People across the country and the Commonwealth are invited to celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort over a weekend of special events on 6–8 May.
The Coronation is centred around a solemn religious ceremony and has remained largely unchanged for over a thousand years. For the last 900 years, the ceremony has taken place at Westminster Abbey, London and is conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Coronation weekend explained
- Saturday 6 May the Coronation Ceremony takes place at Westminster Abbey, London. Read the guidance
- 6-8 May will see Coronation Big Lunches up and down the country and across the Commonwealth.
- Sunday May 7 a spectacular Coronation Concert will be performed at Windsor Castle with iconic locations across the UK lit up using projections, lasers, drone displays and illuminations.
- Monday 8 May a special Bank Holiday has been proclaimed by the Prime Minister in honour of the Coronation, giving everyone the opportunity to join in with their communities and good causes.
While we’ve heard a lot about the downside of being a royal, thanks to Prince Harry’s recent memoir and other interviews, there are, of course, plenty of perks that shouldn’t be overlooked—like having access to the family’s bonkers fleet of luxury cars, which have been collected over decades.
As King Charles III takes the throne, a new report looked at exactly which vehicles the monarch reportedly has in his possession. While the result may not be quite at the level of the biggest wealthy car enthusiasts out there, such as Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton, whose collection is valued at roughly $15 million, it’s an impressive royal fleet nonetheless.
Luxury Car's fit for a King!
Among the cars they list in Charles’s reported collection are two Bentley limousines originally gifted to the royal family in 2002 for the late Queen Elizabeth II’s golden jubilee and worth an estimated $1.7 million; a 1950 one-of-eight Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, valued at $3.1 million; a 1962 Rolls-Royce Phantom V; and a 1977 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI estimated to be worth $1.6 million, another gift to Queen Elizabeth, this time for her silver jubilee.
The Guardian noted repeatedly that defining exact ownership of these vehicles was tricky: Many are labeled “state cars” but are used for private purposes and not necessarily owned by the state, some are “held by sovereign in right of the crown,” meaning they only belong to Charles as long as he is reigning monarch, and were previously owned by his mother Queen Elizabeth.
The current king's first car was an MGC GT, which he drove from January 1968, used by His Royal Highness Prince William when he married Catherine Middleton at the Abbey on 29th April 2011;
this was followed by a 1970 Aston Martin DB6 Mk II Volante, given to him by his mother as a 21st birthday present. He later drove a V8 Vantage Volante from 1987 to 1995 (a gift from the Emir of Bahrain), and then leased a Virage Volante until 2007. Over the years he also drove or was driven in various models of Bentley and Jaguar cars.
Various members of the royal family have been spotted driving or being driven in the most luxurious vehicles ever produced. The royal fleet of state cars includes an enviable collection of modern and classic cars from Rolls Royce, Bentley and even Jaguar.
Royal state cars do not bear number plates at the front or rear, the cars are typically registered with dateless registrations.
Queen Elizabeth II
the Queen, who sadly passed away on 8th September 2022, was well known for her love of driving, although she didn’t actually have or even need a driving licence, during her illustrious reign, Her Majesty owned the private number plates, MYT 1, MYT 2 and MYT 3 currently registered to Range Rovers.
In fact, the private registration, MYT 1 was spotted on a Range Rover at the Queen's funeral and is cheeky reference to Her Majesty’s british honours as the ‘Mighty One.’
Queen Elizabeth II also owned A 7, which was one of the first number plates to be spotted on British roads and was released by the London council in 1903.
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