King Charles III leaves palace on journey to coronation
King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, have began their brief trip within the gilded Diamond Jubilee Coach from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, the place they are going to be anointed and topped in a ceremony steeped in historical past.
They are being escorted by the Sovereign’s Escort, comprising of about 160 troopers on horseback. The Household Cavalry Mounted Band is main the army procession.
It’s a a lot smaller procession than the one deliberate for the return route from the abbey, when some 4,000 troops will function in a spectacular show of pageantry.
The state coach Charles and Camilla are travelling in was created in 2012 to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s sixtieth yr on the throne. The procession will take about half an hour.
Canadian delegation arrives at Westminster Abbey
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau together with Governor General Mary Simon have arrived at Westminster Abbey forward of the coronation.
Canada’s official delegation additionally contains a number of Indigenous leaders, two astronauts, and several other representatives of youth organizations.
The Indigenous members of Canada’s delegation embody the leaders of the Assembly of First Nations, the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the Métis National Council, who had been granted a uncommon viewers with the King on Thursday.
Outside of that delegation, there can even be different attendees from Canada, together with musicians from the Regina Symphony, who will play in a coronation orchestra.
Protesters arrested
The anti-monarchy group Republic says a number of of its members have been arrested as they ready to protest the coronation of King Charles III.
The group plans to carry placards and chant “Not my king” in the course of the monarch’s procession to Westminster Abbey. It says police had been knowledgeable upfront of its plans.
But on Saturday morning a number of of the group’s members had been stopped close to Trafalgar Square and led to police vans.
Others managed to protest alongside the route, wearing yellow and waving placards with slogans together with “king parasite” and “abolish the monarchy.”
Police have mentioned they’ll have have a “low tolerance” for individuals searching for to disrupt the day, sparking criticism that they’re clamping down on free speech.
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