President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and First Lady Fazna Ahmed departed on Wednesday evening on an official visit to the United Kingdom.

The President and the First Lady will attend the coronation ceremony of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla, scheduled to be held this weekend.

The President will also participate in a reception with heads of states as well as attend the Commonwealth Leaders Event.

With the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, at her rural Balmoral home in September, Charles III instantly became King. In the days that followed, he was formally proclaimed Britain’s new monarch and now, after months of painstaking preparation, his coronation is upon us.

Heir to the throne for 70 years, Charles will be officially crowned in a magnificent and deeply religious ceremony on May 6. Thousands will gather at Westminster Abbey and the surrounding streets of central London to take in a glorious display of British pageantry.