Buckingham Palace said on Monday that more than 2200,203 guests would attend the coronation ceremony for King Charles III. Invitations were extended to senior diplomats instead of the heads of state of both North Korea and Nicaragua.

Tailors are racing against time to prepare the red and gold outfits that will appear at the coronated ceremony. The event will be on a smaller scale than that of his mother, Queen Elizabeth in 1953, but will be full of luxury and pomp that reflect the traditions of a thousand-year-old family.