Anderson Cooper leads CNN s special live coverage of The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla along with analysis and reporting across the United.
they felt about the ceremony. many people watching under cover. it was certainly something that people i spoke to really enjoyed. they joined in with a homage to the king. they found that prince william kissing his father was a poignant moment. mixed feelings on whether they want to see more than just the king and queen and how extended that family will be. we had a parade of the army veterans. there s another parade in the next one. i hope i can show you the next one. we ll have about 150 king charles spaniels. a parade of king charles spaniels, that s quite an event. i hope we re covering that event live. it s just one of many events happened around the uk.
i mean prince harry s role was never going to be necessarily more. we re looking at the direct descendants who will inherit that, and they were there in that role doing as they should. so i think it was never going to be an enormous conversation. people may note that the king looked very solemn and he wasn t smiling. just explain why that is. interesting actually i thought there was quite a lot of warmth around his expression. i thought for him that was quite expressive. but let s not forget what s happening here. this is solemn ceremony. he is taking on he s being anointed by this extraordinary holy oil, and this service dates back so far. everything in that service was there for a symbolism. everything there meant something, deeply, deeply spiritual. there was i thought an extraordinary moment when part of anointing was not seen. when the screens were taking away you suddenly saw him
and his coronation. but actually today was about him pledging allegiance to the king for the regs of his life. suggestion being that he s going to serve until charles charles has made a commitment to god that he s going to serve for the rest of his life. there s no discussion here. and william confirm ing that, pledging his allegiance to the king as well. so as this carriage heads into buckingham palace. look at that image. that s extraordinary. the marching toward buckingham palace. they will all line up in the garden and they will give an honor salute to their commander-in-chief, who is the king. so for the military, this is a massive moment behind the palace coming up. at least a thousand or 2,000 soldiers already assembled,