As King Charles III and Queen Camilla ascended to the throne at the weekend, customers and families at Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme care village marked the historic occasion with a coronation extravaganza to remember.

The Lower Street care village's celebration centrepiece comprised a special street party with live entertainment as well as royal-themed quizzes, arts and crafts and even chair-based exercise sessions.

Alongside the many helpings of Victoria sponge cake and bubbly, more live entertainment came courtesy of folk singer, Tony Boyle, whilst homemade decorations, games, and sharing stories of past royal festivities conjured happy memories of days gone by.

For the big moment itself, Belong customers and colleagues waved their Union Jacks whilst cheering on the royals from their in-house entertainment venue, before tucking into a fancy banquet.

Belong, Lower Street, Newcastle, hosted a coronation party for residents and their families (Google).

Later, more gala festivities followed, including music and dancing and a joyful atmosphere.

Emma Palin, experience coordinator at Belong Newcastle-under-Lyme, said: "Our customers have many fond memories of past royal occasions, including Queen Elizabeth's coronation 70 years ago, so we took lead from what they wanted to see, bringing to life their ideas for how to celebrate.

"The result was a right royal knees-up, inspired by their memories, infused with a modern take - a fantastic party that will be talked about for years to come!"

To find out more about Belong's care villages, visit their website.

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