Vice-President Dhankhar meets UK’s King Charles III ahead of Coronation ceremony

By Press Trust of India: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar interacted with King Charles III at a reception rapidly after his arrival proper right here on Friday to attend the majestic Coronation ceremony of the UK’s monarch at Westminster Abbey on Saturday.

Dhankhar, accompanied by his partner Dr Sudesh Dhankhar, will probably be a part of an estimated 100 Heads of State and authorities from world large invited to the historic crowning of Britain’s new monarch.

“Hon’ble Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar & Dr Sudesh Dhankhar arrived to a warm welcome in London to attend the Coronation Ceremony of H.M. King Charles III,” the Vice President’s Office tweeted.

Hon’ble Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar & Dr. Sudesh Dhankhar arrived to a warmth welcome in London to attend the Coronation Ceremony of H.M. King Charles III. @MEAIndia pic.twitter.com/lLum8WGKyh
— Vice President of India (@VPIndia) May 5, 2023

“Hon’ble Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar interacted with King Charles III during reception hosted by him for Commonwealth leaders at Marlborough House, London,” it talked about in a single different tweet.

Hon’ble Vice President, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar interacted with King Charles III all through reception hosted by him for Commonwealth leaders at Marlborough House, London. @MEAIndia pic.twitter.com/oEs9rSrbZw
— Vice President of India (@VPIndia) May 5, 2023

Soon after his arrival, the vice-president joined totally different Commonwealth leaders for discussions hosted by Commonwealth General Secretary Baroness Patricia Scotland at Marlborough House in London. This was the first various for Dhankhar to fulfill the 74-year-old monarch ahead of the ceremony on the Abbey.

He will be invited to Buckingham Palace for a reception hosted by King Charles for the Heads of State, world leaders and totally different official guests on Friday night time.

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Later on Friday night time, Dhankhar will work along with members of the Indian diaspora at a gaggle reception organised by the Indian High Commission in London.

“India and UK have a historic relationship and share values of democracy, rule of law and many complementarities and convergences.

“The relationship was elevated to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in 2021 with the adoption of Roadmap 2030 for Future Relations,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) talked about near to the two-day Vice-Presidential go to to the UK.

The remaining go to of the Indian Head of State to the UK was that of President Droupadi Murmu, who visited the nation in September remaining 12 months to attend the State Funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II and supply condolences on behalf of India.

Buckingham Palace has talked about that the Coronation Service of King Charles and Queen Camilla at Westminster Abbey will most likely be attended by a congregation of higher than 2,200 people.

Besides 100 Heads of State, guests attending will embody members of the royal family, along with worldwide representatives from 203 worldwide places alongside group and charity champions.

The majestic ceremony, full with gilded carriages and regalia remaining witnessed 70 years previously when Charles’ late mother was topped Queen Elizabeth II in June 1953, can also have illustration from fairly just a few Indian-origin professionals.

British Indian chef Manju Malhi has been invited amongst 450 British Empire Medal (BEM) winners for her work with an earlier age charity.

Also invited is Sourabh Phadke, a graduate of the Prince’s Foundation’s Building Craft Programme and the Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts – organize in Dumfries House, Scotland, by Charles as a result of the Prince of Wales with a imaginative and prescient to supply holistic choices to challenges going by means of the world.

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Among totally different youthful people associated to the earlier Prince of Wales’ charity initiatives invited to his elevation as King embody Gulfsha, who was awarded the Prince’s Trust Global Award in 2022 in recognition of her distinctive dedication and achievements demonstrated by her participation throughout the charity’s ‘Get Into’ programme in India.

From Canada, Indian-origin Jay Patel will be among the many many invitees to the Abbey on Saturday for ending the Prince’s Trust Canada’s Youth Employment programme in May 2022.

In addition to the guests seated throughout the Abbey, 400 youthful people representing charitable organisations nominated by the King and Queen Camilla and the UK authorities will watch the Coronation Service and Processions from inside St. Margaret’s Church at Westminster Abbey.

The basic customer document can also embody members of Parliament, former British Prime Ministers, representatives from the church and totally different faiths, representatives from the nation’s defence corporations and Nobel Prize Winners.

There can also be plenty of celebrities throughout the congregation along with American singer-songwriter Lionel Ritchie as an Ambassador of the Prince’s Trust and Kelly Jones, the lead singer of the band Stereophonics, moreover for her affiliation with the Trust.