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  • King, Queen appear in lavish robes, greet crowds at Buckingham Palace

    King, Queen appear in lavish robes, greet crowds at Buckingham Palace

    King Charles III and Queen Camilla set the seal on their historic coronation day with a Buckingham Palace balcony appearance dressed in lavish robes to acknowledge the nation.

    Charles and Camilla in lavish robes and wearing their crowns returned with a wave to cheer the crowds, who filled The Mall after braving downpours to see a colourful ceremonial military procession not seen for 70 years.

    The Prince and Princess of Wales and their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis joined the monarch as did the pages of honour.

    The royals watched a flypast from the balcony, which was scaled down to include only helicopters and the Red Arrows due to the poor weather.

    The family spent a little under 10 minutes on the balcony before going back inside, but the King and Queen re-emerged moments later to loud cheers.

    Camilla then called for their pages to help them rearrange their trains.

    They went back into the palace shortly before 2:40 pm (1340 GMT), with the King lingering for one final wave.

    Coronation flypast scaled down due to bad weather

    Meanwhile, a flypast to mark the King’s coronation in London was scaled down due to “unsuitable weather conditions”.

    More than 60 aircraft from the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force had been due to take part.

    But the event only involved helicopters and the Red Arrows aerobatic display team, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.

    The King and Queen were expected to watch the flypast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

    The display over The Mall and Buckingham Palace was originally meant to last for six minutes, but the scaled-down version will last for less than half of that time.

    The MoD said it would last for two minutes and 30 seconds.

     

  • Charles III and Queen Camilla arrives Buckingham Palace for his coronation

    Charles III and Queen Camilla arrives Buckingham Palace for his coronation

    King Charles III alongside Queen Consort Camilla were  both welcome at the Buckingham Palace by a huge crowd as he prepares for his historic Coronation.

    The coronation of King Charles III will be witnessed by more than 100million people around the world as it is the historic first coronation of a British monarch in 70 years, with an estimated 2million people on the streets of London to watch history unfold.

    The monarch had been heir since the age of three, and is now ready to officially become the King.

    VIP guests queued for a mile from 6am to get one of the prime 2,300 seats inside. The Abbey was full at just before 9am.

    Stars seen inside the church are Katy Perry, Lionel Richie, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Fry, Nick Cave, and magician Dynamo, as well as Dame Emma Thompson and many others.

    They will watch Charles be crowned in a Christian ceremony that dates back for 1,000 years on a day dripping with glorious displays of pageantry.

    Guests of the King started arriving at the Abbey from 7am, four hours before the ceremony. About 100 heads of state are in London, with representatives from 203 countries due to attend.