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BELLS PEAL

CLARE BALDING: The bells ring out
and while Huw was guiding us through

this service, this was happening
outside - the rain was falling. But

within the rain we saw the formation
of the largest military procession

in this country for 70 years - over
4,000 personnel from three military

services and the Commonwealth and
marching bands on foot and mounted

will make this a feast for the eyes
and ears. It stretches all the way

to Westminster. It is a magnificent
sight. The Royal British Legion on

the inside around Parliament Square.
And every regiment of the Army

represented. And at the head of this
procession, leading the way, is the

Brigade Major Lieutenant Colonel
James Shaw. His grandfather took

part in Queen Elizabeth's Coronation
in 1953. And the Mounted Band of the

Household Cavalry. Behind them the
King's Troop.

King's Troop. And the band of the
Royal Regiment of Scotland leading

detachments from the realm and
Commonwealth forces and they will be

flanked by 124 flag bearers, we have
the RAF with group Commander Steven

Harrison. We have the Army royal
corps and the Gurkhas. They will all

march off at the same time. They're
waiting for a command from Andrew

Stokes from the Coldstream Guards,
he is one of the leading architects

of this procession and indeed both
processions. He will give a command,

that will be passed to the front and
to every person and they will move

off at the same time and they will
march to the same beat, indeed the

same tune, the first time that has
been attempted. They have been

rehearsing for six weeks to ensure
all the bands are synchronised. To

the back of the procession, you
caught a glimpse of it already the

Gold State Coach. I suspect that
fairy tales were inspired by this

coach. It was first seen in public
in 1762 when George The Third roved

in rode in it to the State Opening
of Parliament.

of Parliament. Brigadier Greville
Bibby is alongside with me. I know

you're anticipating this hugely. It
is an exciting and, I guess

impressive sight? It is. There was
the garrison Sergeant Major, I was

speaking to him yesterday,
confirming how on earth they get

everybody to step off at the same
time. There is a prerecorded message

in the ear of every bass drummer of
every band on parade. There is the

command. It will take a few seconds
for that to filter down. And the

procession will off move off
together.

That is remarkable. The whole parade
started together and you notice that

he paused as it was being counted
down in his ear. The same count down

for all the bass drummers. That is a
remarkable feat. So begins The

Coronation Procession, the route
back from Westminster Abbey to

Buckingham Palace and this is where
the fun begins, because the service

quite rightly is solemn and serious.
It was I think extremely emotional

for those taking part and for most
people watching. But this is almost

a relief. Everything so far has gone
absolutely like clockwork. And that

golden coach, although it has
suspension that may not be the most

The most comfortable ride. It is
gleaming. It has interior of satin

and velvet and the panels are
painted with Roman Gods and

goddesses. Also ensures that the
King and Queen are the driest people

on the parade! That is true. Here we
see the Commonwealth troops and the

flags being carried on the outside
as well. There are eight groups in

total in this Coronation Procession.
The flags being carried from

guardsmen from the household kwigs.
Division. We have the first of the

carriages following and you can see
the Prince and Princess of Wales.

Prince George who, played such a
good role as page Page of Honour.

And Princess Charlotte and Prince
Louis, who was five last month. The

King and Queen. The King wearing his
Imperial State Crown and carrying

the Sceptre with the cross and Orb
and the robe of estates. The Queen

request her newly-made robe of
state. The coach is drawn by eight

Windsor Greys. Among those riding
for the first time Lucinda Parrett,

the first female rider. And Prince
Louis has a good view. Princess

Charlotte waving, she is wearing a
very beautiful dress. It is very

similar in design, almost matching
the one that her mother is wearing.

And right at the front of the
procession, half way

procession, half way down the Mall
already. You see the Drum Horses at

the front, ridden by Corporal of the
horse Richard Brown.

horse Richard Brown. We saw Apollo
trying to misbehave at the

beginning. They did well to control
him. He was being tricky. A very

quick change and leg up for the
Princess Royal, you saw her leaving

Westminster Abbey through a side
door. And in a matter of minutes,

she is now mounted and she is not
far behind her brother the King. She

is Gold Stick in Waiting. The
Colonel of the Blues and Royals. She

is a former Olympian and Open
champion, so she know what is she is

doing. She is riding a horse called
Falkland. There she is. Looking

extremely comfortable. I think the
rain has eased up, you know? Just in

time! She is riding with the other
colonels, with the regiments of the

Footguards. Next to her Lieutenant
General. Further ahead in the

parade, the RAF make a particularly
impressive sight, because of their

white gloves, you see the arms
marching in time. You can feel the

energy coming back to the crowds,
they have been watching the service

on the big screen. But this is what
they have been waiting for. This is

lie they slept overnight to get a
position, so as the procession came

by they would feel it as well as see
it and catch a sight maybe of the

young Princes. And Princess
Charlotte of Princess of Wales

designed by Alexander McQueen.

designed by Alexander McQueen. The
Blues and Royals with their blue

tunics and behind the State Coach
the Life Guards.

the Life Guards. That is their role,
isn't it? The two regiments of

Household Cavalry, to protect the
Monarch? They are the Sovereign's

Escort. When ever the Monarch is on
a ceremonial parade, you will find

the Sovereign's Escort protecting
him. The Gold State Coach also

flanked by watermen, Yeomen, palace
footmen, grooms, all on foot. And 28

representatives from British
Overseas Territories.

And Prince and Princess of Wales
have recently enjoyed a visit to

Wales. They stayed in a B&B and went
with the mountain rescue team to see

their work. The Royal Navy making
the turn in front of the statue of

Charles The First. And through
Admiralty Arch.

They are commanded by Captain Sophie
Shaughnessy, a Royal engineer who

has served in Bosnia and the Gulf,
and this is her last duty,

commanding the Royal Navy at the
Coronation. And the Band of the

Royal Marines with their white
helmets.

And I'm so, I think that royal blue
on the Windsor greys, it is so

striking. There have been various
colours used, silver for the Silver

Jubilee, gold for the Golden
Jubilee. The King picking royal

blue.

Passing the Cenotaph, commemorating
the women of World War II.

And back on the Mall, we can see the
full glory of this enormous

procession. As we have said, the
largest for 70 years, Greville. It

is. It is divided into very distinct
groups. The Brigade Major leading

from the front, and then the Royal
Air Force, closely followed by all

of the regiments from the Royal
Army. The senior Army corps and

behind then the junior Army corps,
and we will see all these different

regiments and units. In the Royal
Navy and the Royal Marines bringing

up the rear, and it is a great
honour for them, as the senior

service, they are the closest to the
Monarch. And behind them, the

Footguards. They are dismounted.

The Gold State Coach making good
progress down Whitehall. We will

pause for the National Anthem.

# Send him victorious

# Happy and glorious

# Long to reign over us

# God save the King

CHEERING

All five regiments of the Footguards
now making that turn, and they will

have to funnel themselves through
those three arches, so quite a feat

of organisation. It certainly is,
and it is going to get even more

challenging when they come to the
gates at Buckingham Palace.

We see there behind the Footguards,
we have a number of different

organisations appearing, the King's
bodyguard and the Yeomen of the

Guard, the Royal Company of Archers.

All five regiments of Footguards
there, the Kings colour ahead of

them, and their regimental
Lieutenant Colonel is on parade. And

today, the dismounted regiments of
the Blues and Royals. The

Commonwealth troops in the overseas
territories.

And it is wonderful to know the
reach that today is having around

the world. 447 representatives of
the Commonwealth Armed Forces, and

of course the King is Head of the
Commonwealth, and very interested to

learn that he has managed to visit
45 of the 56 Commonwealth countries,

which is quite a feat. I think his
first visit was at the age of five.

