London, the area around buckingham palace, down the mall, and those who are familiar of london from around the world will know the geography here. it s very straight, straight avenue down to horse guards parade. that is adjacent to downing street, just off whitehall. ceremonial, governmental london. here are some of the other carriages coming out from buckingham palace. and there is the king. king charles iii. and a royal salute takes place.
Of edinburgh and in that carriage also, tim lawrence, the husband of princess and, the princess royal. the mounted band of the household cavalry drawn up. quite a good crowd here. a good cheer to these members of the royal family as they go past. the duke of gloucester and some other members in the large limousines being driven now to horse guards parade. in the next moment or two we will see the more senior members of the royal family leaving buckingham palace. but in the meantime, we see these carriages just starting the journey down the mall. this is very much in ceremonial london. you ll remember this from the coronation, of course,
Viewers watching from all around the world, one question might be, how on earth do you prepare and go through the logistics because, of course, the logistics because, of course, the rehearsal much of london can be closed off to run through the practice of this? yes, the rehearsals last saturday, i mean, saturday is clearly not one of the busiest days in the centre of london. it is busy but the metropolitan police are well used to shutting of the area around buckingham palace for various occasions. this, though, is the biggest regular ceremonial occasion, trooping the colour, that there are other occasions such as state visits, and similar occasions where the same arrangements will be put into place. but this is a well practised plan by the authorities here, in this area of ceremonial
Generally, the cavalry ensure that the member of the royalfamily generally, the cavalry ensure that the member of the royal family who clearly aren t riding every day have well behaved mounts for this occasion. 0nce well behaved mounts for this occasion. once again, we see on the left, queen camilla, colonel of the grenadier guards and in the grain, the princess of wales, colonel of the princess of wales, colonel of the irish guards and the three children, prince george, prince louis and princess charlotte. i remember last year prince louis was keen to wave a lot until his elder sister discouraged him. but it delighted the crowds. you can see a good number of people lining the mall on either many of side. them are tourists but many also from london or from are tourists but many also from london orfrom parts are tourists but many also from london or from parts of the united kingdom, coming to london for this
World war. the king crossing the parade ground. he will remain on his the world war. the king crossing the parade ground. he will remain on his horse. we ve got so used to the late horse. we ve got so queen arriving in a carriage and dismounting and taking the salute on the saluting base we mentioned a few moments ago. but it seems normal now for the king to remain on his horse and to inspect the ranks of the foot guard. we will soon have the national anthem. as you can see, it s a perfect day here in london. not too hot, dry, and a bit of a breeze which will make things easier for all the participants. but the