It's been almost 70 years since the UK and Commonwealth have seen the crowning of a monarch, so King Charles III's coronation ceremony on Saturday 6 May is set to be a much anticipated and celebrated event. There's a bank holiday weekend planned to celebrate the King taking the throne and we can expect it to be a once-in-a-generation event. Decorate your Kings Coronation street party, pub or home with this Royal Coronation Carriage Treat Stand. The Royal Coronation Carriage Shaped Treat Stand is decorated in opulent gold with red, white & blue accents. The Royal Coronation Carriage Shaped Treat Stand has three tiers and would be a great way to add height to your party decor. The Royal Coronation Carriage Shaped Treat Stand would be great for sandwiches or cupcakes. Made of an FSC card, the Royal Coronation Carriage Shaped Treat Stand could be stored carefully and reused. The carriage is 31.5cm tall and 50cm long. FSC Certified Card. Great Western Railway said it will run some “very early” additional services to London Paddington from major stations in south Wales, south-west England and the Thames Valley area on Saturday. Some roads in Westminster will be closed, affecting several bus routes. Five London buses will also feature commemorative wraps on routes serving locations linked to the royal family, such as Horse Guards Parade and Hyde Park. The incumbent Earl Marshal is responsible for organising the Coronation. Since 1386 the position has been undertaken by The Duke of Norfolk. The 16th Duke of Norfolk was responsible for The Queen's Coronation in 1953 and he was also responsible for the State funeral of Sir Winston Churchill (1965) and the investiture of The Prince of Wales (1969).

The recipe for the Anointing Oil contains oils of orange, roses, cinnamon, musk and ambergris. Usually a batch is made to last a few Coronations, but in May 1941 a bomb hit the Deanery destroying the phial, so a new batch was made. Many people camped in The Mall to catch a glimpse of the procession, including a family who had sailed all the way from Australia in a ketch for the occasion. Thousands more celebrated throughout the country and the Commonwealth with street parties. The Archbishop of Canterbury conducted the service, a duty which has been undertaken since the Conquest in 1066. For the first time in 1953, a representative of another Church, the Moderator of the Church of Scotland, also took part.Westminster Abbey has been the setting for every Coronation since 1066. Before the Abbey was built, Coronations were carried out wherever was convenient, taking place in Bath, Oxford and Canterbury. The crowndels feature a likeness of St Edward’s Crown, which will be used to crown the King at Westminster Abbey. The King and Queen also gave cheery waves from their vehicles, hiding any hint of nerves about the big day.

The King's Coronation is edging ever closer and many of us will be breaking out the bunting – or making our own – putting together paper crowns and dusting down our best tea sets to celebrate this historic occasion. The principal decorations for the processional route were in The Mall where there were four twin-spanned arches of tubular steel that were illuminated at night. The arches were lifted into place by giant mobile cranes. Linking the arches down the route were the long lines of standards mounted with golden crowns and each hung with four scarlet banners bearing the Royal Monogram. We've compiled our favourite coronation table ideas to help you celebrate the coronation in style. Whether you're holding a party and looking for plenty of paper cups and plates, want to decorate in a subtle way with some bunting or are looking for more premium tableware which doubles up as coronation memorabilia, there are plenty of options to cater to all tastes, party sizes and budgets.

In 1937, the 11 year old Princess Elizabeth had watched her father, King George VI, crowned in the elaborate ceremony and 16 years later on 2 June 1953, her own official coronation was to take place. Coronations have been held at Westminster Abbey for 900 years and The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was to follow suit. But the Coronation of 1953 was ground-breaking in it's own right – the first ever to be televised, it was watched by 27 million people in the UK alone and millions more audiences around the world. Here are 50 little known facts about that remarkable day on 2 June 1953: