Swindon residents are preparing to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III this weekend.

The coronation will take place on Saturday, May 6, in London and will be broadcast all over the world.

People in Britain and abroad will tune in to watch the monumentally historic day with Charles being coronated 70 years after his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

On June 2, 1953, Elizabeth was crowned Queen in Westminster Abbey and it was a position she held until her death on September 8, 2022.

Back on that day in the 1950s, the population lined the streets to celebrate the coronation and this year’s plans are already similar despite being seven decades on.

There are street parties planned, watchalongs and specially themed dinners all focused on the event with the population celebrating in different ways.

The Adver asked a selection of Swindon residents how they were planning on marking the significant occasion.

Hannah Ellis is the owner of Swindon’s The Unit Gym, located on Cricklade Road, and she shared her plans involving food and friends.

“We are going to have friends over and we are going to have nibbles and a few drinks,” she said.

“We are going to celebrate everything that has happened and to the future with what’s going to go on.”

The occasion of the day was not lost on the 31-year-old either with the gym owner mentioning its historical importance.

“I think it is really important being in the United Kingdom is a really big part of history and with everything that’s happened, I think its good for the nation to come together an celebrate something,” she said.

Penhill resident Dorothy Humphries was keen to celebrate the occasion with her friends at her local lunch club.

“We should be celebrating with the dinner club which is where I live in Penhill and then I go again at 2pm for the crowning of the king,” said the 86-year-old.

“I shall be wearing special clothes.”

Others have opted for a much calmer method of marking the day such as Gorse Hill resident Julian Collinson.

“I’m just going to be chilling at home and probably go out for a pint and a walk with a housemate but that’s about it,” said the 23-year-old.

“Studying history and stuff it is very interesting to see but quite honestly personally I don’t really feel really affected by it.”