By Europe bureau chief Steve Cannane
The palace has promised a "slimmed down" coronation. But is that what we will be seeing today?
It you compare it to the 1953 coronation there with be about a quarter of the guests, a shorter ceremony and procession, but the costs will remain high.
The government has kept the price tag a secret, but some estimates put it at £50-100 million.
A lot of Brits are unimpressed that so much public money is being spent in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis.
A recent YouGov poll found that 51% of those surveyed did not think the coronation should be paid for with taxpayers' money, 32% though it should, 18% said "don't know".
Lauren Woodfine, a tattoo artist from Lancashire told me, "He's just becoming King, just put your hat on".
Michael Glenn, the town crier of Morecambe, has a different view. "I understand that the cost of living is absolutely dreadful for everybody. But I think what it (the coronation) will bring to the country outweighs the cost."
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2023-05-06 07:20:16Z
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