philanthropic aspects of our society. everyone we saw up there is a working royal fulfilling a job. society. everyone we saw up there is a working royalfulfilling a job. we have heard about republicans getting arrested today and protesting. i think that s rather unfair of them. labour people don t go there to the conservative conservative party conference and spoil it. we are a free country but i think today is a day to celebrate the monarchy. clearly people have strong feelings about the right to protest and if nothing else we are a democracy and the right to protest is part of that. we will come back to that because i want to talk about what was on the balcony, a slimmed down royalty. people have said this is a king in a hurry and he understands the royal family has to modernise and adapt. we saw that with elements of the service and ceremony today but also saw it up there on the balcony. but also saw it up there on the balcon . , , ., . balcony. every member of the royal famil u- ba
nicholas witchell, bbc news. coming out onto the balcony twice, much to the pleasure of the crowds behind us. joining me now is the canadian high commissioner to the uk, ralph goodale who has just come here straight from the service. how was it? spectacular, a fascinating how was it? spectacular, a fascinating connection - how was it? spectacular, a - fascinating connection between history and tradition. and obviously i think a monarch and monarchy trying to modernise and prepare itself for the 21st century. it was a great privilege to be part of it. you were part of 2200. did you have a good view? a good view? yes, the high commissioners, a good view? yes, the high commissioners, prime - a good view? yes, the high - commissioners, prime ministers and governors generalfrom commissioners, prime ministers and governors general from the 14 countries that are realms of his majesty were positioned just to the right of the area where the thrones were, directly behind the royal
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since the early 18th century. prince william also made a pledge of loyalty to king charles, before members of the congregation were invited to offer their own support. thousands of people lined the streets to see the king and queen as they returned to buckingham palace in the gold state coach first used in 1831. the flag waving crowd cheered as the coach drawn by eight horses drove by. they were accompanied by a procession made up of 4,000 military personnel marching in step. a short while afterwards the new king and queen appeared on the balcony of buckingham palace with other members of the royal family although the king s brother the duke of york prince andrew and his son the duke of sussex prince harry were not there. the watching royals were treated to a fly past over the palace which included the iconic red arrows. a huge security operation is in place for the event. several hundred anti monarchy protestors in trafalgar square jeered during the service,