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the king is crowned that promise of lifelong service I renew to all today following the historic reign of his mother Queen Elizabeth II King Charles will be officially crowned with his wife Camilla by his side a modern monarchy taking on centuries of tradition as the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion I too now solemnly pledge myself throughout the remaining time God grants me to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation [Music] starting now we are taking you on every Royal step of the journey from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey down this aisle and on to the coronation Altar and that incredible moment the crown of a new kick with all the fun fair a balcony way a spectacular fly past all of it just moments away we welcome you to the coronation of King Charles III and queen Camilla now reporting from London Michael Strahan good morning and welcome thank you so much for joining us on this historic morning it's an event no one under the age of 70 has ever witnessed the coordination of a king and his Queen King Charles III and queen Camilla of the United Kingdom let's take a look a live look at the iconic mile where thousands of Royal well-wishers are lining up to see the new king and queen and just moments ago we got our first glimpse of the royal couple on their big day as they left Clarence House excited crowds there a little braving the rain and the elements and it would not be rain well you're in London you expect it now Charles he's been King since the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II back in September but this religious ceremony formalizes his place on the throne Charles was just four years old when his mother was crowned in 1953 and now 70 years later the longest waiting King will be crowned alongside his wife of 18 years there are three parts to today's event the king's procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey then the ceremony to itself and finally the coronation procession back to the Palace now within the ceremony there are six stages we will break each of those down for you in their significance in a few moments but this morning I'm in London just outside Westminster Abbey with an incredible team helping me track the event and break this all down here with me is ABC's Deborah Roberts Victoria Murphy contributor editor at Town and Country and Robert jobson World editor of the London evening standard both of them ABC News World contributors thank you all for being here we're gonna have a great time here in the studio historic moment and proud to be here to share it with you all and our news team they are fanned out across London they are covering it all from Buckingham Palace to the mile to Hyde Park to Westminster Abbey where Charles will be crowned we are thrilled to also have with us three people who not only know the royal family well but they've worked for their majesties in the past sir Peter West mccot excuse me Elsa Anderson Christina kiriaku now we'll hear from all of them all morning long but let's start by heading right to Buckingham Palace where it all begins and where my colleagues Larry Spencer and James Longman are standing by good morning guys good morning to you Michael what a day here at Buckingham Palace behind us the stands are filled the folks that you see there are invited guests they are military veterans they are health care workers and representatives from charities near and dear to the king and queen's Hearts they are braving the rain and of course they are they're witnessing history because in just a few moments we will in fact see King Charles and queen Camilla depart Buckingham Palace for the journey to Westminster Abbey in the Diamond Jubilee State coach about A 35-minute procession Michael down the mall through Trafalgar Square along the route to Westminster Abbey with 1 000 members of the Armed Forces they will accompany his majesty on the largest military display that we have seen here in the UK in 70 years James has been educating me it's so interesting to hear the different uh parts of the armed forces that we've witnessed already this morning yeah I mean they're all out in force you can see here this behind me this The Sovereign escort everyone's waiting these this is the British military waiting for the king and queen to leave Buckingham Palace and yes Michael you said it was raining but it rained in 1953 for the Queen's coronation so it is good luck and look I am one of the 80 of Brits who has never seen this before and it is history before us look you have a written constitution in the United States this is ours this is ours played out in full pageantry and it is absolutely going to be extraordinary it's history before our eyes and I'm really excited about it all right thank you guys we're all excited about being here for history that is being made today and now the four of us we're here just across the street from Westminster Abbey the historic church where the ceremony will happen and this is the same site that every coordination has taken place since 1066. it's where Queen Elizabeth was memorialized eight months ago where the funeral was held in 1997 for the late Princess Diana Charles's first wife and where his son and Heir William the Duke of Cambridge married Catherine Middleton in 2011 and Deborah this is going to be different very different coordination it really wasn't that that is meant to usher in the next chapter of the monarchy absolutely a turning point and Michael I have to say you know I love this kind of stuff I'm a royal Watcher how I became what I don't really know but I was here for Megan and Harry's wedding I was here for the Queen's Jubilee here for the funeral and it's been so interesting to watch all these shifts right in the modern monarchy but this is really going to be a turning point we've gone from a queen who was sort of a grandmotherly figure really kind of global I mean people sort of recognized her and now we're shifting to a King and that brings about all kinds of different Dynamics for people a lot of conversations that were being whispered are now being had out loud about the monarchy is it really relevant it doesn't even make any sense in the modern world what about the history the thorny history of the British Empire so a lot of those things are being discussed this new king knows he's got to confront all of this so from an American's perspective I think it's really fascinating to see history play out this is a king who is not only recognizing history but he knows now that he is going to help shape history so I think it's really going to be fascinating to see today all of the symbolism that is involved in this day yes and today is supposed to be very inclusive coordination and Victoria how are people in London feeling about the coordination well I think we've seen you know anticipation is really building there is a real atmosphere on the streets out there this coronation as Deborah said has sparked a lot of conversations about the royal family but what they want fundamentally is for this moment to bring people to together and I think we are seeing that now there are more than 200 countries represented inside Westminster Abbey crowds of all different nationalities on the street and what I'm really