bonfire. one of four and a half thousand that are being lit to mark her jubilee. that will wrap up things for today, but of course, the tomorrow is the big event. the queen and her family will travel in carriages to st. paul s cathedral, where there will be a special service in her honor and then they will return by carriage to buckingham palace and then the big wave on the balcony. for the several hundred people already camping out on the pavement to be sure to have a spot right at the front for that procession. thank you. and thank you for coming out in that weather for us. queen elizabeth s 60-year reign is no small feat. she is not the only royal that has held on to the throne for decades. henry iii starts off. 56 years as king in the 13th century. james vi of scotland. 57 years. george iii, 59 years.
been opened and the royal wedding guests will start to arrive. from the vantage point over here, i can tell you there is no massive throng and thus of people to get in. let me tell you a bit about this magnificent abbey while we wait for, excuse me, the first guests, the abbey was first c s consecrated in 1065. the first monarch to have been crowned here was william the kw conquerer in 1066. we can look at it in being in three phases, the great west door of the abbey and it is through that part that was constructed by henry iii in the middle of the 13th century. that is where the queen, the heads of state, the prime ministers and commonwealth countries, members of the royal family along with prince william and harry will arrive in just 40
no cameras will be allowed there. this is the temple, edward the confessor was king in 1065 and he built he built the original westminster abbey which was completed in 1065. in the 1,200 s, henry iii who was a great admirer of king edward the confessor built the abbey church that we have today. it s the signing of the registers, the way we get married in this kuncountry. after the marriage is done, the register is signed. all eyes, two billion will be watching this but there will be no cameras for that signing. what will we be seeing at that point? i expect, when the order of service for the wedding but i suspect that the choir will sing an anthem. so the cameras will focus on that. i understand that your close friend is actually writing the wedding program. were you able, duncan, to get any more details from your close friend? you can tell us on fox &