several tunes and over the years we ve kind of woven them into a medley. it was the first single we have released as the ayoub sisters, and kind of the story of that continues as we get to perform it at the service today. it s a huge honour to be performing at this service. we know his majesty is a cellist, a keen musician, so for us to contribute the way that we love, with music and music being the forefront of the celebration, is such a deep honour. today s service may be greeted with complete indifference by many in scotland. for others it will be a symbolic reminder of the union of the scottish and english crowns in 1603, and the cement that binds the peoples of these islands together. let s have a quick chat with some people taking part in what is happening today. we have lowered
lockdowns. two months after his lavish coronation, king charles got a big celebration. this time in scotland. ali arouzi is live from buckingham palace. give us the highlights from today s events. he was in scotland for what people are calling a second coronation. technically they re marking the first one that happened two months ago and it s a ceremony steeped in ancient traditions since the union of the crowns in 1603, there were big crowds on the streets of edinboro to welcome the king, and a lavish ceremony. he was presented with a sword, a scepter, the crown worn by mary queen of scots in 1643. lots of pomp and pageantry here. the stone of destiny, also known as the stone of scune was there. playing a very important role in
with the honours of scotland, the ancient crown jewels of the scottish nation. the ceremony was steeped in tradition, reflecting the fact that scotland and england had separate monarchs until the union of the crowns in 1603. there were thousands of people on the streets today to greet the king, but the event was not without controversy with protests taking place against a background of debate about scotland s future. in a moment lorna gordon will be assessing public opinion on the monarchy in today s scotland but first our scotland editorjames cook reports on the day s events. present royal salute! for charles and camilla, the journey is onlyjust beginning.
know, glorious, colourfuland kilted and so on, and the honours were really brought back to public gaze at that point, and they are objects of great pride. at that point, and they are ob ects of great pride-i of great pride. the extraordinary thin is, of great pride. the extraordinary thing is. all of great pride. the extraordinary thing is, all the of great pride. the extraordinary thing is, all the derring-do - of great pride. the extraordinary thing is, all the derring-do and i thing is, all the derring do and skulduggery that rescued the scottish crown jewels skulduggery that rescued the scottish crownjewels mean that skulduggery that rescued the scottish crown jewels mean that they are today the oldest in britain, because oliver cromwell destroyed the english crownjewels, but scotland s were preserved and are still here to be presented to the third king charles. still here to be presented to the third king charles. absolutely. they take us back. third king charles. absolutely
we ve literally grown up with these several tunes and over the years, we ve kind of woven them into a medley. it was the first single we ever released as the ayoub sisters, and kind of the story of that continues as we get to perform it at the service today. it s a huge honour to be performing at this service. we know his majesty is a cellist, a keen musician, so for us to contribute the way that we love, with music and music being the forefront of the celebration, is such a deep honour. today s service may be greeted with complete indifference by many in scotland. for others, it will be a symbolic reminder of the union of the scottish and english crowns in 1603, and the cement that binds the peoples of these islands together. stay with us here on bbc news.