interested to see and I think British people are kind of intrigued by is how have they taken this ancient ceremony that goes back a thousand years and made it a showcase for our country today with as you say diversity and inclusion at the center without losing track of the history of the coordination in this country and Robert you've been cut following King Charles for almost 30 years how are you feeling about today oh really excited because I love history to have this ring decide to see looking over the Abbey is is a real honor and to be sharing it with the American people as an honor too but I think you're going to see a lot of excitement out there despite the rain the London rain a lot of people have come from far and wide to just be part of it's a sense the atmosphere and to feel well just to be part of a historic moment but I think that like Victoria said I'm quite intrigued to see what little tweaks going to be had to the coronation oath and things like that where so we we see what sort of King our King is going to be because he's going to give us little indications by those little tweaks and uh I think it's going to be more about inclusivity um than people think and it's going to be a more outspoken King than people think all right we're looking forward to watching all those things you all just describe now let's walk through the day's schedule you are looking live at Buckingham Palace we're in just a few moments the king and queen will head out for the king's procession riding in the Diamond Jubilee State State coach for the 1.4 mile ride to Westminster Abbey this coach it has Air Conditioning Heating and shock absorbers a much smoother ride than the Golden State coach Quinn Elizabeth's used for her own coordination which she described as bumpy and horrible she's very honest now they're now their majesties will use the less comfortable Golden State coach for the return ride later today now at the church they will be met by the Archbishop for Canterbury the Earl Marshall and great officers of State the service is expected to last two hours compared to Queen Elizabeth which took three hours the coordination moment which is the big moment we are all waiting for is expected at precisely noon here in London 7 A.M back on the east coast in the U.S with a coordinated gun salute marking the special event the coordination procession the return trip to Buckingham Palace and the gold coach begins from the Hamilton Arch taking about 45 minutes before they arrive back at Buckingham Palace after a brief break the king and queen will make an appearance on the balcony joined by many family members that iconic moment we've seen so often with a fly pass or as we call the USA flyover to celebrate now let's go back to Larry Spence and James Longman at Buckingham Palace where it all begins good morning again YouTube [Music] yeah hi Michael yeah we're just seeing more and more of these military processions getting underway over here and look this is really an opportunity for Charles to get a fresh start isn't it I mean look at 74 who can say they get a fresh start in life well Charles is going to get one and you know I think he's been pretty misunderstood his whole life um this is a chance for him to restore the magic I think um the queen had that she had that magic we know a lot about Charles I mean some might say a little bit too much so uh this is a chance for him to to really kind of restore people's ideas and what he's about you know he's a modern a modern king that's what he wants to be seen and there have been questions about about whether or not the royal family is too expensive and all of the homes and the Palaces we were lucky enough earlier this week to be up at Dumfries house in Scotland and I can tell you up there you will not hear anything but gratitude for King Charles and what he has done up there with Dumfries house and the programs that he's created um what we're seeing we're actually seeing them in the coach I think we understand they're getting into the Diamond Jubilee coach right now um we can't see them from our position here but I think you'll see seeing them at home well we're seeing them through the window there they've got the Sovereign escort that is the military so the the escort to The Sovereign from the household division waiting it's a beautiful shot through the arch there Buckingham Palace that of course above is the balcony where we'll see everybody later they are getting ready this is how this is the best of Britain we're gonna see today and uh the king I think we can just see the king and queen there in their robes of state that is the the robes that the king and queen will will wear over uh over the the coronation clothing that we'll see when they get to The Abbey and this is the roads that they leave the palace in uh they will wear Robes of estate when they return from the Abbey a little later on um but they're all they're actually inherited from uh King George VI I mean Charles is showing that he wants to kind of reuse and restore um King George VI his grandfather wore these robes he'll be wearing them and Camilla is wearing the Robes of the late Queen Elizabeth the very same robes and they will be if they're not already in they will be getting into that Jubilee Carriage which Michael just said does have suspension and heat which you do need on this rainy day it is a little bit chilly but what an historic moment we are about to witness as they get ready to leave Buckingham Palace to make their way to Westminster Avi we're seeing this is Tony Blair former prime minister of the United Kingdom meeting another former one that was John Major and that's Cherie Blair Tony Blair's wife there so behind them that's Gordon Brown another former prime minister and David Cameron with his wife this is now the beginning of the officials and the heads of former heads I think heads of state might already have arrived this is now uh senior members of the British establishment arriving for this momentous occasion we're going to have quite a number of prime ministers I think given that we've had a number uh just this past year the queen of course the last prime minister she saw was Liz truss and there's been a bit of a political turmoil since then Mauritius the current prime minister should be arriving any minute Michael we'll throw it back to you all right thank you so much you guys in Westminster Abbey where we see everyone filing in it is a key part of the ceremony and let's get a bird's eye view of what King Charles will be seeing the church is shaped like a cross and right at the center where those two points meet is the 700 year old coronation chair with a monarch will be crowned let's go to ABC correspondent Maggie ruli joining us from Westminster Abby and Maggie you have a great vantage point right outside and we know there was an effort to make this ceremony more cost conscious than the queen so what differences will we see today at the Abbey well Mike you just saw that view there that's the Great West endurance that's where the king and queen are going to be any moment James and Larry just got a sneak peek in their State coach but you know I'm so excited because they're going to be right behind me when he enters Westminster Abbey a moment really 70 years in the making uh we've been watching guests already arrived