ceremony at westminster abbey and what we are seeing here, this coach has been used in every coronation since william iv. we are hearing reports that actually the prince of wales because my three children are going tojoin this because my three children are going to join this procession with their parents in encourage behind what you re seeing that gold state coach. you might wonder where this is taking place, this is central london in the middle of the night, we are seeing the military parading through these quiet streets of central london, these are taking place in the early hours of tuesday morning. the reason for that is because this is an area that is heavily trafficked, there is a lot of people moving around and they had to be able to make sure they could practice this massive coronation ceremony and this parade that will happen, so the rehearsal you are seeing here is part of the path back after the coronation ceremony so charles and queen consort camilla will make thei
the king will be wearing various different garments over the course of the coronation and of course there is a moment during the coronation when he is behind a screen where he has anointed on his breast on his forehead and on his torso. so those elements, he s going to go through many different addresses but he will in fact be wearing the naval uniform for this and of course as we know he was a serving officer in the royal navy in his younger years. richard, following younger years. richard, following up younger years. richard, following up on - younger years. richard, following up on that, i younger years. richard, i following up on that, how younger years. richard, - following up on that, how do you think the king is preparing for this big coronation ceremony on saturday? let s ho -e ceremony on saturday? let s hope he s ceremony on saturday? let s hope he s having ceremony on saturday? let s hope he s having some - hope he s having some rehearsals as well because there has b
indigenous governor generals. so it speaks to the diversity of the ceremony, have never even contemplated something like that in 1953. now it is an essential part, certainly for canadians, that the indigenous question be part of the ceremony. question be part of the ceremon . ., ceremony. something that buckingham ceremony. something that buckingham palace - ceremony. something that buckingham palace has. ceremony. something that i buckingham palace has really underlined heading into the ceremony. arianne, there has also been a lot of questions about why a monarchy is still relevant. what do you make of the discussion we ve seen in the discussion we ve seen in the lead up to this coronation? has ever seen before, i think that has ever seen before, i think that coronation is at this not just that coronation is at this not just for that coronation is at this not just for the monarch to set the tone just for the monarch to set the tone for just for the monarch to set the tone for
these things would have been unthinkable in 1953 but it is a smaller ceremony. that said, every inch of it is going to be televised on every platform, every social and digital media platform and of course in 1953, people barely had television. in canada the film was flown across the atlantic by fighter jets so that could but canadians could see it in the evening and it was a startling thing to be able to see a ceremony like this. now people will be watching as we go. so the audience is in a way less important but it would be compositionally quite different and as we said before, much more diverse, it will look much more diverse, it will look much more like the united kingdom of the present era and less like a museum piece. museum piece. ariane, ust in the time before i museum piece. ariane, ust in the time before we h museum piece. ariane, ust in the time before we go, h museum piece. ariane, just in the time before we go, we - museum piece. ariane, just in i the time before we
and state, will that help him or will it hinder him? is this seen as an outdated overtly religious ceremony which may not play a parts of the commonwealth, where anglicanism is not as common? in canada 45% of there is roman catholic. so there are some big issues around these things and how this plays out is really going to be something. the commonwealth plays a role in the ceremony this week, in some ways it is not as great a role as it played in 1953 but there were only eight commonwealth countries in 1953. there are 56 now. one of the striking moments i think what certainly will be taken note of in canada is the participation of indigenous peoples from canada. our governor general is 0ur governor general is presently indigenous and she will be one of the first people who greets the new king after the ceremony, the end of the ceremony along with two other