Tens of thousands of people lined the wide avenue leading to the church to follow the royal procession.
Crowds and dignitaries
Tens of thousands of spectators, thousands of soldiers, hundreds of guests and a few protesters gathered around Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday, where Charles III, the man who waited seven decades to become king, will be crowned with all the pomp Britain can muster. .
There will be crowns and diamonds, loud music, gorgeous purple dresses and hats – and a rousing chant of “God Save the King” inside the cathedral and in the streets outside.
The cathedral was buzzing with excitement and resplendent with fragrant flowers and colorful hats as guests began arriving two hours before the ceremony.
Celebrities like Judi Dench, Emma Thompson and Lionel Richie flocked in, along with politicians and judges in their wigs, soldiers with shiny medals attached to their red tunics and members of the House of Lords in their red robes.
Thousands of people from the UK and around the world camped overnight along the 1.3-mile (2-kilometre) route to catch a glimpse of the monarch as he made his way from Buckingham Palace to the medieval cathedral where kings were crowned a thousand years ago. .
Crowds slept all morning amid erratic rain along the road the newly crowned King and Queen Camilla will use to travel to the palace, this time in a 261-year-old golden chariot escorted by 4,000 soldiers, during Britain’s largest military parade. for 70 years.
For the Royal Family and the Government, the occasion – codenamed Operation Golden Orb – is an unprecedented exhibition of heritage, tradition and spectacle across the world.
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