most of them are already inside the Abbey now all morning they've been arriving some three and a half hours ahead of the ceremony dressed in fascinators and military uniforms the pump and pageantry Michael is on Full display right now we've also seen heads of States other foreign leaders James pointed out many of the foreign leaders here in Britain but also from around the world we saw first lady Jill Biden is inside Westminster Abbey right now she's sitting beside the first lady of Ukraine so many politicians are inside but as we've been talking about Michael today's ceremony is really a chance for the monarchy to show themselves as a modern institution and the guest list is going to reflect that yes we have some of the traditional invites the foreign leaders like the first lady like leaders from Ireland France and Spain in Japan but we also have 20 royal families there from Tonga Denmark Holland Morocco Bhutan and Thailand so everyone from around the world is descending here to Westminster Abbey but what's really special is that in addition to these traditional invites we also have people the people of England the king and queen have made a point to invite hundreds of people from their Charities some young people that have benefited directly from these Charities so definitely something to watch out for how this ceremony will be different how the king and queen are really are trying to reach out to the people not just the aristocrats and politicians and Michael though I do need to make a point having stood out here now all morning and watching people enter and oogling all of the robes that they're wearing and the hats that they're wearing and we keep saying this is a toned down ceremony it's kind of just toned down by British standards for us Americans I think we can still expect to be absolutely Blown Away by the pomp in pageantry well I I'm already blown away just just watching the monitor of everyone filing in and as you said inviting a lot of locals here they have definitely paired down the guest list immensely compared to Queen Elizabeth's coronation and um you know what thank you so much for that Maggie and our chief foreign correspondent Ian panel he joins us from here in London and Ian we know that Charles became king the moment his mother Queen Elizabeth's passed eight months ago so a lot of people are asking why do we need a coordination yeah I mean it's a good question I mean this is about histories about certain movies also about the formal process he becomes the head of the Church of England uh so there's a lot of tradition a lot of pageantry but there's also a lot of formality that has to be gone through today and I think this is this moment where the people the subjects need to actually witness this moment I think I'm also struck by how much Britain has changed since his mother was crowned you know when the Queen's father died the announcement was made on BBC Radio it was the only source of news at the time and people got out of their cars they stopped in the streets they took off their hats and they stood in respect it was a time of rationing a television at that point cost about 85 dollars that was two months salary this country's changed and that means the challenges I think for Charles have also changed and that's why today also matters the visuals are showing something that is more inclusive that is more modern that is more up with the times I think is absolutely important Michael all right thank you so much Ian and joining us from the now is ABC News correspondent brick clinic and Brit we see the crowd there gathered I know you've been talking to him this morning but tell us about the major Security operation that's in place for this event [Music] I mean this is the biggest Security operation in British history and it's clear that authorities are taking no chances more than 11 000 police are deployed for this 400 members of the Armed Forces we even saw several protesters being taken away some of them physically carried out of here by about 30 police officers who are kind of forming a barrier on the way out and some of the crowd were actually booing the protesters as they came out but you know by and large Michael this is exciting for many people here despite this very British weather you know we spoke to people from Germany from South Africa from Australia from Canada who say they just want to witness this slice of History you know we're seeing people with Union Jack umbrellas singing God Save the King and waving flags too they also make a point of wanting to catch a glimpse of the king and queen and wanting to catch a glimpse of that gold Carriage which by the way my Michael is Australian made had to get that in there didn't you Brett thank you so much for that and you know I guess protesters were expected here but this is inclusive as we said everyone has their right it you know the procession is about to start everyone so let's turn to Buckingham Palace where King Charles and queen Camilla are about to begin the king's procession it is 5 18 here in London I mean it's 10 18 here in London 5 18 in the U.S on the East Coast and the king and queen will depart the palace gonna head straight down the mile where see thousands are gathered hoping to get a glimpse as they pass in that Diamond Jubilee coach going through the admiralty Arch gotta go by Parliament Square before arriving at Westminster Abbey where Lara and James are at the starting point and I know the excitement there is ramping up now that the king and queen are about to start how they going there you guys we are keep turning around because it is any moment now as you said 10 20 is when we expect to see that golden that Carriage I said the golden that's on the way to the way back uh we'll see the Diamond Jubilee Carriage carrying the king and queen as they make their way on the just about one and a half mile journey to Westminster Abbey as it leaves Buckingham the coach will be accompanied by The Sovereign escort of the household Cavalry and it will pass a guard honoring uh compromise comprised of 160 members of three armed services the procession as you said Michael will head down the mall to Trafalgar Square then along Whitehall and Parliament streets before turning into Westminster Abbey where so many dignitaries as we have seen have already been arriving yeah and I mean a lot of people have been in that Abbey all morning waiting for this to start but now we see the procession has actually just got underway we can hear the calls from the military behind us hey you're hearing them I think and that there we are that's moving off accompanied by members of the household Cavalry they'll move out from Buckingham Palace towards the mall where thousands have been camped out waiting uh many of them in the rain for days and days and just think what a moment this is for Charles he has waited 70 years for this moment and he has all begun now here we have the sovereign's escort accompanying here there are six uh Windsor Windsor Grays I think pulling the uh Diamond uh Jubilee coach out from underneath Buckingham Palace and he'll get a glimpse for the first time of the thousands of people who've been waiting for this remember when the queen died he became king in sadness there was the accession council we saw members of the the British establishment together in here in London in morning in morning for the late Queen and he became king and sadness in regret and now he becomes king and joint and now we can clearly see them both there we go we can hear there's cheering going on a little bit I can hear a little bit of it just along the mile we're seeing glimpses of Camilla there we can see her necklace now there was a suggestion that Camilla might be wearing some of the lake Queens jewelry and there we are that's the national anthem playing and I've got to imagine this is a moment of of such so many emotions for the king and we are hearing that Camilla was quite nervous this morning and who can blame her what what a ride she has had no pun intended but going from in the 1990s being reviled um after the breakup and and here they are now on their way to Westminster Abbey [Music] let's start with you what are your thoughts as you see the Diamond Jubilee State coach Lee Buckingham Palace well it's incredibly impressive to see and I think they will be having actually quite a comfortable ride in there because they've chosen the diamond named Julius gate coaching instead of the Golden State coach and you know inside that coach they have hidden switches there for air conditioning for heating it's got suspension so I think that really was quite important to them to kind of feel very comfortable when they arrive at the Abbey because this is a long day for them they are very much center stage and they've been Center Stage all week and I think the idea of arriving in that Comfort but then keeping the tradition when they leave kind of sums up a little bit what we're seeing with this coronation ceremony this real mix of the traditional and the modern I think underscoring this one thing that I think is is really important to mention that's a change to the coronation ceremony when he arrived King Charles will say straight away up front I'm not here to be served I'm here to serve and I think that was really important for him to put that statement in to kind of underline his Philosophy for how he sees his role so when we see him afterwards with the black regalia in all that Majesty what they want to underscore these very Grand visuals is this idea that he sees as a service role and he will also be humble before him and as we see the king and queen in their in their coach you know it must be surreal after 70 years I'm sure there's a lot of excitement but I'm sure there's a lot of nervousness as well and and Robert for you how do you think the king of Queen feel right now in this moment something that has been 70 years in the making was hard to put yourself in that position but I was thinking meant to Pride about the people immense Pride but all the people that have served there having to get them ready for this day but look at those the soldiers and the horses and the work that's gone in given this presentation to a global audience um you know recently was on a plane with the King flying back from Germany's first state visit and he'll be encouraging the queen who will be quite nervous I think at this moment in time because this is some lady that's come to this very late in life at 58 years old she wasn't born to do this job he was born to do it she wasn't and I'm sure he'd be encouraging his wife all the time yeah in in Deborah I know for you and I normal normal I I do feel emotion here you know it's interesting because as Americans of course we don't relate to this in a way right but Americans love Pomp and ceremony we really do and when you look at this I just said to Robert you don't see this every day you do not see this every day and there is something that is sort of interesting and sort of special about this yes it's a monarchy yes people will have their conversations and their criticisms but again 70 years since something like this happened I mean people were just buying televisions at that time to see it so now we're seeing it on social media it's already trending the coronation is actually trending on Twitter so well as we heard 85 for a TV back in 1953 I don't think too many people were watching it on television and you know the coordination the coordination itself for one at home it consists of six stages the recognition the coordination oath the anointing the investors investiture which includes the crowning the enthronement and the homage since the late 14th century coordinations have followed this order and today it will be no exception as the nation crowns their king and queen so let's go through what we'll be seeing at Westminster Abbey stage one it is the recognition King Charles will be presented to the people with the Archbishop of Canterbury proclaiming him the undoubted king and calling on attendees to support him and this is where we'll hear the people shout God save King Charles would trumpet sounding a victory this is to make sure that they have the right guy that they're about to Crown that's exactly right and it goes all the way back to Anglo-Saxon times it may seem kind of strange now obviously we all know who the king is we've seen his picture many times we can look at it on the internet whenever we want but back then of course it was very important for people to see to recognize and to say yes this is our person This Is Us of them Sovereign we recognize him or her as our Sovereign and what Charles will do is he was fanned in the middle of Westminster Abbey in an area that called the coronation theater and that actually reminds us that the Abbey was specifically built with coronations in mind with this with with this theater when it was rebuilt by King Henry III and he will turn to all four corners of the Abbey representing the four points of the compass and he will be introduced and the congregation will say God save King Charles the Archbishop does this alone back in 1953 obviously it was a different Archbishop but he did this alone for Queen Elizabeth's coronation but now we're going to see him joined by three distinguished citizens from across the UK again bringing the public bringing the people into this moment making it a people's monarchy I guess and stage two of the ceremony if the coronation oh the king will place his hand on the Bible and swear his oath vowing to Reign according to the law before signing it at his pledge it is the only time the Monarch makes a written obligation to the people and the only part of the ceremony that is legally required and Robert do we know what will be in the king's oath we're going to hear it and it's going to be slightly tweaked so I'm going to be intrigued to see how that has been tweaked but knowing the king I think he will be talking about he's been working through this with the archives of Canterbury but he'll be talking about faith and belief of course you'll be declaring yourself to be defender of the faith and he'll be for the Church of England and this is a king that really does believe in representing all of his Nation all of the nations of the Realms and that is to do with all faiths and so we're going to get a bit of that about Harry acknowledges and ex and accepts people of all faiths is this old something that is shaped in history and something he writes himself for this moment he will work with it with the Archbishop of Canterbury and they've been doing that for some South they're lucky in recent weeks all right and stage