of the event today, and as you can see to just approaching buckingham palace there. earlier king charles iii, who was taking part in his first trooping the colour as modern, was part of the military spectacle that marks his birthday, and he was riding on horseback earlier, and inspected the tubes at horse guards. inspected the troops. as you can see he is acknowledging the colour as it passes, as the parade passes him, and the event is going to be culminating very soon in a fly past over buckingham palace. the royal family is expected to turn out on the balcony there to watch from there, it is around that time that there, it is around that time that the crowds, huge crowds who are watching, will push forward down the mall to surround buckingham palace as the royal family appears on the balcony and watch the fly past. the fly past will include the red arrows, 70 aircraft and total flying through the skies, aircraft from the royal navy, british army and the royal navy, briti
across three days in may, the nation celebrated the newly crowned king and queen. at a star studded concert, a poignant tribute from prince william. as my grandmother said when she was crowned, coronations are a declaration of our hopes for the future. and i know she s up there fondly keeping an eye on us. and she ll be a very proud mother. cheering. also this year, prince harry reveals family secrets in his bestselling memoir and in evidence as he takes on the british press. and digging deep on his first official royal engagement, five year old prince louis. crowd: god save the king! god save the king! may 6th, 2023. the national anthem plays. light rain fell as king charles and camilla, queen consort, made their way to westminster abbey for the first coronation in 70 years. # i was glad.# prime ministers, presidents, foreign kings and queens, as well as community and charity representatives, joined the king s own family in a ritual dating back 1,000 years. your majesty, as
it is the biggest military ceremonial event seen in this country for seven decades. says the coronation of queen elizabeth ii in 1953. tens of thousands of people will line the processional breaks, and tens of millions will watch around the globe. so, the pressure to make sure no fit or hoof is out of place is huge. just a line of breaking news to bring you, this related to buckingham palace, police there say they have arrested a man outside the palace. it is early tuesday night. hours before the rehearsal is due to kick off. right in front of buckingham palace, a reminder of the important role the security services will play, making sure everything goes to plan. a man is detained by police after suspected shot gun cartridges were thrown into the palace grounds. cordons were put up in the area and a precautionary controlled explosion carried out. it is being treated, according to the met police, as an isolated mental health incident. once the security incident concludes, the
the united kingdom of great britain the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland? i solemnly promise so to do. she was anointed, blessed and consecrated. choir sings zadok the priest by handel she took possession of a 1,200 year old throne. she knew that it was a role from which only death could release her and yet, when she was born, no one had thought that it would be her destiny. elizabeth alexandra mary windsor was born on 21 april, 1926. she was the first child of the then king s second son, the duke of york. she cried at her christening perhaps the only time in her life that she made a public scene. she was a happy child with occasionally a child of make sense of mystery. mischief. this was the young princess elizabeth at the age of four and three quarters, visiting a photographic studio in london. her life then was comparatively carefree. a politician called winston churchill noted she had an air of authority that was astonishing in an infant. fate pro