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Buckingham Palace Slams Reports on Charles' III Coronation Date as 'Pure Speculation'

© AFP 2023 / OLI SCARFF(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 15, 2020 Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales reacts during a national service of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, central England
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 15, 2020 Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales reacts during a national service of remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, central England - Sputnik International, 1920, 06.10.2022
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Reports appeared in the media on Wednesday on coronation date of the UK King Charles III are nothing but a "speculation," Buckingham Palace said.
On Wednesday, Bloomberg, citing an anonymous source in the UK government, said that Charles III's coronation ceremony is scheduled to take place on June 3 next year at Westminster Abbey.
"Pure speculation," a palace spokesperson said, as quoted by the Evening Standard newspaper, commenting on the alleged date of the event.
On September 8, Queen Elizabeth II, who ruled the kingdom and 14 Commonwealth realms for over 70 years, died at the age of 96. Her eldest son, Charles III, was officially proclaimed king, however, the official date of the coronation ceremony has not been announced yet.
FILE - In this July 11, 2006 file photo, a vessel sails towards a wind farm off the coast of Whitstable on the north Kent coast in southeastern England - Sputnik International, 1920, 04.10.2022
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The state funeral took place on September 19 and was attended by members of the royal family and world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, among others.
The deceased monarch was buried alongside her husband, Prince Philip. The queen's parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, and her sister, Princess Margaret, whose body was cremated in accordance with her wishes, were also laid to rest in the same chapel.
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