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
and the blues and royals are the two senior divisions. we are equally glancing into the carriage to see what charles is wearing under the robe. a uniform we ve been told. they will be numerous changes of clothing through the various different parts of the service. anderson, this is, in some shape or form, what we re seeing so far has been put together on previous occasions. what we will see afterwards, they long great procession from the abbey back to buckingham palace a head of the balcony. that is something that we won t want to miss. that is to your point and your
this, i believe is the coach. this is the one that is out and about. they re keeping with today is that we re looking back at moments of the history of the past. what i was told, charles when he started thinking about today s service, he went right back to king edgar s coronation in bath in 1973. you covered that as well. it is that steeped in tradition. he has tried to modernize it as well. this is the diamond jubilee state coach entering buckingham palace right now. this is the coach he will take to the abbey. it s a much smaller procession on the way to the abbey, than the one that we see on the way back which will be absolutely enormous. it shows that he is more humble on his way to the. abby here also saying that, in terms of profession, there
charles the third. let s not forget that the british monarchy has had it interruptions, shall we speak, king charles the first spent a lot of time in direct conflict with his parliament. it eventually ended up in civil war. this is like in 16 49. he was beheaded. there was a long interregnum and then king charles and second came back in around 16 60. that is how the monarchy fell and then was rehabilitated afterwards. which is watching this with us as well, richard, none of us here has seen this before. no, for good reason obviously. what you re looking at now, of course, is the diamond coach making its way towards the abbey. it is flanked by the sovereigns escort and the soldiers of the army. the household cavalry.
westminster abbey. that of course is just because this event has been so meticulously planned, with hers hurls day and night for many weeks now. we ve already seen some dignitaries and vips entered to the abbey. first, joe biden with her granddaughter, dressed in the colors of ukraine, blue and yellow, with ellen s alencia, again just underscoring the international significance of an event like this. we ve also seen celebrities arriving, such as katy perry, who will be performing at the coronation concert tomorrow. also, some more controversial invitations, such as the vice president of china hangs then. over 90 heads of states, representatives of over 200 countries. it is really a unprecedented collection of individuals and underscores the soft power and diplomatic import of an event like this. we are also hoping to see, in