three is the anointing which is considered the most important religious part of the ceremony the king will be blessed with holy oil confirming him at the Supreme governor of the Church of England and we know we won't be seeing him during this faith it is a moment that is so sacred they keep it off camera but at this time Charles will be blocked by a screen the newly commissioned screen is the tree design which includes the names of the Commonwealth nations in polls made from trees from the Windsor State and here's what will happen King Charles will remove his robe and take his place in that coronation chair he will be anointed by the Archbishop using two of the most important pieces of the regalia the ampulla and the 12th century anointing spoon oil will be placed on his head chest and hands making a cross to show he has been chosen by God during this we will hear the choir sing an Anthem and Endeavor this stage of his faith it is steeped in so much history it is steeped in history but also too this is so different from the rest of the ceremony at its core is this sort of religious part of it and Michael I grew up Baptist and so baptism was sort of like the separation rebirth in a way this anointing is sort of like that it's supposed to separate him from all this pageantry and he is reborn really in some way so that oil which is kind of interesting too the oil comes from the Mount of Olives where his grandmother his paternal grandmother is buried a secret blend of oils it is supposed to be a very sacred and special part of the ceremony that is so far removed from this gold carriage and all of that so interesting so at this core it's about religion about religion at that point in next stage stage four investiture at this point the king will put on ceremonial clothing and regalia and now this phase that includes the most the moment most of us picture when we think of a coronation the crowning where the Archbishop places the 400 year old Saint Edwards crown on the king's head the crown weighs four pounds nine ounces and made of solid gold and this would be the only time a monarch will ever wear it we are looking at a live shot of Camilla's family entering Westminster Abbey [Music] and we are going to go back to Brick Clinic where the recession procession is passing right now hey Brit what are you seeing out there well the crowds the cheese from the crowds are growing louder and louder as All the King's Men and all the king's horses are coming past behind me we heard people seeing God Save the King really the excitement building despite the damp weather people waiting here exactly for this moment there it is there it is the crowds growing clubs growing louder as well really an exciting moment many people here telling me this is exactly what they've come for [Music] around town we've come in just for this and you're right there it is this is what they have come for Brett [Music] pretty amazing sight to see and now we're going to go back to Lara at Buckingham Palace and Lara this crowd that we talked about that would only be worn this one time in this ceremony is really the centerpiece of the UK's crown jewels yes the Saint Edwards Crown it is the centerpiece as you said and it's it's massive it's I'm sure a bit of a relief when he gets to take it off because it is five pounds originally made for King Charles II in 1661. he puts it on he takes it off it was worn once by his mother to a coronation it would be worn once by him and then by his son that's right down the road look I mean a lot of these these uh these items in the coronation regulator only date back to the 1600s I say only relatively young for our country because of course we had a revolution so that all of them got melted down but the one that's that survived is the spoon from the 1200s and it's the combination what we're going to witness today is a combination of all our history of our British constitutional history with this religious kind of iconography and it's absolutely it's going to be wondrous to see remember when the the queen died the crown jewels won her coffin and they were taken and put on the altar so the power The Authority was returned to God what we're going to see today is not just the investiture of the head of state but the investor of the head of the church in England so the crown jewels are now returned symbolically to the new king he has Authority by God to run the church and there are lots of people who are sort of looking at this and thinking it feels very outdated um and the questions about you know whether or not the monarchy Will Survive monarchy and church feel like they don't really have a place in modern Britain to a lot of people but we'll see hints of changes in today's ceremony which we'll try to look forward rather than just look back and that's why as you know Robert earlier was talking about a different Faith leaders represented one of the first things that the King Charles will do after uh he is crowned is to stand up and greet Faith leaders from the Jewish Community the Muslim Community the Hindu Community to show that this is the king who cares about all faiths he's a defender of the faith but he is a supporter of all faiths and Jane I'm sure you know we're going to be a lot of talk about modernizing the monarchy and I you know next you can see that they are definitely trying to be very inclusive of everyone in this country and around the world actually and next you know there's so many faded next five stage five is enthronement with the King walking up to take his place on the throne now don't forget Camilla is also being crown queen today the first time the queen consort had been crowned since 1937. the ceremony only takes place for female consorts so Prince Philip he did not have one but this ceremony is much simpler than it is for the Monarch it will happen after stage six of his ceremony starting with an anointing with the king's permission and next the queen will be presented with a ring like the Kings it represent their commitment to Duty after that the Archbishop will Crown her with Queen Mary's Crown which has been altered to honor Queen Elizabeth and Lara at this point Camilla has been she's been widely accepted by the people of the Commonwealth but that's not something that would have happened that many years ago well I think it all changed really in a couple of years ago when the late Queen said I give my blessing for her to be called Queen consort that was that was a real sort of Turning Point um and we were both saying that Camilla has done such a great job she's really uh keep calm and carry on you know she's very stoic and she's put up with a lot over the years I started to say earlier Michael in the 90s after Charles and Diana broke up and then after Diana tragically was killed she was called by the press the most hated woman in the UK and she has really slowly but surely turned that around and that all culminates today when she becomes Queen Camilla and puts on Saint uh is it which Crown is it Mary's Crown yes Mary's yes and and the symbolism there what they're doing to modernize it and to honor Queen Elizabeth by adding two diamond brooches the Cullen and diamonds which are so significant here in in British history and they're adding them to that Crown as a nod to the late Queen and to make this Camillus Queen