welcome to bbc news. here in the uk, preparations are well under way for the coronation of king charles iii this weekend. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line the route. it s only a shortjourney, but people are already camping out to get the best viewpoints. a royal correspondent tells us more. the route would be a familiar one, past some of london s most famous landmarks. and for the king and queen consort, the most significant 1.3 miles they will ever travel. along the way, flags have been raised and finishing touches added for a ceremonial event not seen in this country for seven decades on saturday morning for thousand specially invited people seated here will get the first glimpse of the queen and king as they depart buckingham polish through the centre gates at 1020. the couple will travel in the diamond jubilee state coach. electric windows, air conditioning, and hydraulic stabilisers should make for a bump free, comfyjourney. there will be space for te
sarah pointed out there, it s a case of the early bird catches the best viewpoint. 0ur correspondent has been speaking to some of the very early arrivals there. we are around halfway down the miles so hundreds of times here now. it is thursday early evening here in london, so the ceremony itself doesn t happen until saturday morning. so there will definitely be a lot of time to go, but people are determined to be here. let s have a quick group. mandy, when you come from s why have you come so early, mandy? well, if you re going to do it, you might as well get a good place. yeah, yeah. now it s beautiful at the moment, isn t it? the sun is shining. the forecast is horrible. yes, we re going to get wet. we re definitely going to get. are you prepared? have you got a tent? oh, no, we don t do tents. we re hardcore royalists. yes.
welcome to bbc news. here in the uk, preparations are well under way for the coronation of king charles iii this weekend. hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line the route. it s only a shortjourney, but people are already camping out to get the best viewpoints. a royal correspondent tells us more. the route would be a familiar one, past some of london s most famous landmarks. and for the king and queen consort, the most significant 1.3 miles they will ever travel. along the way, flags have been raised and finishing touches added for a ceremonial event not seen in this country for seven decades on
this is bbc news. the headlines. with just two days to go into the coronation, preparations go ahead, and the prince and princess of wales drop into a london pub for a pint. we are going to take a look at the root of the procession to and from westminster abbey where people are already camping out. and a new alzheimer s drug has been shown to slow the deceits by about one third. also, the most difficult year of his career. the billionaire sir richard branson tells the bbc he thought he was going to lose his entire empire during the pandemic. hello there and
a bit, so 16 degrees for the coronation in london, the same as the temperature in glasgow. that wetter weather that does develop moves away after dark out into the north sea, and then we await the arrival of this wet weather coming in for monday. but for sunday, looks like it will be a drier day. maybe not completely dry, could be a few showers, more especially for the northern half of the uk, but there will be some sunshine around as well. it may be a warmer day, too, with those temperatures probably reaching 19 or even 20 degrees across the midlands and the south east of england before we see wetter weather overnight into monday.