The Queen s coronation was decided upon to be June 2 because the meteorologists calculated it was going to be the sunniest day of the year, so people waiting were left in the rain.
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King Charles III’s coronation ceremony dates back to the anointment of Solomon and the crowning of King Edgar in 937 by Dunstan Archbishop of Canterbury.