welcome to london where we have a spectacular view of the city on this historic urination day. countdown to an event that many of us will be seeing for the first time in our lives. and will not soon forget. moments ago, we saw king charles iii and queen camilla arriving at westminster abbey, where they operate a start of ceremonies, officially counting them as the new monarch. we expect to see charles and camilla very soon, kicking off this remarkable celebration. dignitaries including first lady joe biden have been gathering at westminster abbey, whether coronation will be taking place. charles taking center stage, after the death of his mother queen elizabeth the second and 70 years after she herself was crowned. crowds gathered to get a glimpse of the king and queen as they make their way from here, buckingham palace, two westminster abbey in a gilded carriage called the diamond jubilee state coach polled by windsor grey horses. the kings procession will depart bucking
i think that s really interesting. bianca annapolis at westminster abby. i believe just coming into your view when they are. the band is in fourth. wing cavalry is here and i can see the carriage arriving right now. i m just getting out my binoculars. even though we are really close, i think it can get an even better look at the. king and the queen who i now have in view. it s the king calm, smiling, on the approach now to westminster abbey. we still have not seen the prince and princess of wales who will need to arrive before the king. queen you we can now hear the clip-clopping of the horses as they approach the abbey and get even closer to earth. i have a good view of king charles. he s looking out to the crowds
figures like british broadcasters. we ve seen katy perry who will be performing at the coronation concert tomorrow. we ve seen first lady jill biden there with her granddaughter sitting next to ukraine s first lady olena zelenska, we ve seen the vice president of china, a controversial invitation, he also has taken his seat in the abbey. as well as leaders from all of the devolved nations in the united kingdom, and of course the commonwealth. this is truly a historic and unprecedented gathering of individuals, kings and queens who don t usually attend the coronation of another king. but it is a new convention-breaking coronation we re seeing today. i ve been bianca nobilo from westminster abbey, cnn continuing its coverage of king
ethics defensive as queen elizabeth s 70 years ago, it won t be as long. it is exploiting that these multi faith charles himself said i will no longer be called defender of the faith. because this was a christian nation, but in respect to the fact that it is a multicultural nation, now defender of the fates. there is a beautiful little anecdote about the chief rabbi who was invited by charles and camilla to spend the night at a palace nearby, st. james s palace, so that he could walk. because it is saturday. it is about. for orthodox, they cannot use anything that is not self propelled. bianca now below is standing by at westminster abbey. bianca what is the scene? there the calm, quiet and down really belies the sense of anticipation and color that we re seeing from inside