from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, i am alex witt. welcome to our special coverage of the coronation of britain s king charles. this is london live, you are about to see it is under light rain, it is ten a.m. british summertime. over the next five hours we will step into instant history. the scenes that we watch together will be in high definition, but centuries old. ancient ritual, but contemporary in immediate s spectacle. tradition in scope and afield but accented in modern controversy and attended by a worldwide audience, many of whom will view in fascination. others, disdain. we will try to provide a spectrum of motion and analysis in that perspective as the events unfold. happening right now, heads of state, government officials, and other dignitaries arriving at westminster abbey in anticipation of a ceremony steeped in 1000 years of tradition. the last coronation was 1953 when then 25 year old elizabeth the second was crowned queen as the four year old so
them. and you wonder whether that is the way that king charles is going to take the house of windsor, if he s going to start looking a lot like those more low-key, less grand, less of what we are seeing right now. less aloof, more accessible. is that where he is going to take the british monarchy? i know you have written about that, and certain lessons that king charles can learn from different royal families in europe. but, as i turn to you suzannah, as we were watching harriet walk-in, kathy uses the word sadness, he said he looks lonely. he did look rather alone, didn t he as he was approaching and walking up that while. kathy s right to point out that the last time he did that was at the funeral of his grandmother and that has got to be coming back to him. he does not come back to the uk regularly because he does not have a police protection for various reasons. and so this is going to be a