Chief Rabbi plans sleepover with King Charles before Shabbat coronation

Chief Rabbi Mirvis will also celebrate Shabbat with local communities.

This is not the first time the Chief Rabbi’s observances have been taken into account by the King.

Following the Queen’s death, a Buckingham Palace reception with the King was moved earlier on a Friday so Rabbi Mirvis could get to shul before Shabbat.

Besides Chief Rabbi Adler, members of the Rothschild and Sassoon families attended Edward VII’s coronation of Edward VII, as well as the Mayor of Grimsby, Councillor M Abrahams.

According to the Reverend Arthur Barnett’s history of the Western Synagogue in London, not all went quite according to plan in 1902.

“Unfortunate to relate, while he was away in the Abbey his travelling-case was stolen from the home of his host, as well as a pair of silver Sabbath candle-sticks — a sad reward for his loyalty!” Mr Barnett recorded.

There are hopes that 12 decades on, Chief Rabbi Mirvis will be able to attend the coronation of King Charles III without falling victim to theft.