to protect the guests going in. some countries, rain on a day like this is good luck. absolutely. and previous coronations were actually raining. it s another typical day in london. more of that rain pushing in. we can expect heavier rain within the hour. unfortunately as we inch closer to the coronation celebrations. 1:00, saturday afternoon, bringing in heavier, steadier rain, maybe a rumble of thunder. most of that rain moves through sunday morning. the next cold front, monday morning, 3:00, 4:00, 5:00. by tuesday, things settle back a bit. 25 to 50 millimeters of rain expected. scattered showers hit or miss. the umbrella needed as the temperatures will climb into the
underplayed. they ve done lots of rehearsals. there s a very tricky corner we should all watch out for, from the mall to whitehall and back again, which is very hard, i m told, for carriages and horses. they have rehearsed in the dead of night. i think they re ready, but my goodness, it s going to be a show. indeed. a day of spectacular pageantry, as we re seeing some of the photos coming in and videos coming in, of course, as the sun rises over london, anna. this was the first train. how many more trains are we expecting here? reporter: i think it s nine trains in total. they must be absolutely rammed given there are going to be 5,000 soldiers arriving on them. from all sorts of regiments. so many of these regiments have a personal connection with the king, so they all very much want to be involved. i m really looking forward to it. i m sorry there wasn t a train arriving just as we were talking but we ll do one then. thanks very much, appreciate
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right around the world. live in london just hours away from witnessing history as king charles iii is formally crowned. and i m michael holmes at cnn headquarters in atlanta. i ll have the day s other news, including a new push for peace in sudan. it s all ahead on this special edition of cnn newsroom. it is coronation day here in the uk. it is 6:00 a.m. in the morning. a ceremony that will see, of course, king charles iii crowned just five hours away. crowds have been gathering for days now to take out a spot to view the processions from westminster abbey. you can see the crowds already starting to gather. i got on the underground, the tube this morning, that was quite busy already. people draped union jacks with flags, some carrying ladders to get a view of the procession. on friday, if you remember, charles greeted well-wishers, a
there waiting for that moment. do you know where you ll be sitting? i don t. you don t know. you ll be told as you get there? yeah. this is going to be quite an occasion. you definitely are very dapper. thank you. congratulations. thank you so much. thank you for all your work for the community. really appreciate it, rhys. thank you for having me. still ahead this hour, thunderstorms, apparently, could literally rain on the king s parade. we ll have the forecast in london as the coronation is set to begin. at the moment, it looks relatively okay, but who knows? portions of former u.s. president donald trump s video deposition have been made public in e. gene carroll s civil lawsuit against him. what will you do? will you make something better? create something new? our dell technologies advisors can provide you with the tools anand expertise you need