Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston Browne and Minister for Housing, Land and Urban
Renewal the Hon. Maria Browne will travel to London today to join other Heads of
State and Governments at the Coronation Ceremony of King Charles III at
Westminster Abbey on Saturday 6 th May.
Their Excellencies, Governor General Sir Rodney Williams and Lady Sandra Williams
are in London taking part in the pre-coronation activities.
Prime Minister Browne said that Antigua and Barbuda celebrates the ascension to the
Throne of King Charles III as King of Antigua and Barbuda and other member states
of the Commonwealth.
A wide cross-section of the Public Service in Antigua and Barbuda along with the
military will also be represented at the Coronation ceremony. The Antigua and
Barbuda delegation comprises seven officers from the Antigua and Barbuda Defence
Force, two of whom will accompany the Diamond Jubilee State Coach that will carry
King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Independent Senator Kiz Johnson who will be a
Banner Bearer, Police Commissioner, Mr. Atlee Rodney; Permanent Secretary in the
Office of the Governor General, Mrs. Paula Frederick-Hunte; ADC to the Governor
General, Assistant Superintendent of Police Dale Mercury; Accountant General, Mr.
Ickford Roberts; Registrar in the Civil Registry, Mrs. Laurie Freeland Roberts and
Field Officer at the Rehabilitation Centre for Persons with Disabilities, Mr. Bernard
Warner will form part of the Antigua and Barbuda delegation.
The military delegation from the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force comprises
Lieutenant Karl Jarvis, Sergeant Daymie Daly, Lieutenant Anthony Jacobs, Warrant
Officer Lovell Grant, Petty Officer Erica Davis, Sergeant Tashika Riley and Ordinary
Seaman Javier Wilson.
Lieutenant Karl Jarvis and Sergeant Officer Daymie Daly of the Antigua and Barbuda
Defence Force will accompany the Diamond Jubilee State Coach that will carry King
Charles III and Queen Camilla.
The United Kingdom military is providing accommodations, meals and ground
transportation for the ABDF contingent, which is being handled by High
Commissioner Karen-Mae Hill as the official liaison.
The Coronation Ceremony of King Charles III, the 40 th reigning monarch to be
crowned at Westminster Abbey since 1066, will be viewed by millions around the
globe on May 6.
The day of splendour and formality will feature religious customs dating back more
than 1, 000 years.
The ceremony is due to commence at 11:00 UK Time (6 a.m. Local Time) and will be
punctuated with music selected by King Charles III, with twelve newly commissioned
pieces, including one by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and Greek Orthodox music in
memory of the King’s father, Prince Philip.
In Antigua and Barbuda, ceremonies marking the Coronation of King Charles III will
be held on 6 th and 7 th May.
On May 6, at 6:20 p.m., a military parade featuring the ABDF, ABDF Band, Girl
Guides, Boy Scouts, Boys and Girls Brigades, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Seventh
Day Adventist Pathfinders, and Cadet Corps, will march off from the Multipurpose
Cultural Centre to Government House.
The parade route will take in the Multipurpose Centre, up Market Street, up Long
Street, left on to Cross Street, eyes right in front of Government House, right on to
Church Street and fall out at Telephone Exchange.
The parade participants and other invited guests will gather at Government House for
a short ceremony that will include performances by the ABDF Band, Salvation Army
Timbrellists, SDA Pathfinders Drum Corps and the lighting of the campfire and a
symbolic O1 to mark the first year of reign of King Charles III.
On Sunday 7 th May at 9:00 a.m., a Service of Thanksgiving will be held at the St.
John’s Pentecostal House of Restoration Ministries at Lauchland Benjamin Drive.
