buckingham palace in central london, and the mall is the focal point during royal celebrations. preparation for the event has been a long time in the planning. and people have been camping out for days to get a prime spot to watch the monarch en route to westminster abbey. well, i m here now, i was inside the house and we are the first persons here. i was here on thursday. we came on the 27th with my friend carol. hello. we got here at 4:00 and round about 6:00. it poured down to the heavens, and we had this tarpaulin and we put that up. it s been miserable and cold and it s horrible. of course, it s our first coronation and we re so excited because a lot don t see a coronation in a lifetime. a front row seat at the parade will guarantee good views of this gleaming treasure. this coach will bring charles and camilla from the palace to westminster abbey. well, it s the first time that this carriage has been used at a coronation. it was delivered to queen elizabeth, the second
hello there. the coronation is almost here and the heavy showers that we had on friday, those have been fading away. we had some late in the day lovely rainbows but earlier on, there was a lot of thunder and lightning. those have pushed clear but we need to look to the south now, into the english channel. this is where our weather is now coming from, the cloud thickening up and these weather fronts will bring some rain. so, this is the forecast for the coronation in central london. looks cloudy, there ll be some rain from time to time. temperatures are not going to be as high as the 20 degrees that we had on friday. we start with ten degrees in london first thing on saturday, seven or eight further north, just one of two showers left over here but we ve got this patchy rain here developing in southern england, moving steadily northwards into wales, the midlands, eventually into east anglia and lincolnshire.
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the stone has been described rather worryingly as the soul of scotland, and nobody wants to drop that in the floor. so yes, there s been quite a lot of pressure. dumfries house near cumnock in east ayrshire has a long association with charles. while prince of wales he restored it and made the base for his charity, the prince s foundation. many of the staff here know him and organised a tea dance celebration featuring that other king, elvis. he s a really genuine man. he knows everybody s names. dumfries house is the second biggest employer in this area. enthusiasm for the monarchy is lukewarm in many parts of scotland and recent polling suggests scots are divided on its future. so i don t think the pomp and ceremony is needed, especially when we re