Inside the proud British towns that have pulled out all the stops for the King’s coronation – is your town among them?


THE whole country is going Coronation crazy.

It’s just over two weeks until King Charles III is crowned, but Britain is already in the grip of a red, white and blue frenzy.

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It’s just over 2 weeks until King Charles’ Coronation, the first since 1953Credit: Getty
Around 300million people are expected to tune in to watch the ceremony on the 6th May

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Around 300million people are expected to tune in to watch the ceremony on the 6th MayCredit: The Times

Miles of bunting has gone up in towns and villages, shops have redesigned their windows in honour of the big day and families are gearing up for street parties.

Around 300million people are expected to tune in to watch the investiture of the King and Queen Camilla on Saturday, May 6.

And across the UK, hundreds of thousands will join in for the following day’s Big Lunch, staging royal knees-ups with families, friends and neighbours.

Local councils are giving organisers permission to close roads and hang patriotic decorations from street lamps.

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And the extra Bank Holiday Monday, gifted by His Majesty, will give Britain a chance to get over its ­collective hangover.

We meet folk around the nation already getting in the party mood.

Chichester

Children in Chichester have designed flags for the Coronation

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Children in Chichester have designed flags for the CoronationCredit: Oliver Dixon

Children have designed flags on show in the West Sussex town, where crowds will gather to watch the day’s events on big screens

Milford on Sea

Sinan and Kayleigh Hisim, of Milford-on-sea, have bought £1,500 of souvenirs to sell in their card shop in Hants

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Sinan and Kayleigh Hisim, of Milford-on-sea, have bought £1,500 of souvenirs to sell in their card shop in HantsCredit: Chris Balcombe

Sinan and wife Kayleigh Hisim – parents to Arif, ten, and Yusuf, six – have bought £1,500 of souvenirs to sell in their card shop in Hants

Harrogate

Betty's in Harrogate are selling cakes fit for a King this coronation

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Betty’s in Harrogate are selling cakes fit for a King this coronationCredit: Glen Minikin

Betty’s Tea Rooms boasts cakes fit for a King.

The North Yorks town is gearing up for a three-day party in the park in Valley Gardens

Chelmsford

Deb Hart, 61, took six weeks to weave a 15ft wicker crown

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Deb Hart, 61, took six weeks to weave a 15ft wicker crownCredit: JOHN McLELLAN

Horticulturist Deb Hart, 61, took six weeks to weave a 15ft wicker crown that sits in the middle of the city in Essex

Windsor

Windsor will host a star-studded gala for the coronation

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Windsor will host a star-studded gala for the coronationCredit: Simon Jones

Interns Adam Graves, 20, right, and Sam Johnson, 22, said there is a buzz in the royal Berkshire town which will host a star-studded gig

Birmingham

Birmingham is preparing to host a huge royal party

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Birmingham is preparing to host a huge royal partyCredit: SWNS:South West News Service

The Victorian Great Western Arcade has hung out Union Jack flags.

The city’s Centenary Square will host a huge royal party

Swadlincote

Harry Singh, Ann Sharpe, Marie Blood-Holland and Diane Savage are expecting a busy time in their Derbyshire chippie

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Harry Singh, Ann Sharpe, Marie Blood-Holland and Diane Savage are expecting a busy time in their Derbyshire chippieCredit: Glen Minikin

Harry Singh and Ann Sharpe, Marie Blood-Holland and Diane Savage are expecting a busy time in their Derbyshire chippie

Waterloo

There will be a sea of Union flags across London on the day of Charles' coronation

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There will be a sea of Union flags across London on the day of Charles’ coronationCredit: Oliver Dixon

London will be a sea of red, white and blue for the Coronation as visitors descend on the city for a glimpse of the new King on his historic day.

Stores will join in the celebrations with flags and bunting – like Jay Patel, and Arth Shah, who work at a tool shop in Waterloo

Mayfair

The Dorchester in London is draped in the same royal regalia that adorned the five-star hotel to mark Queen Elizabeth's coronation in 1953

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The Dorchester in London is draped in the same royal regalia that adorned the five-star hotel to mark Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953Credit: Oliver Dixon

The Dorchester in London is draped in the same royal regalia that adorned the five-star hotel to mark the 1953 Coronation

Ashbourne

Florists Leanne Glendinning and Kim Fellows love Charles’s biodiversity values'

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Florists Leanne Glendinning and Kim Fellows love Charles’s biodiversity values’

Leanne Glendinning and Kim Fellows, who run a florists in the Derbyshire town, say they love Charles’s “biodiversity values”

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Swadlincote

Mollie Wain spent hours drawing the King on the front of her shop window

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Mollie Wain spent hours drawing the King on the front of her shop windowCredit: Glen Minikin

Insurance broker Mollie Wain, 29, spent hours drawing the King on the front of her shop window.

She said: “I love the Royal Family”





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