Camilla's own I mean it's extraordinary just the turnaround that she has had and yes she stops being Queen consort today she becomes Queen Camilla and look Keep Calm and Carry On never explain never complain these are kind of mottos that she had anyway I mean you know they were Royal motto is very much part of the firm these kind of ideas but also very much hers and and she was close to the royal family for a long time personally you know her family knew the the royal family I think uh the queen mother was at her original marriage to Andrew Parker Bowles so they were close but the Queen the late Queen Elizabeth knew that she had this kind of I suppose you know toxic reputation that she needed to keep it on arm's length and now look we're watching her and so many people in Britain have been brought round to uh have been brought round to the idea of a queen because they see and we're seeing Harry for the first time that's alongside other members of the royal family that's Beatrice his cousin sorry we saw prince Andrew also walk into Westminster Abbey there so that's non-working members of the royal family of course he's not he's in uh he's not in military uniform he is allowed to wear his medals but as a non-working member of the royal family he appears uh as a kind of Civilian guest um all eyes will be on here only here for 24 hours of course not with Megan she stayed behind because today I think it's today or tomorrow today today is Archie's birthday right so she stayed behind in California and we have heard that right after the ceremony Harry will return to the U.S to celebrate his son's birthday and not sure whether or not we'll see him behind us on the balcony chances are probably not as a non-working member of the royal family probably not I think there are people hoping that he might look every time he's in this country Brits really hoped for some kind of reconciliation I think it's probably too much to ask for the in the next 24 hours that might happen but as we look at him there you and I touched on this earlier Queen Camilla and and her sort of reticence to speak out and and that keep calm and carry on but her Inner Circle has said that his books bear the words that she had for or the words that he had for her they hurt her um and she would never say anything out loud and there is Princess Anne on the camera right now we've heard so much about her role I love it it's called The Gold stick that's right she's the the protector of The Sovereign she was said she was very honored to be given this role and I think her star has certainly risen since her mother's death Michael and there it is Princess Anne we have the big part in the coordination today and we also saw Harry show up at the church and I think a lot of people were happy to see Harry here to show respect to his father the king and the queen but Deborah what what are your thoughts obviously and Harry under the church well first of all I have to say I love seeing Anne I love the Swagger I love Anne she is very tough it is so fitting that she is the protector of The Sovereign I think a lot of Americans are waiting to see Harry and so to see him there looking comfortable as Robert just said um you know I think you know a lot of Americans are just curious about Megan and Harry in that part of this whole ceremony so to see him there looking relaxed chatting with the Archbishop seeming to take his place of course we know he's not in his military uniform he's not getting all of those props that you'd like to see but I think you interviewed Harry so you had a sense of what he might have been feeling I guess maybe because when I interviewed him I think the feelings were really wrong the book had was going to be released um right after our interview I think a lot of people were really surprised about some of the things that he wrote about and some some of the experiences that he felt that he had and I'm curious with Robert and Victoria how do you two feel about seeing Harry here back in the UK to honor his father many relieved be honest because I think as a dad myself this is a moment of that you want your son your family with you the fact you look very cool is the Deb's saying is really how it makes a difference and I think that he looked comfortable with his cousins it doesn't matter where he sits his dad knows he's there that's what matters I think it's so important that he's here because it's been really difficult on both sides and there's been a lot of criticism aimed at both sides and that the royal family they want to stand for Unity they want to bring people together and Harry being here people know it's not fully resolved but him being here allows them much better to send that positive message of reconciliation of unity and it's interesting that he chose to participate in that despite everything but I think that shows that he really understands the importance of this moment and it would have been a big thing for him to have missed it and let he without an argument in the family raise their hand yeah well it is great to see Harry here amongst everyone else going into Westminster Abbey and let's go back to the stages we are at stage six of the coordination ceremony it is the final stage the homage with King Charles on the throne the Archbishop Prince William and in another changes addition the people are being asked to swear their allegiance the idea of the people being asked is is stirring some controversy here in the UK so let's go to ABC correspondent Hassan and Hyde Park and llama what is the reaction from people gathered there in Hyde Park about this change well let me tell you Michael you know it is safe to say that it is bucketing down right now but you can hear the crowd it is not dampening that Spirit they're going to keep calm and carry on and celebrate because I think that's the feeling here everyone here is United for one reason to celebrate and to witness history and to witness the crowning of Charles and Camilla you know I've been making friends all morning here and I was asking my new friends just next to me they didn't have an umbrella and I said to them what are you going to do and they said we're just going to embrace it and I'm feeling quite Regal because we are in Hyde Park as you said which is one of London's largest of the royal Parks if you don't have a seat in the Abbey I can say this is the next best thing because they've got these giant screens behind me where people here are gathered and United witnessing history and watching the ceremony live and there was this brilliant moment here no one's talking about the hummus just yet but there was this brilliant moment when the king and queen left Buckingham Palace everyone got up and started singing the National Anthem and waving the Union flag the atmosphere is absolutely brilliant I'm just getting Goosebumps talking to you about it people here with that picnic baskets their Foods their blankets you name it of course they're Rollies and I even saw people crack open their bottles of champagne at 8 A.M so everyone here is in good spirit to let me tell you it is infectious despite the rain they do have Monday off so pop open the champagne and enjoy yourself and there is a lot there's a lot of Pride here in the UK and let's take a look at Westminster Abbey where the king and queen on their way they are arriving