Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the time off would give people the chance to 'come together and celebrate'.
Scheduling the holiday on 8 May will alsoElection officials warned that if Friday, 5 May, became a bank holiday, it would disrupt the vote count as it would affect staffing.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who approved the bank holiday in Scotland, said: "Scotland will want to send its best wishes to His Majesty, King Charles III, and The Queen Consort."Royal sources suggest that his coronation ceremony will beThe Queen Consort will also be crowned on the same date, in a similar but simpler ceremony.
Bank holidays have taken place to mark royal occasions in the past, including the wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales on 29 April, 2011.for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee. An extra bank holiday was created on 3 June, and the last bank holiday in May was moved to 2 June to extend the celebration of the Queen's 70th year as a monarch.
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