Members of the royal family, politicians and faith leaders have participated within the post-coronation The Big Help Out volunteering drive.
About six million people took part in events across the UK on Monday, in keeping with an initial poll.
Organisers hope it it’s going to change into an annual event as a part of the King’s coronation legacy.
The scheme was organised by The Together Coalition and partners resembling The Scouts, the Royal Voluntary Service and faith groups from across the United Kingdom.
Some 55,123 events were as a result of happen, created by 33,228 grassroots and community organisations.
Faith communities and activists played a key role as events involving Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Sikh and other groups took place across the country.
According to Walnut/ICM polling as of seven.30pm on Monday, “9% – or 5.86 million of the Great British population said they’d taken part within the Big Help Out this weekend,” organisers claimed.
Brendan Cox, co-founder of the Together Coalition, said “not only have six million people taken part but nearly eight million people say they usually tend to volunteer in the long run”, hailing it as “an enormous legacy from the coronation”.
These unweighted, interim results were based on responses from 1,503 adults received between Friday and Monday.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and their three children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis – plus the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and the Princess Royal were amongst those that mucked in on the day.
Other notable participants included Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
In a “family time out volunteering”, George, nine, Charlotte, eight, and Louis, five, helped renovate a Scout hut in Slough, Berkshire, under the watchful eye of their parents William and Kate.
Louis joined his siblings and fogeys by shovelling dirt, pushing wheelbarrows and operating a digger.
Edward and Sophie helped at a puppy class for trainee Guide Dogs in Reading, while Anne and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence attended a County Civic Service recognising local volunteers in Gloucester Cathedral.
Elsewhere, diners at lunch club on the Mill End Community Centre in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, were served lamb casserole and wine by “special guests” Mr Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty.
Mr Sunak and Ms Murty chopped parsnips and strawberries within the kitchen in black aprons before joining the room in a toast which resulted in the group saying “long live the King” and giving three cheers.
Ahead of the day, Mr Sunak said: “I hope that as a part of the legacy of this historic moment of national unity, people will likely be inspired for years to volunteer, to assist out and to make a difference to others around them.”
In a post on Twitter, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said he had participated by “supporting those that would otherwise be alone today”.
Justin Welby donned a denim Bon Jovi apron as he served lunch at homeless charity Catching Lives in Canterbury, while the Archbishop of York helped out at a Trussell Trust food bank at St Joseph’s Church in York.
And SNP leader Mr Yousaf visited Whitfield Community Larder in Dundee, bringing with him a donation of nappies on the request of staff.
Matt Hyde, chief executive of the Scouts, said: “The public response to the Big Help Out has shown the large scale of the general public’s desire to assist out of their local neighbourhoods.
“We don’t want this to stop simply because the coronation is over. This must be only the start.”
Catherine Johnstone, chief executive of the Royal Voluntary Service, added: “The response has been amazing and confirms that we’d like to proceed to make it easier for members of the general public to become involved.
“Volunteers run our food banks, our youth clubs, our football clubs, they’re the glue that binds our communities together.”