and Maggie Rulli is right there Maggie what is the energy like now Michael we are just all anxiously awaiting that moment Queen enter Westminster Abbey right here we're awaiting the stagecoach we've already seen plenty of other royal families arriving especially the big headliner here Prince Harry he walked in just behind me right there we know he's inside Westminster Abbey right now he's not the only Royal here Royals from all over the world have arrived there was an amazing procession not that long ago of some of the 20 royal families that are here from all over the globe people from Tonga Denmark Holland Morocco Thailand Bhutan Belgium just to name a few and what was amazing to see was to take a look at their outfits if I'm honest because so many of them were dressed in traditional outfits from their country and it's just a reminder Michael of the reach of the British Global uh royal family of the monarchy and a royal family is coming together from all over the world you know you can start to even hear some of the bands and the procession behind me Michael I think more Royals are getting close right now uh behind me you actually see people on Horseback playing instruments there's a man playing drums on horse I think that sums up some of the pump and pageantry that we're seeing right now Michael I think the British people are certainly bringing it today and we're just moments away from more Royals arriving and of course waiting for the king and queen well we have a slight a little bird's eye view of the king and queen arriving at Buckingham Palace we're just gonna watch and listen for a minute [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] there is nothing like the sound of the horse's Hooves on the pavement makes it feel more official joining us now is Sir Peter West mccot former deputy private secretary to the Prince of Wales and former British ambassador to the United States ABC News contributor Elsa Anderson who was the Queen's former press secretary and the former director of communication for the Archbishop of Canterbury and Christina kiriaku the former Communications secretary to Charles and Camilla when they were the Prince of Wales and The Duchess or Cornwall thank you all for joining us and and Peter as someone who spent a lot of time with the King do you have a sense of how he's feeling right now on this day Peter hello yes I didn't hear the question forgive me oh I'm sorry about that you know and someone who spent so much time with the King do you have a sense of how he's feeling on this special day well I think it must be a remarkable moment because it's just eight or nine months since there was that moment that he'd been dreading for years when his mother died and then the succession and now all these months of preparation for this very special moment of Coronation which is of course has its its two elements one is he's going to become the head of state of not just the United Kingdom but of 15 different countries around the world we should never forget that but also he becomes the Supreme governor of the Church of England in that very important religious element which will be hidden behind the uh the Shroud in the Abbey so I think for him this is a very special moment all right Peter thank you we're just going to watch and listen for a moment [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] to lead the Diamond Jubilee State coach thank you [Music] church bells are now ringing and Elsa I want to bring you in for a moment this is a big day for the Archbishop the Church of England's most senior cleric he'll conduct the coordination but how is he doing ahead of the ceremony he would want to make sure everything happened according to plan so I know he would be nervous but he would have practiced this for many many months every eye would be dotted every tea would be crossed and of course he will be praying the night before today's coronation he will be communing himself with God and I know his his thoughts his prayers will be with the King and and Queen on today's service as you see everyone anxiously awaits the king and queen to enter and Christina let's bring you in you you and King Charles you had a great working relationship what type of leader is he how has he been preparing for this role as king Michael he is a fastidious leader his attention to detail at the second to nine he's a very very compassionate man he's a very very knowledgeable man he is no stone unturned to solve um any challenge or any issue that members of the public tell him about he has worked so hard as The Heir Apparent and his legacy with all the Charities that he's set up has been incredible there is Prince Louis waiting for his grandfather to arrive and King Charles has an enormous role taking over for his beloved mother Queen Elizabeth [Music] now there is a procession inside the Abbey you'll first we'll see Faith leaders and representatives then members of his Majesty's Realms and finally the king and queen the crown jewels they will be carried on cushions ahead of them including their crowns which will also be on cushions [Music] there we go we see the queen [Music] and we'll see the king with their pages Prince George and also the Queens with hers her grandsons and her great nephew so let's watch [Music] we see Camino that attended by her four pages as you said her grandsons and great nephew and she's wearing the robe of State underneath she has a dress which we've just been told today as she arrived a little bit of detail off it was designed by Bruce Oldfield who is her go-to designer it has embroidery of wildflowers and also flowers of the United Kingdom so roses thistles daffodils and Shamrocks and we see their Little Prince George one of the king's four pages a very big day for him because he is there to support his grandfather but also one day seeing what could be his Monday he could have his own coronation like this one day and the youngest too he's 10 years old I think the rest of them are around 12 or 13. so for him this is probably a nerve-wracking moment but he looks like he's very cool doesn't it he's always got those sort of eyes that looks like the weight of the world but also you know having Prince George it's the first time in the heir to the Thrones officially involved in this ceremony in any way which is really really something very true yeah we've seen children watch before but for him actually to be involved and I know that William and Kate they talk to their children about this about this big moment and how they feel being involved nervous yeah she does look a little bit nervous doesn't it but I think it's so remarkable that her family was also assembled here you know her ex-husband you know they they all brought them together didn't they well it's a it's the king there's King Charles but that's a little Jewish look great the guys this is one moment where we really see the tradition coming to the forest tell us about the road that King Charles was wearing so this is called The Robe of State it's a crimson Road he has quite a lot of outfit changes in this process so he wears this at the beginning and it is simply what it means the robe of state and then he will change when he is Anointed he will change into something much more simple than he'll wear a different robe when he leaves the Abbey underneath