He went to Malta first of all, only
a year after he attended the Queen's

Coronation, he was on his first
official trip to a Commonwealth

country. You see that grandstand
behind, they have got a lovely view

now. Back with the Prince and the
Princess of Wales, and all the

children at the same school now,
Lambrook School in Windsor, and

Princess it enjoys her gymnastics.
The princes enjoy their sport as

well, and their parents are very
keen for them to have an outdoor

childhood, as normal a childhood as
is possible. And there we find Their

Royal Highnesses the Duke and jet
chess in Edinburgh, with their

children, Lady Louise
Mountbatten-Windsor, and James, Earl

of Wessex. Louise's 19 now, studying
English at St University. She will

be particularly appreciative of the
driving of the carriages, carriage

driving a great love of hers. And in
the final carriage, the Duke and

Duchess of gloss to an Vice Admiral
Sir Timothy Lawrence. -- Duke and

Duchess of Gloucester.

# Long to reign over us

# God save the King

CHEERING

And the King and Queen Camilla have
a chance now to really enjoy the

crowds who have gathered and
acknowledge them as much as

possible. And, having got through...
The Canadian mounted police, the

Mounties have a wonderful
relationship with the crown. They

have over the years gifted many
horses to the late Queen and indeed

to the King, he will ride for the
King's Birthday Parade, the Trooping

the Colour, in future years. So the
Mounties have a very prime position.

And I think all of those horses here
have been gifted to the Royal

Family, so they are being ridden
here, but they now belong to the

Royal Family. What an extraordinary
thing for them to be able to do, to

come over from Canada and ride at
the head of the Royal procession.

The Royal Air Force have reached the
green Victoria Memorial, and I

mentioned this earlier. All of the
marching elements to this will make

their way into the gardens of
Buckingham Palace, and they will

form up there to salute the King.
Because they are ahead of the Gold

State Coach, they haven't had the
chance to see him since he has been

crowned, but they will in the
gardens.

The Massed Bands of the Household
Division. You are making the point

earlier about the importance of
music to both the infantry and

indeed the cavalry, but that beat,
the importance of keeping everybody

on a beat. It is, but also the idea
that the music is a morale booster.

It lifts everybody. So if you were
going into battle, to have music in

front of you is reassuring, and when
the enemy hear that loud beat coming

towards them, it also puts fear into
them, so it plays many different

parts quite apart from the
ceremonial side.

The Prince and Princess of Wales and
Prince Charlotte and Prince George

and Prince Louis enjoying their
ride. Muller I was going to say

earlier, I think they might compete
for best show and tell at school,

don't you think? I have to say, if
we were awarding medals, medals to

all the pages. Penny Morduant, Lord
of the Privy Council,. The ensigns

carrying the colours, they will be
heavy with the rain. But she was

holding that ceremonial sword. There
you have the Gurkhas. The much loved

Gurkhas from Nepal. And you see
there the flags of the Commonwealth

nations. Saint and

Nevis on the left there. And the
Princess of Wales looking absolutely

beautiful. The Prince of Wales is
wearing underneath those robes the

uniform of the Welsh Guards. He is
there colonel. And of course the

Princess of Wales as the Colonel of
the Irish Guards. Both are wearing

formal robes and

mantles. And here we have the
infantry, the red berries in the

middle which connect to the King. He
was the first heir to the throne to

get his parachute wings, jumping out
of an aeroplane. He did it in total

seven times. He said, if I'm going
to be there colonel, I need to jump

out of aeroplanes.
And back with the Gold State Coach.

And honestly, I think it is
brightening all the time. Certainly

that gold looks to be gleaming
evermore.

Representatives of the realms and
dependent territories of Great

Britain either side, it is a great
honour for them.

I was listening to Sir David
Attenborough yesterday evening

talking about the importance of the
Queen's Coronation 70 years ago in

terms of the history of television,
and you look at all the personal

filming that is going on, and think
what this represents in terms of

footage taken, individual footage
taken. It must be covered by more

cameras, if you see what I mean,
official cameras and personal

cameras, than any event ever.

So, that grandstand on the left is
where we have members of the NHS,

care workers, veterans and those
representing various charities. Good

move there from the Royal Navy. This
is the manoeuvre I was talking about

earlier. You can see the gate top
right where they are all going

through, and this is a new military
manoeuvre which has been designed

specifically for this parade to
reduce the flanking, turning a

frontage of 12 into a frontage of
six. So it is halving its self? Yes,

and the Navy executed that
perfectly. You can see the street

line is there, still standing there.
They have been there since nine

o'clock this morning, the Coldstream
Guards saluting the Royal Family.

And I wanted to ask you about the
five pace gap of the street line is.

How is that measured? You can see
the garrison Sergeant Major in the

background, carrying the stick, and
that is called a pace stick, and it

is when it is opened, it is a 30
inch pace, and they use it to get

the five paces that they need
between each street liner. There was

a pace stick World Championships,
did you know that? I didn't. Held in

Sandhurst every year.

Prince Louis is enjoying this, I
think! He is only a year older than

the King was when he attended the
Queen's Coronation. But all of them

will remember this. They are old
enough to remember it, and anybody

here today. It is a day they will
never forget.

You can see the Life Guards there
and the Blues and Royals either side

of the Stagecoach. The Duke and
Duchess of Edinburgh, the Duke is

patron of many charities including
the National youth Theatre, the

British Paralympic Association, the
sport and recreation alliance as

well. You can see the movement of
the Gold State Coach, and the reason

why they didn't want to have it on
the way to Westminster Abbey, I

think it would make you feel quite
seasick. It has been compared by

those who have written in it is like
riding on rough seas.

Just to say on iPlayer you can if
you wish select uninterrupted

commentary-free coverage, or if you
require more detail we have a signed

version on BBC Two and the full
coverage on iPlayer available

immediately and highlights tonight.

You see the back of the procession,
the front of it already has reached

the Gardens of Buckingham Palace.
The back of it now into its last

section down the Mall, colours being
lowered. As the State Coach goes by.

The soldiers will use their rifles
to salute. The young officers

carrying the colours will lower the
colours. It is difficult when it is

wet, because they will be three
times the weight. King Charles III

is the commander-in-chief of the
Armed Forces, that role he inherited

on the death of Queen Elizabeth. He
is field Marshall, Admiral of the

Fleet and Marshall of the RAF. And
Captain general of the Royal

Marines.

You can see bottom left, the colour,
down saluting, as the King goes by.

Talking of colours and flags, some
of the horsemen have been heroic,

I'm sure the viewers have spotted a
number of horses who have clearly

been spooked by the waving flags and
cheering crowds. That is a hazard of

ceremonial duty, but it is amazing
the way they manage to control their

horses in such circumstances.
Particularly the musicians. They

don't necessarily have hands on the
reins.

You see Her Royal Highness the
Princess Royal, back right of the

Gold State Coach, so relaxed in the
saddle. It is not easy, the point

is, it is not easy riding, but
riding in uniform, in boots that

have no grip, that are stiff, that
makes it harder. They have also got

spurs on as well, which are quite
sharp. And should they inadvertently

allow a spur to wander into the side
of a horse. It will take off! Not

ideal!

The Prince and Princess of Wales
have been on a trip to Wales, they

want to reinforce that link with
Wales as a country, with

Welsh-produced goods and form an
even deeper bond. There is the Guard

of Honour again. You see the
standard of the Coldstream Guards.

Only ever carried in the presence of
the Monarch. One of two colours.

There is the Louis! He has done so
well.

The escort pulls off to left. I
don't think they will be going into

the gardens. I'm sure the gardeners
wouldn't be happy if those horses a

s appeared on their lawn. As the
Gold State Coach disappears, we have

one last look at Prince Louis there
and the Prince and Princess of Wales

and Prince George and Princess
Charlotte. We will next see all

those involved marching on
procession, formed up in the

gardens. Behind the Palace. And the
chance to personally salute the King

and Queen. And that is was
impressive in scale and execution

and accuracy and uplifting. So
uplifting. And so unique to get

representatives from across all the
Armed Forces on parade at the same

time together to celebrate the new
Monarch. And credit to those who

planned it and the work that's gone
in rehearsing, some of the

rehearsals through the middle of the
night. Indeed and we expect our

ceremonial troops and others to do a
good job, that is what we have come

to expect, but so many of the
personnel on parade today, it is not

what they do every day. They come
off their ships, come from their air

bases and their regimental barracks
all over the country and indeed the

world to perform today. You can see
the colours of regiments

represented, colours and standard,
around the Queen Victoria memorial.

A wonderful sight, hugely enjoyed by
those present and those watching and

one last duty for those military
personnel to perform.

personnel to perform. KIRSTY YOUNG:
Thank you.

To share their thoughts on this
extraordinary day are historian

and broadcaster David Olusoga and
Daily Mail writer Robert Hardman.

What a spectacle? What is your
reactionsome To have seen, that

medieval sight of a King in his
shirt kneeling before the altar,

Zadok builds to the crescendo and
the crowning moment, timeless. The

fabulous parade that has come
through the streets here, the

biggest parade since 1953. So much
tradition, but so many modernizing

touches. So many elements of that
Coronation, seeing the number of

women processing, key roles, Penny
Mordaunt, one of the great officers

of state, right at the front, female
Bishops. It is a very 21st Century

Coronation. It has not changed much
since the Old Testament. David to

inside the Abbey. What were you
thinking? As Robert said, this is an

ancient and medieval tradition, to
see things that almost nobody has

seen. To have adult memories of last
Coronation, you've to be in your

90s. There are around 6,000 people.
More than 99% have never witnessed

that. A tradition that has lain
dormant can be revived and see in

all its complexity, it is quite
remarkable. Looking at the face of

the King, there fs a moment when we
looked at each other, the moment

when the Princess of Wales pledged
his allegiance and oath to his

father and kissed him on the cheek,
that is the moment I felt our King

looked most pregnant with emotion?
It incredibly touching for him and

almost a reminder of the moment at
the Queen's Coronation in 1953, the

ceremony cracks when Prince Philip
gave her a kiss and it is a moment

when family breaks there s through
the tradition. That was a very

poignant seen. And Queen Camilla, I
didn't have time to ask you before

the service about Queen Consort
versus Queen Camilla, it is correct

to use either or both, but now seems
the time when the Palace and the

nation feels comfortable with the
Queen Camilla. That is one of the

changes we have seen, before now
Queen Consort was the official term

that people used and people didn't
want to confuse the Queen, Queen

Camilla, with the late Queen, the
same way Queen Elizabeth became the

Queen mother. You go through that
order of service, you won't find the

word consort at all. It is Queen
Camilla from beginning to end.

Inside the Palace, they sometimes
refer to TQC, the Queen Consort,

they can do the Queen Camilla. That
was the moment. She is in Latin. It

is in the order of service. David
Olusoga, the parade, that contrast,

you know there was solemnity and
then the drums, they beat and we all

raised ourselves up for that, even
through the rain, very colourful and

vibrant and it continues, this
wonderful parade? If the ceremony

took us back to the 11th century and
Westminster Abbey becoming the site

of Coronation, this is very
different to 1953, the scale is

reduced and in some ways that is a
good thing. All this colour and this

other tradition has been marshalled
so quickly is amazing. What about

this Royal Salute, we are about to
see, there is something again that

none of us have seen, it is one of
those days in the back garden of

Buckingham Palace, what is it about?
In a way it is recognising the

effort the Armed Forces have put in.
They have been rehearsing sometimes

through the middle of night, in the
pouring rain, they're proud to come

and absolute their
commander-in-chief. But if you're on

parade, the one thing you almost
never see is the commander-in-chief,

because you have to march in front
of him. It was an idea of the old

Marshall and the King that everyone
who takes part should be given the

opportunity to salute their
commander-in-chief at the end. The

idea is march them through to the
guarden, I'm sorry for the gardener,

he has a garden party next Tuesday
as well. It gets worse. They will

march through and clearly the horses
are staying, they have a different

route, that would have been too much
for the gardener. They will line up

on the lawn, the largest lawn in
London and face their King and now

he is getting out of Gold State
Coach, and heaving mostly a sigh of

relief. He is walking from the east
side, through to the west front, out

on to the terrace and there he will
take the salute of his troops. I

think he will be very grateful to
them and they will be pleased to see

him. Let's join Clare again. She is
ready to tell us the scene that is

being set in the garden of
Buckingham Palace. CLARE BALDING:

Thank you. The King's Troop going
through and they play such an

important role. We mentioned we
don't think the horses will be

making their way on to the lawns,
but a rare opportunity to see the

gardens of Buckingham Palace and all
those who were on the foot for the

procession have formed up. They will
be saluting the King. 39 acres in

total, the largest private gardens
in London, over 1,000 trees, 320

plant species. It is here that the
King's love of gardening began, when

the Queen gave him and his sister a
small vegetable plot in the gardens.

And the central feature is the lake.

Created in the 19th century. Today a
self-regulating eco-system, fed from

the Buckingham Palace bore hole. A
wonderful sight?

It is, a wonderful site. 18
different sets of pipes and drums,

all playing.

KIRSTY: What an astonishing and
special site that is. A quite a

remarkable show for the King, the
Queen and the rest of us, hopefully

we should still have a fly-past to
come as well, and whilst that

wonderful military procession was in
full flow,.

Sophie Raworth caught Bishop Guli
and Bishop Rose-Hudson Wilkin

as they left the Abbey
after The Coronation Service.

I am here with two bishops, the
first two of three female bishops

who have ever taken part in a
coronation. What was that a moment

like for you? Inevitably a huge
honour and a privilege, there was so

much innovation in that service as
well as that historic elements, but

for us, a privilege to be among the
first three women bishops, the first

time it has been possible, and a
real joy for us. Excited, surprised

and honoured, deeply honoured to be
part of this historic moment,

once-in-a-lifetime. And the moment
when the screens went around the

King, you were so close to it all.
What was that like? It felt to me

like the most intimate part of the
service. It becomes very private

between the King and God, and then
the beautiful screens, and that

spine chilling moment when Zadok the
Priest begins, and you have a sense

that something is happening, even if
it is the least visible part of the

service, so very special. He emerges
from the screen, undressed almost,

and you think, something is
happening here, something has

happened, and of course Zadok the
Priest for me to, I felt

transported. And Bishop Rose, you
gave Queen Camilla, the consort's

Rod to touch. How does that feel?
How does one from Jamaica come to be

right at the heart of it? It was
such an honour and privilege to be

part of it. It is going to stay with
me forever. And you are both right

there, very much at the heart of it,
making history yourselves. The

atmosphere inside the Abbey, what
was it like? It was joyful, really

joyful, but also the profound and
intimate moments, the deeply sacred

moments. The giving of holy
Communion is at the heart of every

Christian service, it is what we do
all the time. The ceremony, but in a

religious context. Bishop Rose,
Bishop Guli, thank you both very

much, and congratulations on your
role today.

CLARE: Perfect timing, back in the
gardens of the national palace.

Lieutenant Colonel James Coleby will
give the command for the salute, and

then the National Anthem will be led
by Lieutenant Colonel David

Barringer.

We just saw their the retiring
regimental Lieutenant of the Welsh

Guards, he is giving the signal to
Their Royal Highnesses that the

parade are ready to receive them. It
is his last act in uniform.

And we look there at the shot of
those who were on parade, 4000 of

them who played a key role today.
Right at the back, the pipes and

drums, and then the Commonwealth
countries, 33 of them here

representing 56 Nations and realms.
The RAF, we saw 520 of them on

parade today. At every regiment of
the Army represented, the regular

and reserves. The Royal Navy and
Royal Marines, easily spotted by

their white helmets. And the five
regiments that are the troops of the

Royal Household in the front there,
and ahead of them, that whole row as

the colours, all the colours and
standards of those on parade. Just

on the left at the bottom of our
screen other service chiefs, the

heads of all the services.

And right towards the back, you
might catch a sight later, the

mascot of the Irish Guards, Seamus,
the Irish wolfhound. He is the one

dog on parade.
The service chiefs. James Coleby

waiting for them to come. You can
see he has put down his pace stick.

And His Majesty King Charles III
stepping out now on to the West

Terrace of Buckingham Palace.

Queen Camilla following him. And you
see Prince George at the back of the

train, still playing a role as page
of honour.

His Majesty's Armed Forces, Royal
Salute! Present arms!

NATIONAL Anthem PLAYS.

Garrison Sergeant Major Andrew
Stokes now giving the order to

remove caps and call out the three
cheers.

Three cheers for His Majesty The
King and Her Majesty The Queen.

Hip, hip, hooray!

Hip, hip, hooray!

Hip, hip, hooray!

The parade will replace headdress.
Replace.

BAGPIPES PLAY.

And the Massed Pipes & Drums are now
playing a tune called King Charles

III.

I think Andrew Stokes can reflect on
a job well executed there. I have

never heard three cheers resound so
loudly in an open space. I was the

wrong person to ask to commentate on
this. I actually had tears. That was

really amazing. We saw the Yeomen of
the Garda salute in the King as he

went back into Buckingham Palace,
and we will see the King, back in

the palace shortly. -- the Yeomen of
the Guard. And the job that these

4000 have done in the role they have
played is almost complete.

They have now got to pick up their
weapons, but not let their bearskins

fall off. They can't look down. Well
done.

So, overall, what would your
reflections be and what you have

seen of The Coronation Procession?
We have talked about the scale of

the parade, because it is big, it is
the biggest I have seen in my time

serving as you said earlier for 34
years. But I think it is the

delivery of the most extremely
compact military operation, because

that is what it was. It was a
military operation delivered to

perfection, and a wonderful tribute
to our King, and finally, it just

makes you proud to be British. Most
of these service men and women have

been on the go since 3:30am when
they left their bases to take the

train to London, and nearly 11 hours
later they will now disperse. They

will head back by train to those
bases, and they can be very proud of

the part they have played in a
procession that truly was fit for a

King and Queen.

KIRSTY: Robert and David are still
with me. We could hear those cheers

from inside our studio which is on
the other side of the palace wall. I

notice that there

notice that there was sigh from the
King, a sigh of pleasure, of

admiration? That was a very proud
commander-in-chief thinking, we got

here, you know? He has been
following on with these rehearsals

for weeks now, all the preparations
for what is a first. This has not

happened to the Coronation before,
the garden hasn't been used as a

parade ground like that before.
Maybe this is the shape of things to

come. But he loved it. We absolutely
love that. Important to remember too

that King Charles trained as a
military jet pilot, he studied at

the Royal Naval College at
Dartmouth, he is trained

Dartmouth, he is trained to fly
military helicopters. This isn't

just a ceremonial role, he has
worked with these people and he

respects and understands them. Shows
the connection between the monarchy

and the Armed Forces. The ceremony
reminded us of the deepest direct

connections between the monarchy and
the church. The day has been done,

there are lots of questions and
analysis about what this tell us

about Britain and the place of the
monarchy in Britain, the differences

between modern Britain and many of
these institutions. And he had all

his regiments, every part of the
Armed Forces was there in front of

him, we probably won't see anything
quite like that for many years if

indeed again. I think is a
commander-in-chief, that is such a

strong thing. He has as we were
hearing earlier, played such a part.

At university he first learned to
fly, a Chipmunk, he wanted to have a

Welsh instructor because it was
about to be Prince of Wales, but he

got his wings, and then he went into
the Navy, and he got his parachute

badge. There is normally an Equerry
or somebody hanging around, they are

a forces family, the Windsors are
the ultimate forces family. You were

talking there are about a bit of
analysis, and this is probably the

moment for it. Let's do a little bit
of instant analysis. What you have

seen today, what we have all been
reading up about it and we and we

thought we knew what we were going
to see, but given what you have seen

today, right in front of us we have
had the most spectacular view. Does

it feel like the page has been
turned? Does it feel fresh to you,

like a different moment?

It almost makes us more aware of how
ancient and in some ways unlike the

country these traditions are. We are
a very unceremonious people, if you

compare us to people like Spain with
a calendar of Catholic events, or

somewhere like Japan, we have few
ceremonies. But we have this ancient

ceremony, gone on for a thousand
years, that gulf between an

unceremonious and not religious
people, that shows if not a tension,

a contradiction. That is an
interesting point, we can hear, I'm

not sure where the cheers are coming
from, whether they're from the

military, or from the crowds on the
Mall. I think it is the crowds on

the Mall. They're coming from behind
the barriers where they have been

watching the incredible display
before them. Their patience has been

rewarded. And it was of course last
June at the Platinum Jubilee that we

saw scenes like this. We saw 20,000
people stream down the Mall to pay

their respects, to pay their
tributes to Queen Elizabeth who had

been on the throne for 70 years.
Today a different moment, they come

to pay their respects to King
Charles III. First of you, Robert

Hardman, I mean that is quite
something isn't it? It is wonderful.

The last time we saw this when you
and I were here last summer for the

great Platinum Jubilee. But what
this underlines and the flags

underline, we do live in an era of
soft power, of influence and

persuasion and charm, rather than
coercion. What today we have seen is

a lot of this is soft power. You
look at the crowd, they're from all

over the world, these are not by any
means just Brits or just loyal

subjects. People have flown in from
all over, this has been watched over

all the world. The fact you can get
a crowd like this with just a

handful of politicianmen in ordinary
-- policemen marshalling the crowd,

it is all very good natured. And it
goes I think to the fact that it

reminds me actually of the Golden
Jubilee that produced amazing scenes

like this, which were used by the
British Olympic bid to show the

world, we are trying to persuade the
world to give us the Olympics, look

at the party we put on here and it
was scenes like this. They come

around every now and then, out of
nowhere come these fabulous crowds.

And think minute now we will see
what it means to both parties. This

6,000 I think media people here,
representing broadcasters from 22

countries on six continents. This is
a version of Britain and I

appreciate what you say, this is not
something we do often, but people

seem to be interested in it. I think
a spectacle like this is fascinating

to people all around the world. You
can see that by the scale of media

interest. I get worried when people
say it is enhanci Britain's position

in the world. I'm not sure it
performs the soft power that people

suggest, but it is something people
are fascinated by and associate with

prince. -- associate with Britain.
Anita Rani is still there among the

crowds. Manage ANITA RANI: I'm with
Emma May Miller. She first met the

King when you won a young
change-maker award. How was that

experience? I guess life-changing,
being presented with such a big

award with the King giving it to me.
It was surreal and all I did was

cry, because it was shock, how did I
manage to get this, why am I being

recognised. I have no word for it.
It is completely crazy. You met him

again and he remembered you? Yes.
I'm not surprised. You're

involvement with The Prince's Trust,
because were supported by it? So,

January of 2020 I started receiving
support from my youth development

lead Ewan, it was identified that I
was in a bad place, so I did one of

the programmes called Explore, about
finding confidence, learning to be

yourself, building self-resilience.
So... You were a young carer? And

suffered with severe anxiety?
Growing up being a young carer and

struggling with social anxiety
disorder, I was at a point where I

wasn't leaving my room, I wasn't
able to have friends, I had no

hobbies and no life and I was stuck
in my room 24/7. How did The

Prince's Trust change things? It
gave me the realisation that I can

do anything, I just need to push
myself out of my comfort zone a

little. And push myself to just be
me really. Just let my personality

show. How are you now? I'm doing
lots of events, I'm a young

ambassador for Prince's Trust and I
meet a lot of people and get to

enjoy my life. From someone who
couldn't leave their room to being

on national telly! It has been a
pleasure talking to you. Thank you.

KIRSTY YOUNG: I'm joined by Anton du
Beke, a well known face of Deborah

Meaden. What do you make of all
that, Deborah? What a spectacle, I

was worried, because it was raining.
But it hasn't made any difference.

