King Charles ‘plans for slimmed down coronation and monarchy’ amid cost-of-living crisis

The Daily Mirror quotes a royal source as saying the new monarch’s coronation would be “shorter, smaller and less expensive” than the queen’s ceremony in 1953.

Britain's King Charles is planning a ‘less expensive’ coronation ceremony and a ‘slimmed down’ working monarchy as an acknowledgement of Britain’s cost-of-living crisis, according to reports (James Manning/PA)

Britain's King Charles is reportedly planning a “less expensive” coronation ceremony than his mother’s and a “slimmed down” working monarchy as an acknowledgement of the cost-of-living crisis.

The Daily Mirror quotes a royal source as saying the new monarch’s coronation would be “shorter, smaller and less expensive” than Queen Elizabeth’s ceremony in 1953.