London, May 7 Thousands of parties and street lunches are summoned this Sunday in towns and cities of the United Kingdom to celebrate the coronation of the kings Carlos III and Camila, before tonight a concert in Windsor pays tribute to the monarchs.
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Prince Edward and his wife, Sofia, will attend one of those meals in Cranleigh, southern England, and the Princess Royal, Anne, and her husband, Mark Phillips, will join a local event in Swindon ( West of England).
The festive day, baptized as “The Big Lunch” (“the great lunch”), will be “an act of celebration and friendship at the national level,” said a spokesman for Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the kings in London.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murthy will host a Downing Street luncheon to which they have invited various volunteers and ‘local heroes’ from the UK, as well as Ukrainian and British refugees who have offered their homes to welcome them.
At night, as a climax to the day’s festivities, the Coronation Concert will be held in front of Windsor Castle.
Popular music stars such as Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, Take That, Olly Murs and Paloma Faith will perform in front of an audience of 20,000, who will also see performances by classic artists such as Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel and Lang Lang.
After the rain that dominated the day of the coronation of Carlos III and Camila yesterday, the weather is more benign this Sunday in the United Kingdom, with partially covered skies but no rainfall expected during the day in the south of England. EFE
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