good evening, welcome to the programme. we are at buckingham palace tonight, ahead of the big event on saturday the coronation of king charles iii and queen camilla. we have a packed programme for you tonight, we will be looking ahead to this most ancient of ceremonies at westminster abbey, in the company of two people who were there in 1953, in fact one of our guests, even sang at the christening of the king in 1948. we have tv royalty on hand, as well, where katty kay is standing by for us. leaving nothing to chance on an occasion like this. we will talk about what the coronation is, what is isn t, the role the king has played in the preparations, and how the people, the commonwealth, and the different faiths will be included. and at 9pm, the royal watchers will be here robert hardman and christine ross joining us. both of them are taking part in the bbc s coverage. but let us begin with what the royals have been doing today. the king is in residence here at buckingham
so much time in the building behind us, in the royal household, this is an historic occasion. what will the mood be like amongst the royal staff right now? mood be like amongst the royal staff riaht now? ~ , mood be like amongst the royal staff riaht now? ~ , ., ., right now? well it s a long time since there s right now? well it s a long time since there s been right now? well it s a long time since there s been a right now? well it s a long time | since there s been a coronation, right now? well it s a long time i since there s been a coronation, at with the exceptionally long reign of the queen. so in that sense i think it s a very important moment, this huge ceremony that s taken place for over 1000 years and represents continuity over that whole time, except for the time of the civil war. so this ancient ceremony somehow being performed in the 21st century with the background that has like that is something very exciting for people, and i think a combination of history, p
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good evening, welcome to the programme. we are at buckingham palace tonight, ahead of the big event on saturday the coronation of king charles iii and queen camilla. we have a packed programme for you tonight, we will be looking ahead to this most ancient of ceremonies at westminster abbey, in the company of two people who were there in 1953, in fact one of our guests, even sang at the christening of the king in 1948. we have tv royalty on hand, as well, where katty kay is standing by for us. leaving nothing to chance on an occasion like this. we will talk about what the coronation is, what is isn t, the role the king has played in the preparations, and how the people, the commonwealth, and the different faiths will be included. and at 9pm, the royal watchers will be here robert hardman and christine ross
driver, and he had horses from his estate in driver, and he had horses from his estate. in the morning of the coronation, they set out, and as they coronation, they set out, and as they got coronation, they set out, and as they got to coronation, they set out, and as they got to the top of st james street, they got to the top of st james street, they met the earl who decided street, they met the earl who decided to come in his coach too, so they all decided to come in his coach too, so they all went decided to come in his coach too, so they all went down st. james is street they all went down st. james is street side by side, which he said was steeper than it looks. then the duke s was steeper than it looks. then the duke s driver got lost, he didn t know duke s driver got lost, he didn t know london at all, and the dude couldn t know london at all, and the dude couldn t talk to him because he was up couldn t talk to him because he was up on couldn t talk to him becau