The coronation ceremony of Charles III is taking place in Great Britain

2300 guests from 203 countries, including about 100 heads of state, were invited to the coronation ceremony of Charles III in Westminster Abbey. On Saturday, May 6, the coronation ceremony of Charles III as the King of Great Britain and the rest of the Commonwealth of Nations is taking place in Westminster Abbey. As a result, Charles III, who officially ascended the throne on September 8, 2022, will become the head of state and take an oath to protect the laws of the land and the Anglican Church, of which he is considered the supreme ruler. Despite the impending rain, thousands of people lined the streets of London for the monarch and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, who holds the title of Queen Consort. Security of the ceremony will be provided by the military. According to the news of the British BBC media company, 5,000 armed soldiers sent to Westminster Bridge from all the royal garrisons arrived at London's Waterloo station. It is the biggest move by servicemen on British rail since the funeral of Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965, network rail company Network Rail said. The coronation ceremony is expected to last about two hours. 2300 guests from 203 countries were invited to it, including members of the British royal family and about 100 heads of state. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, European Commission Chairman Ursula von der Leyen, French President Emmanuel Macron, Spanish King Philip VI and Queen Letizia, Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and Japanese Crown Princess Kiko, and US First Lady Jill Biden are among those invited. As the American ABC TV channel reminds, since the independence of the American state, not a single president of the United States has participated in the coronation ceremony of the British monarch. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko did not receive invitations to the coronation ceremony amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, among the guests is Harry, the son of Charles III, Duke of Sussex, who arrived in London on a commercial flight from the United States on May 5. At the end of the ceremony, Charles III and Duchess Camilla will go to Buckingham Palace. Charles III's coronation is the 40th event at Westminster Abbey since 1066. Charles III, formerly Prince Charles of Wales, became King of the United Kingdom and 14 other territories when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, died in September 2022 after 70 years on the throne.