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Buckingham Palace has denied speculation that King Charles III will be coronated in June next year. 

It comes after it was reported by Bloomberg that the ceremony is set to take place on June 3. 

The publication said the date would represent a 'touching tribute' to the Queen, as it marked 70 years and one day since the late monarch's coronation. 

A Buckingham Palace spokesperson has since told the Mirror that any reports on a date are 'purely speculation.' 

'Operation Gold Orb' – the secret codename for the coronation of Charles – will have swung into action following Her Majesty's death last month at the age of 96.

When his mother was crowned in June 1953, it was a lavish ceremony that was a much-needed morale boost for a nation starved of pageantry by the war.

But 70 years later, the forthcoming coronation of King Charles III is expected to be a vastly scaled-down affair at Westminster Abbey and one which will cement his wife's place in history.

It was previously reported that the service is not expected to happen before next spring but still within a timeframe much quicker than the Queen's own 16-month wait after she acceded to the throne.