the coronation was over, king charles and queen camilla made their way out of westminster abbey. waiting in the rain, the gold state coach. and the parade of more than 4000 members of the armed services which stepped off for buckingham palace. prince george had rejoined his brother and sister after his pageboy duties, the family making their way to the palace past the waiting crowds. and onto the palace balcony for the first time as king came charles iii with queen camilla, joined by the pages and working members of the royal family. through the clouds came the red arrows in a curtailed coronation fly past. finally, on the balcony, it was just the king and queen. charles, now a crowned monarch, committed to serve his people. nicholas witchell, bbc news. live from london. this is bbc news. with continuing coverage of the coronation of their majesties king charles and queen camilla. despite the rain, huge crowds have come to buckingham palace to greet the royal family. earlier,
despite the rain, huge crowds came to buckingham palace to greet the royal party. a moment in history as the st edward s crown was placed on the king s head by the archbishop of canterbury at westminster abbey. god save the king! god save the kina! camilla was the first queen consort to be crowned since the late queen elizabeth the queen mother in 1937. a personal moment between king and heir william wishes his father good luck with a kiss. i william prince william pledge my loyalty to you and faith and truth i will bear undo you, as your liege man. after the ceremony the royal couple headed back to buckingham palace as the crowds cheered on along the mall. and the weather causes a scaled down flypast, but the red arrows delight the crowds that rain is back at buckingham palace. ~ . ., . that rain is back at buckingham | palace- every that rain is back at buckingham - palace. every now palace. with a vengeance. every now and then we palace. with a vengeance. every now a
And the fire broke out in the early hours of this morning between 12 and one oclock. The first call to the Metropolitan Police was at 1 15am. The blaze, you can see now there are no flames this stage, just smoke, and you can see the damage done to the building. Lets give you a sense from the images last night from the early hours of the morning. You can get a real sense of the scale of the blaze that was engulfing the building. Lets tell you about who is tackling the fire at the moment. Around 200 firefighters, a0 fire engines, and of course London Ambulance has sent a number of vehicles and medical staff to the scene. 0ur Correspondent is at the scene this morning. Tell us what you can see. Well, you can see the block is still alight. You can see some flames there. You can see the Fire Brigade Hosing down the lower reaches of the building. But the fire service said that this was a blaze reaching from the second floor right up to the 27th floor. Its been a blaze for five hours now. We