It has made it more British. We are
very good at weather! The last

Coronation, 70 years ago, it was
unseasonalibly cold and wet and we

had this historic rain, Anton I take
it as a good omen. I think so it

turned out well in 1953. It has been
a wonderful day. The moment, I was

watching it, in the car on the way
up, I was watching on the phone, and

the moment where he said, God Save
the King out loud, I had a moment. I

was... I welled up. Out of the blue
like this. Whoa. And it is

incredible. It is interesting to
still feel this way about it. I find

that fascinating. We talked about it
being an ancient tradition, but it

resonates so strongly, certainly
with me. And the pomp and the

ceremony and the Armed Forces and
everybody there, it everybody, the

three cheers, you spoke about
earlier, I find it just... Really

emotional and I love it. Deborah, it
is interesting, because it won't

resonate with everybody, for some
people it is a complete turn off,

for those who it does mine something
to, it gets you right there? Even if

you're not particularly royalist,
the communities and the coming

together of people in the rain, the
camping out for two nights before,

there is something lovely about a
nation coming together and what a

joyous moment to celebrate. Whether
a strong royalist or not. Also at a

time when we have less community,
people are listening to their music,

watching their television
programmes, in a sense where the

community where we can come
together. It is rare. On Monday, one

of the things I wanted to talk about
was The Big Help Out, it is part of

push, we have the bank holiday and
King is interested if people not

just sitting eating, but wants to
emthis go out and cheer -- them go

out and volunteer. It is called The
Big Help Out and we have so far

about 1,200 businesses signed up,
huge organisations to small

organisations. There is a platform
that you can go on to and say that

is what I want to do in my area. You
have charities on the platform, they

can say these are the projects you
can support. It is about getting

people involved, because
volunteering is gooshgsd good. It is

good for the soul and mental health.
Do you think there are a proportion

of people who might want to help,
but don't know where to begin, they

don't know if they would get it
right or if they would enjoy it.

There are bits of resistance in all
of us? I think you're right, but I

think that is why business has had
to get involved. Businesses need to

say, you shouldn't take time off.
Not only that... Will businesses say

that? My businesses are, yes. They
are, because there are 1,200 that

have signed up. And showing people,
go on to this platform, and you can

choose haupt to get involved in,
because the things you love might

not be what I love. It is a
wonderful way of saying, you will

find something that you will care
about. And once I think you start

volunteering and getting involved,
and you feel that difference that

you are taking, that is important to
all of us. A little bit means so

much. You don't have to feel that
you are going to commit swathes of

time to this, you can do a bit, but
it means so much, by doing a bit you

give so much. That is the most
important thing and just getting

started and then you will end up
building on it yourself. Hen you

are, as my granny would say, such a
well kent face, you will get asked

to help out with this and that, you
know, applies to both of you, how do

you choose that to get involved? I'm
happy to do anything. I'm sort of

like that. It is always a time
thing. If I can do it, I'm happy to

do it. That has been my attitude
about the whole thing. Because...

You know a lot of people are
specific about various charities

they are going to be involved in,
which is great, but I think I try

and do what I can. If a little bit,
if I do something and it helps, that

is, that means everything. You know
how many many people are watching.

All the charities. I have no time!
That is the key, I like to... If you

can you will. As my granny said, I
like to spread myself out! Now

partnerships, you know a lot about
partnerships, dance partnerships,

how they work, what of the things we
noticed about the King and Queen

they do a lot of things together.
The chemistry is interesting, what

do you think? It is a lovely
relationship to watch. They are

King, Queen, husband, wife, best
friends and soulmates. They're

interested in each other and what
each other are interested in. It is

just, I think it is a... I think
they're a wonderful couple. I find

them quite romantic. Maybe that is
just me. I think it is a lovely

couple. Can you say that about the
King and Queen? I think you can. I

think they are. If ever two people
were made for each other, it is

those two. Deborah and Anton, thank
you for telling us about The Big

Help Out. It is wonderful to give up
your time. Amazing thing to be here.

I thank you for asking. We can look
at the crowds moving down the Mall.

There are plenty of them. There they
come, coming from we would imagine

not just from the sides of the Mall,
where they have been watching the

parade and the royal carriages go
by. Also from the big parks in

London in St James's

London in St James's Park and Hyde
Park where huge vaccines screens

have been showing the Coronation. --
huge screens have been showing the

Coronation. King and Queen, not the
only ones with crowns today. Looking

magnificent. Enjoying his moment.
That will be posted within seconds I

would say to his many thousands of
followers. We see the huge police

operation that has allowed these,
probably tens of thousands of people

to throng into the Mall. There she
is filming it for years to come. She

will show her children. She will
say, "-I was there!" The scenes are

remarkable. I think the rain has
truly stopped now. Maybe some of the

soggy cagoules are starting to dry
out. We hope in a matter of 15

minutes or so, we shall have the
Royal Family, the King and Queen on

the balcony at Buckingham Palace,
accompanied by other working members

of of the Royal Family. Due to the
weather, the planning was for a

seven minute fly past, but we think
it is more likely to be around two

to three minutes. It is going to be
helicopters and the Royal Air Force

acrobatic team. That is something to
look forward to. They have given us

plenty to look at, not least the
smart outfits and the robes and

uniforms and joining me now is
British designer, Anya Hindmarsh and

India Hicks.

It has been a feast for the senses.
What has caught your eye today? It

has to be the Queen Consort. She
looked spectacular, and I think all

the stories on the meaning behind
her outfit was really moving,

actually. This was a Bruce Oldfield
designed gown, and it was very much

a gown. Would you say there are
rules to be followed when you are

making a gown for something as
significant is this? It is an

historical down, it will be a moment
in history, and so it needs to be

safe, it needs to be comfortable, it
needs to be respectful, and it needs

to be a nod to all the traditions.
It has lovely embroidery

representing the four nations, and
no one better than Bruce, who is a

trusted person to make the gown.
Explain that to me. What does it

take from somebody who can make
something that will work throughout

the day, getting up and down steps
and in and out of carriages, and sit

comfortably and not look trussed up
like a Christmas turkey. What does

it take in skill to make a gang like
that. Comfort matters, and not

creasing, and especially the
weather. But also someone you know,

who you have worked with before,
that is very important on the day.

He has an amazing history, he has
dressed many royals, and is a real

inspiration, having been brought up
in a Barnardos home, so an

inspiration for people who come from
humble beginnings. He has had a long

and very storied career, but this
must be the point at which he says,

I have reached the top, today is a
day to breathe out. He is a

thoroughly nice man. India, what did
you make of the stuff that we saw

today, particularly the Abbey? I
think it was very reassuring,

because there was much discussion
about losing some of our pomp and

circumstance and pageantry, and the
Dukes invited not to wear their

ermine robes, but I think we saw
everything to perfection. Penny

Morduant standing there with that
historic sword, but also her

headpiece, which was made by Jane
Taylor millinery, I wore a hat by

her for the Queen's funeral, so
again it is lovely to see these

British brands coming out. I am
wearing something called Susanna of

London, and the Duchess of Edinburgh
was wearing something made by this

brand, at the Queen's coronation,
everyone was in long, and the

Queen's coronation before that, so
it was lovely to see the Princess of

Wales and the Duchess in long.
Before this, we had locked down,

everybody was in elasticated waist
bands and trainers. What we saw

today is another way of being, that
formality. People more generally are

not required to get this dressed up,
but you think events like today help

to promote that idea that actually
it is terribly nice sometimes to

really make the

really make the effort? Definitely,
Jamie Oliver said early about

minding your peas and queues when
you are around His Majesty. I think

the Princess of Wales gets it right,
she is so beautifully dressed in

often a high-street brand we can all
understand and feel inspired by, and

is attainable, it is a brilliant
balance that we are seeing now, and

yet she looks absolute perfection
every time. Let's talk for a moment

about the Princess of Wales, because
we saw her today wearing these robes

as other immediate female members of
the Royal Family were wearing, but

underneath she was wearing an
Alexander McQueen gown, and I wonder

if on the balcony we might get a
good look at that. I would like to

get a good look at it. Quite a
contemporary trend of her daughter,

Charlotte, aged eight, wearing
precisely the same thing as mum, but

just a child's version. Very much a
mini me, which is important, and the

craftsmanship I think it is
important, we mustn't forget the

craftsmen, they are the heroes, the
embroiderers, the thread, it is

special work that takes many hands
many days. And hats are a complete

nightmare for most of us. If we have
to go to something where we have to

wear a hat, it is often not a great
moment, and we saw today a different

interpretation, not a tiara, not a
hat, but the Princess of Wales was

wearing, it did look elaborate, but
in an entirely appropriate way. What

did you think of it? It is a rather
lovely headpiece by Jess Collett,

initially funded by The Prince's
Trust, so it is a lovely moment. And

I think a nod to a fresh new start
for the monarchy and very much out

of respect for our new King who I
think requested no tiaras and has a

passion for nature and
sustainability, so it was out of

respect to him. And India, what did
you make of the headpieces? I

thought they were stunning, on both
the little princess and her mother.

