King Charles' Coronation LIVE: All the latest updates

King Charles’ Coronation LIVE: Surprise as nineties star given key role in Westminster Abbey ceremony, plus Meghan signs with Hollywood talent agency – latest updates

Follow here for all the latest developments about King Charles’s Coronation at Westminster Abbey in London on May 6 – and for updates about the Royal Family. 

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The Crown countdown is on! Netflix releases photographs of Meg Bellamy as Kate

Netflix has released the first official photographs of Meg Bellamy as the Princess of Wales in the sixth series of the drama today.

Series six, which is set to stream this year, will follow the royals into the 21st century, depicting Kate and William’s romance at St Andrew’s and closing with the king’s 2005 wedding to the then Camilla Parker Bowles.

Meg, 19, who was head girl at St Crispin’s School where she studied drama, stars alongside Ed McVey, who has been cast as her onscreen husband Prince William

And today the first official snaps were shared of the couple in the show, with one image showing the pair walking hand-in-hand through the streets of the Scottish city. 

The final series is to be released later this year.

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‘I feel insulted our Koh-i-Noor diamond won’t be there!’

King Charles’ decision for Camilla not to wear the controversial ‘political hand grenade’ Koh-i-Noor diamond at his coronation has been slammed as ‘woke politics’ by the family of the Sikh emperor who owned it before it was acquired by the British Empire.

Charles had wanted the Queen Consort to wear the late Queen mother‘s crown containing the contentious gem – which is at the centre of a row between India and the UK – but gave in to those who claimed featuring it at the coronation would rub salt into the wounds and whip up anger about the ‘injustices of the British Empire’ from those demanding it back.

But the family of the maharajah who handed it over to Queen Victoria in 1849 have hit back and said that although they want the precious stone at the centre of the bitter rift returned to them, they still want it displayed on the world stage and for it to be worn by Camilla.

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline from his home in Amritsar, India, Dr Jaswinder Singh Sukherchakia, a descendent of the previous owner said: ‘We would not have had any issue with Camilla wearing it and the decision not to use it is driven by political motives. I don’t understand why people are being so over-sensitive because you cannot change history.

‘If we wouldn’t have been offended by it then I don’t understand why anybody else would be. We wish Camilla and Charles all the best. I will be watching the coronation on television and was actually looking forward to seeing the Koh-i-Noor and feel quite insulted that it won’t be there.’

The Stone of Destiny is returning to England for the first time in more than a quarter of a century, where it will play a key role in the coronation, amid tight security.

At Edinburgh Castle on Thursday a special ceremony was held to mark the legendary stone – which has become a symbol of Scottish nationhood but for 700 years was housed in Westminster Abbey – starting its journey south.

The procession was led by the Lord Lyon King of Arms – the monarch’s representative in Scotland – and attended by First Minister Humza Yousaf in his capacity of Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland and one of the commissioners for the safeguarding of the regalia.

Mr Yousaf said after the service, which saw the historic stone piped out: ‘It was a very significant, historical moment. I’m delighted to be a part of it.’

The stone, which weighs 125kg, will now make its way to Westminster Abbey, where it will be placed in the Coronation Chair for the enthronement of Charles, before returning to Scotland and put on display in the Crown Room at Edinburgh Castle in the weeks that follow.

Who’s in and who’s out of Charles’s big day?

It’s the once-in-a-generation event that will attract some of the biggest names from the worlds of politics, celebrity and high society.

And despite his attempts to ‘slim down’ the occasion, the guestlist for the Coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey on May 6 is believed to be around 2,000-people strong.

It’s no secret that the list – as of very recently – now includes Prince Harry, who will be flying in from Montecito, California, leaving behind his wife Meghan Markle and their two children Archie and Lilibet.

It will also include fellow monarchs from Europe, including the statuesque King Felipe and Queen Letizia of Spain, who promise to add to the pomp and pageantry of the affair.

A host of British celebrities who have contributed to the Coronation or who have close ties with the Royal Family will also make an appearance for the historic service in central London.

Some of the famous invitees are rumoured to include David and Victoria Beckham, who would join confirmed guests such as Britain’s Got Talent judge Amanda Holden and legendary composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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