Indian charity champions to join royals at King Charles III's Coronation

The 2200strong congregation that will be assembled at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday for King Charles IIIs Coronation will include royalty world leaders and also a number of Indian community workers associated with the monarchs charity initiatives over the years as Prince of Wales Buckingham Palace has saidIn a glimpse of the guest list unveiled on Monday evening it emerged that an architect working on sustainability a selfmade consultant and a budding chef are among the Indians who will be seated in the Abbey alongside Heads of State and GovernmentVicePresident Jagdeep Dhankhar is expected to represent India at the majestic ceremony complete with gilded carriages and regalia last witnessed 70 years ago when Charles late mother was crowned Queen Elizbeth II in June 1953Guests attending will include members of the royal family as well as international representatives from 203 countries including approximately 100 Heads of State alongside community and charity champions Buckingham Palace saidAlso Read Sonam Kapoor to deliver a spoken word piece at King Charles Coronation ConcertAmong them will be Sourabh Phadke a graduate of the Princes Foundations Building Craft Programme and the Princes Foundation School of Traditional Arts set up in Dumfries House Scotland by Charles as the Prince of Wales with a vision to provide holistic solutions to challenges facing the worldPhadke was part of the cohort of students who completed the live build of the summerhouse at the heart of Hillsborough Castles walled garden in 201819Before arriving to study at Dumfries House Sourabh now 37 led a nomadic existence moving from one community to another to lead education in science and social studies and using his architecture degree and skills in earthbuilding to help communities plan and build housing and school facilities the palace said in a statementAmong the other young people associated with the former Prince of Wales charity initiatives invited to his elevation as King include Gulfsha who was awarded the Princes Trust Global Award in 2022 in recognition of her exceptional determination and achievements demonstrated through her participation in the charitys Get Into programme in IndiaDelivered by The Princes Trust International partner Magic Bus India Foundation Gulfsha completed the Get Into programme she had heard about at college Learning via an online environment Gulfsha honed a range of workplace skills and successfully interviewed for her first ever job She now works for a consultancy firm providing price estimates for construction projects the palace saidFrom Canada Indianorigin Jay Patel is also among the invitees to the Abbey on Saturday for completing the Princes Trust Canadas Youth Employment programme in May 2022Jay gained valuable skills and secured a job as a cook at Torontos iconic CN Tower one of the citys most famous landmarks Now on his way to becoming a Chef Jay is passionate about inspiring others to find the same kind of support network that helped him achieve success the palace revealedIn addition to the guests seated in the Abbey 400 young people representing charitable organisations nominated by the King and Queen Camilla and the UK government will watch the Coronation Service and Processions from inside St Margarets Church at Westminster AbbeyThe overall guest list will also include members of Parliament former British Prime Ministers representatives from the church and other faiths representatives from the countrys defence services Nobel Prize Winners and British Empire Medal BEM recipients There will also be several celebrities in the congregation including American singersongwriter Lionel Ritchie as an Ambassador of the Princes Trust and Kelly Jones the lead singer of the band Stereophonics also for her association with the TrustThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever