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The news comes after it was revealed that it is the Queen's “sincere wish” that #Camilla is crowned as Queen Consort when Charles takes the throne 👑

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Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles are set to be crowned side by side during a scaled-back coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey according to a Royal source.

📸 Charles and Camilla on their wedding day in 2005, taken by Hugo Burnand.

The Duke of Rothesay's trimmed-down Royal service is planned to be much cheaper than his #TheQueen mother's coronation in 1953.

📸 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother with The Princess Margaret seen make their way to Westminster Abbey in a glass carriage.

A source told the Mail Online plans for #Charles and #Camilla's coronation, which is due to happen within a year of Charles's accession, are being discussed as part of 'Operation Golden Orb'.

He said the ceremony will be “shorter, sooner, smaller, less expensive and more representative of different community groups and faiths".

📸 Joel Goodman

The source also said some aspects of the coronation will be altered to “reflect modern day Britain”, but it will remain an Anglican service and the vows not expected to change.

The number of guests will be limited to 2,000 and fewer members of the Royal family will be in attendance. Far fewer protectorates are also expected to be invited.

The source said, "I wouldn't be surprised to see just Charles and Camilla, Kate and William and their children on the Buckingham Palace balcony afterwards.”

📸 Chris Jackson

The Queen, who turns 96 in April, became the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee this month, marking 70 years of service.

📸 In this picture, Queen Elizabeth celebrates the start of the Jubilee during a reception in the Ballroom of Sandringham House, WPA Pool