It’s going to be a pretty in-tents weekend for this teenager.
A 13-year-old British boy known as the “Boy in the Tent” — after he camped out in a tent for three years to raise money for charity — has scored an invitation to King Charles III’s coronation.
Max Woosey became a national name when he raised more than $800,000 for local charity North Devon Hospice — by pitching a tent in his backyard and sleeping in it for 1,099 nights.
The selfless mission, which eclipsed his initial goal of raising $125,000 by more than 600%, even caught the attention of the royal family.
He will now rub shoulders with the 2,000 other prominent guests, including world leaders and First Lady Jill Biden, inside Westminster Abbey on Saturday.
“This is actually really cool for me and it’s going to be a really interesting day,” Woosey told The Post. “It’s going to be an incredible day to learn the history of it all.”
Being under 18, Woosey also gets the perk of bringing a plus one to the historic ceremony on May 6.
The teen shared that he’ll be bringing his dad Mark along, saying that the pair are buzzing with excitement.
“It will be absolutely amazing for me and my dad,” he said. “It’s such an honor to be able to go and be there when it takes place.”
Woosey, who hails from north Devon, England, started his unique fundraising mission after the death of his beloved neighbor Rick Abbott, 74 — who lost his battle with cancer in February 2020.
Abbott gifted a then-10-year-old Woosey the tent before he died, telling him to “have an adventure.”
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Woosey pitched it in his backyard on March 29, 2020.
His last night sleeping under the canvas was more than three years later, on April 1, 2023 — battling storms and frosty winters.
“This whole camping thing started in lockdown because of my neighbor Rick, who unfortunately died of cancer,” Woosey told The Post.
“Before he died, he gave me a tent and said, ‘Max, I want you to have an adventure in it.’ And I said to him, ‘I promise I will.’ And after he died that’s when I started sleeping outside in the tent to raise money.”
Woosey set out to raise a lofty $125,000 for the hospice that cared for his neighbor during his final days — and is now shocked that his fundraising efforts has garnered this much attention and donations.
The teen admitted it took him some time to process the news of the royal invite.
“I got back from school after a normal, boring day and my mom just told me that I was invited to the coronation,” he said.
“I think I sat down to process it. I didn’t 100% believe it at first, didn’t know what to think of it. And once it settled in, I started asking more questions and it felt real.”
Woosey’s efforts have left his mom, Racheal, prouder than ever.
“To achieve that at 13, is just incredible,” she told The Post.
“He started his camping for all the right reasons, he never considered the fact that these things would come of it.
“It’s really strange because when he was doing his camping out, to us it became normal life and it went on for three years,” the proud mom continued.
“We stopped stepping back and looking at the money he’d raised and what he’d done. And sometimes it was really hard, but he kept going. So, things like this make you step back and look at that bigger picture.”
She added that she’ll be “proudly watching” the coronation on TV.
“It’s almost overwhelming that my son is one of those chosen people. As a parent, I don’t think you can ask for anything more.”
