hello, i m christian fraser and we are here at buckingham palace on the ease eve of a historical day. in the next few hours, we will talk to artists and historians about what it means for them and the rest of the uk, and of course, those around the world. we ll talk to people who love the monarchy and who does who want to abolish it. right now, the king and queen camilla are hosting a reception at the palace before tomorrow s ceremony. around 100 heads of state will be in london on saturday with representatives from more than 200 countries in attendance. in the last hour, these pictures have been coming into us from westminster abbey. it gives you an idea of how it will look for tomorrow s ceremony. all the chairs arranged, some very ornate chairs, deep reds taking centre stage. the coronation chair in the middle. earlier, king charles, the prince and the princess of wales made a surprise appearance, greeting crowds who were camping out ahead of the coronation. william and ka
as i say, it is much quieter here tonight. when i was speaking to you last night, you would ve seen people milling around outside. but you ll see the victorian monument has been completely locked down. just up there are the plants with the cameras in position for the big day. this grand empathy area where people will be sitting tomorrow, members of the nhs, veterans, charities that have been invited grand amphitheatre. it looked truly fantastic. the mall is dressed in all the hunting and commonwealth flags. wejust all the hunting and commonwealth flags. we just talked about those who don t like royalty, let s talk to someone who most definitely does like royalty. we got with us someone who knows the king very well. he has been to a coronation party this week with the king. and he is from
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