They were so appropriate, and as
Anya said, beautiful. There was that

moment where the King and Queen got
into the state carriage where you

thought, are they going to lose the
crown? But they did it brilliantly,

they must have had a lot of
practice. Talking about creasing, my

own experience of coming down the
Mall was Princess Diana's wedding

train. And you were a bridesmaid, of
course. You can practice so much, we

had done that in the Abbey, but once
she got into the coach, nobody

anticipated how much material there
was going to be. So when she got out

the other end, it was a nightmare.
You have to anticipate the creases.

You are both very strict, and I like
it. So many rules, so many things to

think about. Thank you for your
expert analysis. Let's find out how

spirits are on the Mall, Anita Rani
is still there. Anita. I think you

said the rain had stopped, but I can
confirm it is still very much

raining down here on the Mall. The
crowds are trickling down, you can

imagine how packed it is at the
front. I am joined by Jan Hugo,

royal memorabilia collector,
possibly one of the biggest royals

fans on the planet, because you have
travelled all the way from

Australia? We did. Has it been worth
the travel? It has been a 30 hour

trip, so I had to weigh it up, but I
think so, yes. And what is it like

being here? Amazing. The atmosphere
is just out of this world. I don't

even know how to describe it. It is
the best thing I have ever done in

my life. And he will have it forever
now. I know, it is a

once-in-a-lifetime experience. Tell
me about your memorabilia

collection. How many have you got?
More than 10,000 now. I gave up

counting. Where do you keep it all?
All through the house. We live in a

museum. What do your kids think?
They think I should be locked up, it

is not normal! And what about your
main pieces, what are your

favourites? There are some beautiful
Queen Elizabeth pieces, treasure now

that she is no longer here. Some
pieces from Diana, lovely pieces

from her. Really old pieces, Queen
Victoria, things way back to George

III, so I cannot pick a favourite,
there are too many. And how much

shopping have you done since you got
here? I bought an empty suitcase

with me, so that is full. I have
sent three boxes home. Three boxes

have been shipped already? Yes, and
the palace has sent a box as well.

How much money have you spent? Too
much! My husband is hiding in the

corner.
Because you have travelled all this

way, I have got something for you.
Nobody can buy this in the shops, so

just for you, another bit of
memorabilia to take away. Thank you

very much, it will go in the
cupboard with all the rest. Thank

you for speaking to us, thank you.
That is my script. I am going to

keep that, thank you so much.
Thank you very much, Anita. We are

expecting the King and Queen on the
balcony of Buckingham Palace, so

let's talk about the fly-past. It is
not an ideal day for it. Tell us the

complications of trying to stage
something that is as important in

terms of people's safety as it is
for the spectacle on a day like

today. As you mentioned, the
original aspiration was to have 68

aircraft, a mixture of World War II
aircraft, helicopters, fast jets,

all flying in different formations,
and that is difficult, it takes a

lot of planning, and it means you
need to make sure that you get all

those aircraft together in a safe
place, which is over the North Sea.

And therefore the plan had been for
all the aircraft to join up into a

long train of the different
formations as we flowed in from over

the sea, to do that you need the
weather, and today that is what has

conspired against us, so we have had
to take a very difficult decision to

remove some of the aircraft from the
fly-past. We will still see that

helicopters and the Red Arrows, but
we haven't been able to deliver as

much as we would like because of the
need to stay safe. That is the most

important thing, of course. I think
it is remarkable given how

unpredictable the weather is that we
are going to see a fly-past at all.

Robert Hardman, we are looking
forward to it, we do love a fly

past. We do. These things happen. If
you think back to the Queen's

Diamond Jubilee, they had to cancel
the fly-past then over the river

because of the weather. But I
think...

All I could hear right now is an
enormous cheering behind me, so

there is the reason. We have King
Charles III and Queen Camilla in the

Imperial State Crown and Queen
Mary's Crown waving to the thousands

of people thronging the Mall who
have braved the rain and are here to

witness an historic moment. And we
see the pages how I have to say did

behave very well. Getting a moment
that will stay with them for the

rest of their lives, and also Queen
Camilla is joined by the two ladies

in attendance who helped her with
her train and doubtless steadied the

nerves too this morning as she was
getting ready.

CHEERING
A wave to the crowd, and the crowd

waved back.

waved back. Robert Hardman, I
believe is a very young prince, was

it aged just two that Charles made
his first balcony appearance? It was

1951 and he was two, and he came
out. They normally wait until they

are two or three, he could have come
out as a babe in arms, but this is

the rest of the family joining them
now, the working family. It is

interesting seeing they are all the
royals who still undertake

engagements. This is such an
important moment, because this is

the first time he has led to the
family out as King. He has been on

that balcony since he was tiny. You
can just about remember the

Coronation, ever since then he has
been seeing these scenes, but he is

leading them today. He is the one
there that you can see. He does look

relaxed, he is taking it all in and
it must be quite a scene to be on

the receiving end of. And when you
say working members, obviously we

have got children there, we have got
pages today, some of the better

known faces than others. Take people
through the working members of the

Royal Family. They are the ones who
appear each day in what we call the

Court Circular, you can see the Duke
and Duchess of Edinburgh, the Prince

and Princess of Wales, then the
King's pages. This is in a way

recognising those whose day-to-day
job is supporting the monarchy. They

are the King's elder son, the Prince
and Princess of Wales, and Prince

Hassan, of course, the Princess
Royal, the Duke and Duchess of

Edinburgh, and the older cousins,
Princess Alexandra, the Duke of

Kent. They still play a part in this
broader royal front line unit. They

might not make the headlines every
day, but they still have their

patronage is, and the King feels a
great debt of gratitude, so on a day

like today he is saluting them. What
we haven't got today as all the

extended cousins and cousins of
cousins and that sort of thing that

we used to see perhaps on a Birthday
Parade. The messaging here is that

today is a day about the monarchy
rather than me myself. Very

interesting point, and I suppose
such a special day because those

youngsters have been involved, and
they want to say a sort of thank

you. They have been working today.
There has been a lot of pressure on

them, and also very interesting to
see, there we are, a wave from two

very popular people. Not in a
wheelbarrow around the garden today.

Something altogether different, and
here we see the helicopters coming

in through the clouds, through the
rain. This is the first of five

formations we will have a head of
the Red Arrows, the first is a

formation of three Juno helicopters,
training helicopters from the flying

training School, and interestingly
on the second of those is Squadron

Leader Rich Allinson who was one of
Prince William's flying instructors

when he was going through helicopter
training, so that is a nice

connection. And also interesting
that these helicopters can fly lower

which is one of the reasons it is
safe for them. Yes, and they have

slightly different rules when it
comes to the clouds and how close

they can get. So even though it is
very rainy, it is not too dangerous

for them? It is within the safety
limits, it is right on the edge

which is why we couldn't get the
other aircraft, but within limits

for the helicopters and the Red
Arrows. So they are coming right

overhead. Right over the palace.
Everybody looks up.

The top of the screen was the Army
formation and the wild cat and we

have formations initially from the
Navy, then the Army, then the Royal

Marines and finally the Royal Air
Force. The King and Princess of

Wales looking up and understanding
as helicopter pilots. We have the

first Monarch who can fly a
helicopter. He was a very good

Wessex pilot, top of his class. He
knows what is going through their

mind. Of course the Prince of Wales
has flown a lot of helicopters. If

they're flying the wrong way, they
won't just hear about it from their

bosses. Everyone is tilting their
head, apart from the King and Queen.

