this is something that s completely personal. i mean, the pageantry shows who they are, but this shows what they re like. and i think the music and the flowers show that they re. .. what lovely people they are. even the chairs being prepared for the service reflect that sense of sustainability, restored and adapted by specialist craftspeople. and they sit in the heart of westminster abbey. in 1953, the abbey was closed forfive months to prepare for the coronation. this time, they ve had to do it amidst much of their normal services. the abbey s been a hive of activity for two weeks. there s an awful lot of work that has to be done that nobody sees. the place has been cleaned. it s been re gilded.
now, the focus, as the king draws up in front of westminster abbey, all upon him. moving the carriagejust back a few feet so that he can get out of it at exactly the right spot. yes, there is, now, the king s moment. yes, there is, now, the king s moment- yes, there is, now, the king s moment. ., ., , ., ., moment. with all of the preparation that ou moment. with all of the preparation that you do. moment. with all of the preparation that you do. it s moment. with all of the preparation that you do, it s always moment. with all of the preparation that you do, it s always different - that you do, it s always different on the that you do, it s always different on the day that you do, it s always different on the day and that is exactly what it was on the day and that is exactly what it was like on the day and that is exactly what it was like just now outside the abbey. it was like just now outside the abbey, because the choreography was slightly abbey, because the choreog
for the amazing that we are here, singing for the coronation. the king s i run through through every detail, the seasonal flowers and foliage going into the abbey have his seal of approval. both he and the queen love the gardens, they know what they like, the arrangements are all sustainable, made without a single used plastics or floral foam. made without a single used plastics orfloralfoam. mr; made without a single used plastics or floral foam. or floral foam. my approach was completely or floral foam. my approach was completely that or floral foam. my approach was completely that it or floral foam. my approach was completely that it should - or floral foam. my approach was completely that it should be - completely that it should be personal to the king and queen and their passion is nature and the garden. so my approach was that everything should come from the garden, from the soil of the kingdom. the four corners, if you like, the four nations. it is something for the kin
the gold state coach is manoeuvred into place at the abbey s west door for the journey back to buckingham palace. those who were there will remember, the power of the service will stay with them. it the power of the service will stay with them- the power of the service will stay with them. . , , ., , with them. it was unbelievable, it was surreal. with them. it was unbelievable, it was surreal, obviously with them. it was unbelievable, it was surreal, obviously it - with them. it was unbelievable, it was surreal, obviously it was - with them. it was unbelievable, it was surreal, obviously it was such with them. it was unbelievable, it i was surreal, obviously it was such a monumental moment in history and you cannot understand how, like, honoured i am to be involved in such
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