Date revealed for crowning of Charles III

King Charles III's coronation date has been set, according to a new report.

Per Bloomberg, citing UK officials, Charles' crowning date will be on June 3 at Westminster Abbey in London, Fox News reports.

However, a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace told the Evening Standard that any reports on the coronation date are "pure speculation."

Sources told the London newspaper that a date for the coronation had not been decided and added that any reporting of the date should be taken "with a massive pinch of salt."

According to Bloomberg, anonymous government officials said that plans for the coronation have centred on June 3, though discussions are ongoing as to which other dates could be proclaimed official holidays.

As the king's coronation is a state event, the date on which it takes place will be observed as a bank holiday. Since June 3 of next year falls on a Saturday, Friday, June 2 could potentially be proclaimed a bank holiday.

If the coronation is officially set for June 3, King Charles III's ceremony will take place almost 70 years to the day after his mother Queen Elizabeth II was crowned on June 2, 1953.