Occupational hazard of head that
wears the crown. As the Queen said,

you have got to read your speech
looking straight ahead. They're

making a fair sound. We can see the
windows of the Palace even having a

little shudder as the helicopters
went past. Wunt One of the things I

wondered is how would the crowd be?
Would it be a huge crowd. We have a

definite answer. The crowds aren't
as big as they could be, because of

the new system they have for sealing
off processional area, you haven't

got as many people in the immediate
area. But here is the big moment.

Here is the main event. The Red
Arrows, because they're a

professional display team, they can
work to greater weather limits than

the other aircraft. We get a chance
to see the iconic Red Arrows as they

come down the Mall. It looks
fantastic. What a scene.

In their 59th season. Where are
their display, around the world? The

majority are in the British Isles,
but they go all eve the world. --

They go all over the world. This is
the moment.

MUSIC: God Save the King.

# God save our gracious King

# Long live our noble King

# God save the King

# Send him victorious

# Happy and glorious

# Long to reign over us

# God save the King

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

That was a wonderful moment. An
iconic moment, it would have been a

great shame if the weather had put
stop to what really is a seal on the

day, John that, visual spenting
spectacle of something we have come

to know and love. Absolutely. The
Armed Forces giving a round of

applause.

In we go. A day that really, Robert
Hardman, couldn't have gone more to

plan, apart from the weather, but it
is Britain! It is a Coronation. As

the King said yesterday when asked
about the weather, he said it is a

blessing. And he is delighted by
that. As I said, this is his first

time. It is so important, these
firsts as a Monarch, your first

Christmas cards, your first Cenotaph
and his first appearance on the

balcony. He will never come back on
the balcony wearing all that. The

next time will be next month at the
Birthday Parade, the more

traditional balcony moment. He can
look back on today as the day that

is very much the punctuation marks
of our national life is set by these

moments. And King Charles and
standing with him Queen Camilla, a

day that many people believed we
could never see. Absolutely. A great

moment for her. Now absolutely the
Queen. At the start of the reign

some people thought perhaps maybe
this is some sort of, there will be

a care taker reign, because he is,
it has been said he is the oldest

Monarch to be crowned. He will be 75
later this year. But he has stamped

his mark on this. It won't be one of
the longest reigns, but it will have

a personality and we have seen that
already with a number of the small

things he has done. Things are
changing in the Palace. It is nice

to see the balcony back in action.
That has been a building site for

the last year. They have had to put
floor boards down to get everybody

out there today. Things are
changing. They're changing

incrementally. It is not a big
overnight thing. But he has his own

ideas for this institution that we
celebrate today. And as you watched

the military do the Royal Salute,
did you sigh that? I thought that

was maybe one of the highlights of
day to hear that three cheers.

Absolutely, it fills you up, as
someone who is serving in the

military, the opportunity to be
involved in something of such

national importance. It is the sort
of day that people will never

forget. We are getting an encore, it
must be Coronation Day! I would say

the King looks, I suppose,
understandably, very relaxed. That

is a huge responsibility to have a
successful Coronation, not only that

come out for, but goes well in terms
of logistics, the amount of planning

and pressure is immense? It is
enormous.

enormous. I likened it to a
marriage. Now it is the down time.

One of the most charming scenes from
the Queens Coronation is the

pictures of what happened after. Now
they're going in for photographs. I

would love to see the photographs.
In 1953 one of maids of honour had

to stop the King, aged four,
grabbing the crown off the table and

running off with it. I wonder if
Prince Louis would reprise that

role? He has that look about him!
You watch those robes, they're about

to walk through a building site.
That sight with the robes again, we

won't see that again. Coronation day
is the only day that happens. You

have to be in your 80s or 90s to
have seen this before. Let's talk a

bit about continuity, that might be
one of the reasons that people have

trudged out on not the best day to
stand in the rain and be part of it

and put on the Union Jack hats and
have a few beers, it is about

tradition a lot of it? It is
tradition and continuity. One of the

most striking things was the new
addition, it began not with the

Archbishop of Canterbury, but a
14-year-old boy saying to the King,

Andrew Strachan, saying high are you
here? He said, "-I am here to

serve." That was an important
preface to the whole thing.

Throughout this grandeur and
tradition, we have seen this

humility and constitutionally,
religiously, explaining where this

King belongs in the sort of national
landscape if you like. Yes, he is

the head of state, yes he is the
King, but he is there to serve us.

Anita Rani is on the Mall. She is
having a chat. ANITA RANI: Yes, I am

on the Mall. I think I have had the
best seat in the house all day on

the Red Road that has seen numerous
processions and now after 70 years a

Coronation. And it has been about
the people down here and, well, we

ask, have you had a good time?
CHEERING AND APPLAUSE. Plenty of

Union Jacks and hats and outfits,
people have travelled from all over

the world to be here. And it is not
just about the crowds, but the

volunteers, the Armed Forces, St
John's ambulance, the stewards that

have made the whole day run like
clockwork. The biggest privilege

that everyone here, including myself
have is we can all say, we were here

to witness the Coronation.

to witness the Coronation. We will
have that forever. It has been a

great day from the Mall. KIRSTY
YOUNG: Thank you. We see the

brollies are up. We can't dampen the
spirits, but it is dampening the

hair. The brollies are up and people
have had their moment, the moment of

seeing the crowned King and Queen on
the balcony in their ermine robes.

It is not a day we will see again,
because it is unique to Coronation

kch day. Day. For those who chose to
be part of it, quite a scene indeed.

Robert Hardman and David Olusoga are
here to chat through. In a way,

David, it is unfair of me to ask you
to analyse, because I suppose the

thing about history, we have to see
it in a greater context, when you

saw the King and Queen come out,
what were your thoughts? In the 20th

century there were five coronations,
an average of every 20 years. We

haven't seen one since 1953. That
reanimation of a tradition that has

lain dormant, to see it is historic.
We have been reminded of the

religious history of the country and
echos of the 17th century in the

oaths and of the medieval age in the
other sacraments. That sense of

tradition as a historian is
fascinating. In that level it is a

remarkable thing to witness. Now,
it's done, new a new reign begins, a

lot of questions about the monarchy
and the role are up for discussion

as they always have been. Let's have
a discussion about it. Most of the

people who answer whether you're
religious, we have seen at the heart

of today the religious ceremony,
most people say they're not church

goers, we have lots of different
faiths as well, we saw them

represented today. Do you think when
you look at a day like today it is

really about being above all else
nostalgic?

nostalgic? I'm not sure, I think
nostalgia is loaded with pejorative

things. What we saw was a strong
representation and an effort to show

the diversity of faith, that is
different in the Britain of today.

It is difficult to reflect the other
thing, that we are one of the more

secular nations in the world. You
can have diversity of faith, but the

lack of faith in Britain is harder
to build into the ceremony. There is

only so far you can modernize a
thousand year old ceremony. We heard

"Defender of the Faith". There was a
time in the nineties when Prince

Charles put forward that he would be
the Defender of the Faith. But that

has been rolled back and over time
maybe he realised as somebody who

was head of Church of England that
was not necessarily the most

probably approach? No, but I think
it was an aspiration when he said it

in 1994, golly, how long ago was
that? 30 years? It was how he viewed

the role. The late Queen articulated
that herself in 2012 at her Diamond

Jubilee, she made a speech to faith
leaders and talked about how she

felt that the Monarch has a duty to
protect and the same applies now. It

is, I think that oath, that extra
pre-oath oath that we heard, with

the Archbishop said your

the Archbishop said your role is to
allow people to follow their

religion. We may live in a more sec
secular society, but he is there to

protect the rights of any faith and
none.

And do you think in terms of a
modern monarchy, and the House of

Windsor has managed to survive
because it is good changing, slowly,

taking in the mood, do you think our
new King gets it, has a sense of how

to propel the monarchy forward and
change things? I think when we

analyse things he said when he was
the Prince of Wales, we have to

remember he knew he was the Prince
of Wales and things he felt able to

say then knowing he would be King,
and it is clearly understands the

limits of the role and he was in a
different role previously. To an

extent you can't modernise a
monarchy, because it is a monarchy,

and that hereditary principle is one
that many people will never be

comfortable with. But the majority
of our fellow citizens in 2023 are

comfortable with this being the way
that we choose the head of state.

