King Charles’ coronation will differ from Queen Elizabeth’s

King Charles III’s coronation ceremony Saturday is expected to be much more modest — and considerably shorter — than that of Queen Elizabeth’s 70 years earlier.

The pared-back celebration will include “key elements associated with the hallowed religious service” but better reflect the King’s vision of a trimmed-down modern monarchy, Buckingham Palace said.

The ceremony at London’s Westminster Abbey — which will see Charles and his wife, Camilla, crowned King and Queen Consort — will last just one hour.

By comparison, when Queen Elizabeth II was crowned on June 2, 1953, following the death of her father, George VI, the service lasted more than three hours.

However, the late Queen’s coronation was notably the first coronation to ever be televised.

In one iconic photo taken on that day, Charles, then a 4-year-old prince, appeared to be adorably bored by the endless pageantry as he rested his head on his hand, flanked by his grandmother and his aunt, Princess Margaret.

An estimated 27 million people in Britain tuned in to watch the ceremony on TV and a further 11 million listened on the radio.

The only part of the ceremony that was shielded from the glare of the cameras was the sacred ritual of anointment, during which the Archbishop anointed the Queen’s hands, breast, and head with consecrated oil.

Charles may choose to follow his mother’s example and be anointed in private, however, there is speculation that the new king might break with that tradition.

The Telegraph reported that a special see-through canopy is being prepared to offer Charles the option to be anointed in public for the first time in the history of the British monarchy.

After the service at the Abbey, the 1953 Coronation Procession took the Queen and her 16,000-person retinue on a 5-mile journey through a rainy London back to Buckingham Palace — a trip that lasted two hours to allow as many people as possible to catch a glimpse of their new monarch.

However, Charles and Camilla’s Coronation Procession will be a fraction of the length, with their route measuring just 1.3 miles.

To shorten their trek to the palace, the royal couple will avoid large swaths of the city.

Charles’ coronation is also expected to be significantly less expensive than his mother’s, which cost British taxpayers an estimated $2.9 million in 1953, which would be about $92 million in today’s money.

In keeping with the current monarch’s less extravagant vision for the event, there will be just 2,000 guests welcomed at the ceremony.

Queen Elizabeth’s coronation was attended by a whopping 8,250 dignitaries.

King Charles’ curtailed guest list will also be noticeably more diverse, with a greater number of representatives of various religions and ethnic communities invited to take part in the festivities.

This is a concerted effort to highlight the changing face of British society.

Although there is sure to be no shortage of pomp and circumstance on display during the coronation — complete with Britain’s celebrated crown jewels coming out of storage at the Tower of London and the sumptuous Gold State Coach being used for transport — the attire of the dignitaries is expected to be less formal than in the past.

It’s been reported by Vogue that Charles has requested members of the aristocracy, known as peers, to ditch their floor-length ceremonial robes of scarlet velvet with ermine trim, and instead opt for either their more casual parliamentary cloaks or business suits.

As for the man of the hour, the King may likewise break with tradition and don his military uniform instead of a heavily embellished getup including breeches and white silk stockings, similar to the one his grandfather wore in 1937.

During her own coronation less than 15 years later, a 27-year-old Queen Elizabeth stunned in a glittering white duchesse satin grown encrusted with pearls and crystals, which she paired with a 21-foot-long Robe of Estate.

Per tradition, her husband, the late Prince Philip, was not crowned alongside her as the Queen’s Consort — and instead watched the ceremony from the sidelines.

Camilla will be the first Queen Consort to be crowned in Westminster Abbey in nine decades, following the footsteps of King George VI’s wife, Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.