A church in south Oxfordshire is the first in the UK to include the cyphers of King Charles III and Camilla on its new bells.

Buckingham Palace has given North Moreton All Saints Church in south Oxfordshire permission to use the designs.

Royal cyphers are only allowed to be put on bells during a coronation year.

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The bells are set to be sounded for the first time on the day of the coronation on May 6.

King Charles III will be the seventh monarch to be represented on the bells in the church in North Moreton with the tradition dating back to the Middle Ages.

Tower captain Rob Nickless, who is responsible for the bells' upkeep, explained that the bells play a central role in the community, calling people to worship and celebrating many events in people’s lives.