They revel in the ceremonies and the
tradition, and for the people here,

this is a huge event in their lives
that they care deeply about. The

challenge is to reach out to the
people who aren't obsessed with

history and tradition, who aren't
here because they love the monarchy.

A lot of people feel neutral about
the monarchy, not that they are

opposed to it are desperate for it
to become a republic, they just

don't feel very much, and that is
potentially an opportunity for the

new King to find a way of being a
Monarch who can reach out to them.

Robert, what are your thoughts on
that? I think David is absolutely

right. The greatest threat to our
modern monarchy is relevance, or

rather irrelevance. Indifference.
Indifference and then irrelevance,

it is that moment when people wake
up and say, why are you still here?

It is not exactly reinventing, but
they have to just keep at it. It is

not a brand of toothpaste, you can't
just relaunch, you have to keep

doing what you have always done. But
what the monarchy does do is it is

out there every day. They are on
their away days, going around the

world, and I was in Germany with the
King and we saw how he went down

there, when he addressed the German
parliament in Germany, that made an

impact, and it goes back to this
point, I think we are, as David

says, most people are entirely happy
with the constitutional arrangement.

It may not make sense, but it is the
one that we have and we are very

proud of it. But it has got to earn
its keep, and I'm quite sure that he

knows that, and complacency is
something we are not going to see.

It was interesting just the day
after his mother died, the day after

the Queen's death when Britain was
slightly lost, he was right on it,

addressing the nation. We didn't
hear from Elizabeth II, she didn't

address the people for ten months
after she became Queen, until the

Christmas broadcast. He was doing it
right away, he was immediately after

touring the country, going to the
home nations. I have said it before,

but he is a King in a hurry. This is
definitely not a caretaker

definitely not a caretaker reign.
His wife and said he wants to save

the world, he is somebody who is
propelled by that need to make

change. On the one hand you could
say that is admirable, on the other

hand you could say he has given
himself quite a job. Of the world

certainly need saving, there is no
question about that. I would like to

think you would find ways of
modernising the Royal Family and

reaching out to people who have that
indifference, because indifference

is the ultimate kryptonite for a
monarchy as David says. What we need

to recognise that one of the great
strengths that people have as they

look at our politics and they think,
maybe this is a more balanced way of

representing a wider cross-section
of the population. We have had a

year of a few prime ministers, we
have not made to the best case for

an alternative over the past few
months, so I think we have to wish

him well and hope that there are
ways that he is capable of finding.

That reminded me of a very good
point, there was a rather good tweet

and that extremely weak, somebody
said that there is a pint of milk in

my fridge, and has seen two prime
ministers and two Monarchs and is

still going strong, and there is
something to be said, a country that

can change its head of state and its
head of government in three days, it

happened in three days without an
angry word or a being fired, or any

sort of unrest or disorder, let
alone riots, there is something to

be said for that stability, that
continuity. I have noticed it over

the years, travelling around the
world with the Royal Family, they do

represent a continuity, particularly
in countries with turmoil, and they

look at what that represents, and
they are quite envious, actually.

The case that is put also, one might
decry the state of the world and

some places, but one might argue
that having a monarchy floats above

it and people can automatically not
necessarily respect one monarchy or

another, but respect the fact that
we have it there, that it feels

solid and it doesn't feel it is
grubbing around in the gutter for

our votes. When the politicians are
having a punch-up or there is a

great turmoil over the road, and
interregnum election, a hung

parliament situation, whatever it
might be, at least the people know

that all those arms of the state,
they don't owe their allegiance to

those in Number 10, they owe their
allegiance to a different entity

that is not going anywhere, and that
is not something we think about

every day, but it is there, and I
think it is part of that sense of

continuity and stability that we may
take for granted, we may register it

subconsciously, but at least we feel
that everything is going to work OK.

David Olugosa, one of the King's
most long lasting legacies from his

time as the Prince of Wales is The
Prince's Trust, and I touched on

this a little bit with David Lammy
earlier today, which is a million

people so far it has helped, and it
was set up when the Prince was in

his late 20s. Yes, using the
contents of his Royal Navy pension

to get it going in the mid-70s. And
it was set up to help not just

people who want to help start their
own businesses,, people who want to

get back into education, they want
to re-engage with their skills. It

is very interesting that he chose
something, as somebody who you would

consider to be the very epitome,
personification, of the

establishment, to reach out to
people who are disenfranchised, to

people who are on the outside, what
do you think of that? I think he

chose an astuteness, but it is not
historically abhorrent. Monarchs

recognise that one of their ways of
censoring themselves in that

conversation is to be aware of
inequality, to be aware of the

situation where situation you are
born into, Queen Victoria raised a

lot of money for charity during the
Irish famine, and others will be

aware of the cost of coronations and
wanted them tuned down, but this

idea that being aware of these
social issues, it is not a new

phenomenon.
And a coronation in the middle of a

cost of living crisis, which day
today for a lot of British people is

a very real thing, you think the
Coronation that we saw today manage

the balancing act of giving
something splendid but at the same

time being scaled down and not
gratuitous? It is a very fine line

they have to trade, because as you
say there are some people who will

be looking at this to today and
saying this is a complete waste of

money. But it goes to the heart of
what we are as a country. We have

huge events whether it is FA Cup
finals or parades, and we host many

big things, so I think it goes to
the heart of that. In 1953, the

country was in far worse state, we
were on rations, we couldn't buy

meat because it was being rationed,
and the time, there was a debate,

should we really be having this big
event at a time of post-war

austerity, and people said, yes, we
should, because this matters, we

need to do it properly. There is
nothing worse than it pared down

scaled down coronation on the cheap.
As Churchill said, you can't have a

coronation with bailiffs in the
house, you have to do it properly.

It could have been much bigger, we
could have filled the Abbey with

8000 seats instead of the 2000 we
had, we could have and the bells and

whistles, but I think they called it
right. Thank you to both for all

inside, your knowledge, your
historical references, I have

learned a lot and it has been
wonderful to share the day with you.

Thank you to you both.
There we are. I have never seen

anything quite like it, and I
imagine either of you. History

unfolding in front of our very eyes.
The man born in that palace just

behind me more than seven decades
ago to date finally meeting his

destiny and stepping out onto its
balcony crowned King. He greeted the

crowds with a warm smile, cementing
his relationship as their sovereign,

and by his side to support him, his
Queen and heirs, and that roar of

approval on the Mall seem to tell us
something about this coronation day,

and they will no doubt tell their
families in decades to come, I was

there. The arcane ceremony in the
Abbey, the exquisite music, the

priceless jewels and magnificent
carriages were dazzling. A reminder

perhaps that however much the world
changes, tradition and ritual and

ceremony still play an essential
part in bringing us together in a

spirit of celebration and community.
The King pledged his sacred oath and

wore an ancient crown, but all in
the presence of a very modern

congregation. Environmental
campaigners, charity volunteers, war

veterans and even a few spangly
superstars in its midst. All witness

to the beginning of a new era for
Britain and the Commonwealth. And us

that sea of happy faces and
fluttering Union Flags took over the

centre of London, many millions
around the country and the world

will have doubtless tuned in to see
the spectacle, including that

remarkable parade where our military
did what it does so well, gilding

the occasion with pomp and
pageantry. Today so much of the

United Kingdom in all its splendid
variety has seemed unified in

celebration on a day that has been
fit for a King. Thank you so much

for joining us, and for now,
goodbye.

Your Majesty, as children of the
King of God, we welcome you in the

name of the King of Kings.

This is the Royal loan, these are
the lively oracles. Will you cause

law and justice and mercy to be
executed in all your judgment? I

will.

God Save the King!
God Save the King. I, William,

Prince of Wales, pledge my loyalty
to you.

Hip hip hurray!
CHEERING