CORONATION celebrations get started next Thursday (May 4) with a special event at the Brunswick Centre – near Russell Square tube station.

Ahead of the historic weekend which will King Charles III crowned, people can watch a free performance by the platinum selling Puppini Sisters – the queens of close harmony who have sung in front of the new monarch before.

They will be on stage between 6pm and 8pm at the centre but an array of free children’s entertainment begins at 4pm – including magicians, face-painters and stilt walkers.

John Themis, marketing manager at The Brunswick, said: “The Puppini Sisters are absolutely incredible live – their style and sound is totally unique and they are the perfect act to get everyone in the celebratory mood.

“The event is open to everyone so invite your friends, colleagues and family and celebrate this historic occasion with us.”

On the day of the coronation – May 6 – the proceedings will be shown on a big screen at Outernet in Charing Cross Road from 11am.

Then the following day, there will be more than 30 street parties across Camden. A King Charles III Coronation Party will also be taking place at the Kentish Town Community Centre.

More details of events will appear in next week’s New Journal and on our website.