The Big Lunch."
Later in the evening, at 3 p.m. EST, a star-studded coronation concert will be held on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
Katy Perry and Lionel Richie are among the stars scheduled to perform, along with Andrea Bocelli, British pop group Take That, Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel, singer/songwriter Freya Ridings and classical-soul composer/producer Alexs Ffrench.
Perry and Richie both also attended Saturday's coronation service at Westminster Abbey.
May 6, 11:20 AM
Prince Louis steals the show with Buckingham Palace balcony appearance
Prince Louis, the youngest child of Prince William and Kate, stole the show once again at his grandfather's coronation.
Louis, 5, joined his parents and siblings, Prince George, 9, and Princess Charlotte, 8, and other royal family members of the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the coronation service.
Prince George and Prince Louis have fun while making their balcony appearance during King Charles' coronation. https://t.co/rMbjncX2Nw pic.twitter.com/EiEFLBYOfk
— Good Morning America (@GMA) May 6, 2023
The youngster went viral on social media with his funny antics as he watched a military flypast zoom overhead.
Prince Louis stole the show at King Charles III's coronation!https://t.co/05mKAMt2T9 pic.twitter.com/Lqx6f230Z6
— Good Morning America (@GMA) May 6, 2023
Earlier, inside Westminster Abbey, Louis was seen alternatively yawning and looking around inquisitively as the pomp and circumstance of the coronation service played out before him.
Following the service, Louis joined his family inside a carriage in the procession back to Buckingham Palace.
Sitting by a window, Louis was seen waving and looking out at the crowds gathered to watch his family's historic day.
May 6, 11:20 AM
See Charles today compared to Queen Elizabeth in 1953
Charles' coronation Saturday immediately drew comparisons to the last coronation that took place 70 years ago, that of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.
After a coronation service at Westminster Abbey that closely followed his mom's ceremony -- with notable differences included -- Charles appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, where his mom waved to her subjects so many times during her 70-year reign.
In one photo, Charles is seen waving his right hand exactly as the queen did on June 2, 1953.
In the photo, Camilla stands to Charles' left, just as Charles' father, Prince Philip, stood next to the queen at her coronation.
May 6, 11:19 AM
Royals take official coronation photos
Following the end of the day’s public ceremonial events, Charles and Camilla and members of the royal family are now taking official photos in the Throne Room and the Green Drawing Room of Buckingham Palace.
The photographs are being taken by Hugo Burnand, a British photographer who was the official photographer for William and Kate’s 2011 wedding and was commissioned by Charles to take his official 70th birthday portrait.
May 6, 11:16 AM
Prince Harry absent from Buckingham Palace balcony appearance
Prince Harry did not join his family for the traditional balcony appearance at Buckingham Palace following the coronation service.
Harry was the only member of his immediate family missing from the moment, with Charles and Camilla there as well as William and Kate and their three children.
As a non-working royal, Harry also did not join his family for the carriage procession from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace.
Harry attended the coronation alone, with his wife Meghan and their two children, Archie and Lilibet, staying home in California.
Sources told ABC News royal contributor Omid Scobie that Harry will be heading back to the U.S. soon after attending his father's coronation.
The date of the coronation coincides with Archie's birthday, who turns 4 Saturday.
May 6, 9:58 AM
Charles, Camilla return for encore appearance on Buckingham Palace balcony
The current and future generations of the monarchy stepped out on the balcony, represented by Charles, William and George -- the king and first and second in line to the throne, respectively.
Joining the king and future kings on the balcony were Camilla, Kate, Charlotte and Louis, and other members of the royal family.
Also standing alongside Charles and Camilla were the young men who served as their Pages of Honour.
Charles' pages include his grandson George as well as Lord Oliver Cholmondeley, Master Nicholas Barclay and Master Ralph Tollemache.
Camilla's four Pages of Honour are her grandsons, Master Gus Lopes and Master Louis Lopes and Master Freddy Parker Bowles, and her great-nephew Master Arthur Elliot.
After a short pause, Charles and Camilla returned for an encore appearance, with just the two of them on the balcony, waving to the cheering crowds below.
May 6, 9:55 AM
Royal family watches military flypast
Charles and Camilla as well as William, Kate, George, Charlotte and Louis have an up-close view from the Buckingham Palace balcony of a military flypast.
Aircraft from the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force are flying over The Mall in central London.
The flypast was shortened from the planned six minutes to just over two minutes in length due to rainy weather in London Saturday.
May 6, 9:58 AM
Harry's trip to London 'in-and-out,' sources say
Sources told ABC News royal contributor Omid Scobie that Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, will be heading back to the United States soon after attending his father's coronation in London on Saturday.
"I'm here on the Duke of York steps, we've just seen the procession go back to Buckingham Palace and for Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, that probably brings his very quick trip to London to an end," Scobie said. "We saw him arrive on Friday evening getting ready, of course, for the big day to support his father at the coronation ceremony."
"But, of course, he also has duties back in Montecito, California, and sources close to the duke say that it is going to be an in-and-out trip for him," he added. "Just here to be part of that moment in Westminster Abbey, support his father and then be back at home to support his own family in Montecito."
May 6, 9:04 AM
Charles, Camilla receive royal salute
The newly-crowned king and queen received a royal salute upon their return to Buckingham Palace.
Members of the military gave three cheers and played the national anthem as Charles and Camilla, wearing their crowns and robes, looked on.
May 6, 9:03 AM
Protesters boo, yell as Charles' carriage passes by
As the new king and queen passed by in a golden carriage, hundreds of anti-monarchy protesters booed loudly in Trafalgar Square.
They also yelled chants of "what a waste of money" and "not my king."
-ABC News' Patrick Reevell
