been a thousand years that kings and queens have been culminated in this country so i think that is it, it is the history and also the atmosphere, community, people coming together. there s a lot of things that are brought people out here today but not as many people in terms of the royal family, the enthusiasm. i thought people would be just in one section as being royal fans but people have had their own motivation. motivation. lovely talking to ou, motivation. lovely talking to you. louisa motivation. lovely talking to you, louisa pilbeam, - motivation. lovely talking to you, louisa pilbeam, for- you, louisa pilbeam, for soaking up the atmosphere and we will speak to you later. well, let s take a closer look now at the main events happening over this coronation weekend. if you re watching from the us, it s an early start. the formal celebrations will begin with a procession from buckingham palace, due to get underway at 10:20 local time that s 5:20 est. we ll see king charles i
we saw little of the queen but there were huge crowds and celebrations over the weekend. catching breath from that, it was a clear from july, late july, was a clear from july, late july, that the queen wasn t well. we had the death in september. two weeks of observances followed. a little more than six months later, the coronation. it is indicative of how short this reign is going to be that the king feels he has to get these things done very quickly to proceed, to either modernise and contemporary touches, because of the monarchy is evolving before our very i am very quickly, to remain relevant in the 21st century. quickly, to remain relevant in the 21st century. what is king charles facing the 21st century. what is king charles facing as
joining me to discuss is richard berthelsen, a royal commentator who has also served as private secretary and advisor to several of the monarch s representatives in canada. tell us more about the significance of this entire weekend. it seems buckingham palace wants to sure they are the public? palace wants to sure they are the public? that s right. there are so few the public? that s right. there are so few people the public? that s right. there are so few people who - the public? that s right. there are so few people who can - the public? that s right. there are so few people who can go| the public? that s right. there i are so few people who can go to the abbey, just over 2200 people and we have seen some people and we have seen some people but that is not everybody. the focus of the weekend is to present the monarchy as an institution of service and to focus on that the very first thing the king will say when he arrives at the abbey tomorrow is i come not to be served but to se