he has um Royal Navy trousers which symbolizes the fact that he served there are the whales William and Kate for them as well I think that she looks tremendous in the outfit isn't she with the red white and blue that's absolutely how much pride do you feel that they have in watching their son be a part of this I'm sure any parent will be deeply proud but worried their messes up when he is being the kid he's the loudest compare this to his old trade this is huge and to be on the world stage they're watched everywhere and you see the crowns are being bought in on cushions yeah that's Queen Mary's Crown which Camilla will be crowned with there we see Kate wearing a sort of headpiece it's not a tiara but it's a beautiful kind of looking headpiece yeah I think the fact that we're not seeing them in Tiaras this time really shows exactly in 1953 it was a sea of the aristocracy and Tiaras and coronets and this sets a very different tone for the modern monarchy well there's been a lot of talk about those Jewels right and the history of those jewels and there were there were big questions about what they would wear today and whether they would wear some of these very controversial Tiaras with the jewels and clearly they're trying to tone this down well Camilla chose not to be crowned with the most controversial Jewel in her crown the Kohinoor that was taken from India Cullen and diamond a in the cranials that we will see if we have to give back all the diamonds that we took I think there'd be no diamonds in these grounds Endeavor as we're watching this very diverse tell us about you how you feel about the diversity well you notice it right away I mean even as they were filing into the church earlier to all the different Realms as you as you were but I just think that's so that's so because in 1953 you 'd see this Victoria and I were talking about it was white men democracy at the time and to see all of these faces black and brown faces some of them from various countries some of them of course political leaders there's Camilla right there it's it's really fascinating I think to see that there are some who say oh the jokes to hear you know the jokes that were all represented last time they're not and yeah the guy that used to drive Camilla is Michael Ron Haley is here so you know a few jigs are not very happy this is a real representation of our society now our diverse Society these people hold really important positions within our society they've not been plucked from nowhere the reason we have a woman carrying the sword of State this time is because a woman is Lord president of the privy Council in today's day and age so it's a real celebration of how far we've come and now you have the entrance of King Charles listen in and watch [Music] it looks as if he's taken in the moment [Music] straying away with his eyes looking at everyone who showed up show their love for the king [Music] hard to believe this is a smaller crowd you know his mother had 8 000 people he's got about 2 000 but people were on Scaffolding in 1953 they were raised up [Music] at this moment I think there's a Greek while I was singing and it's on the stage and that's an honor of his father's the late she could think of Edinburgh who of course was a prince of the police apparently he took great pride in the music here right commissioning songs and and music and he's a big lover of music so we're hearing a lot of his touches he is and we'll hear the new coronation Anthem later on composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber as well as lots of very traditional music handles they doc the priest will be played at the moment of anointing a great tradition for coronations I think the hairs will be on the back of the neck when that comes out [Music] see the screens around town right I think it's going to be viewed on you know what 30 different screens around around town all the londoners out taking in the festivities and this is a definitely the dress the Wardrobe was so different than it was back in 1953 the crowd is so different than it was in 1953. been a mix of modernized in the monarchy but yet holding on to traditions of the past [Music] there is the king [Music] the procession LED there by the cross of Wales which was redesigned to incorporate relics from the True Cross the cross on which Jesus was crucified and that was a gift from the pope for this ceremony and if you are just joining us it is 6 a.m on the east coast and 3 A.M in the west and 11 A.M here in London the king and queen they've made their way from Buckingham Palace and the King's procession and now they're inside Westminster Abbey for the coordination service which will begin in a moment so let's turn to Westminster Abbey where the service is about to begin foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] by that [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] friend [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] he makes his way first to the chair of the state and we've we've talked about the pages in Camilla has always been very private her family's always been private and now she had her grandkids involved in the coordination bringing them to the Forefront in front of the nation and I want to go back to you Lara and discuss a little bit more about the pages well Michael as you just said three of her four pages are her own grandchildren Gus Louie and Freddie and then it's her sister Anna Bull's grandchild his name is Arthur and they are there to support her today she felt that was very important and it is a great show of a blended family and that's part of the new monarchy that we are seeing a really nice tribute to this blended family on the king side his pages are of course his grandson and then close family friends children and they are helping him with his very heavy heavy robe yeah heavy robes and close family friend friends but also from other hereditary families of the United Kingdom you see they're close that's the crowns that they will be invested with uh close family friends but also from families that also have positions in this coronation going back hundreds of years these symbols of chivalry uh go back many many generations the Spurs that are held on a cushion behind the king the the amulets around the rest these are symbols of Knighthood of Honor going back many many centuries and the robes many of the senior members of the royal family are wearing also of the Knights of the Garter that's the most senior Cheval recorder you were just pointing out Kate's wardrobe today exactly just listened a little bit here I come not to be served but to serve the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ the love of God and The Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you dearly beloved we are gathered to offer worship and praise to almighty God to celebrate the life of our Nations to pray for Charles our King to recognize and to give thanks for his life of service to this nation the Realms and the Commonwealth and to witness with joy his anointing and crowning is being set apart and consecrated for the service of his people let us dedicate ourselves alike in Body Mind and Spirit to A Renewed Faith a joyful hope and a commitment to serve one another in love [Music] ah the boys [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign has been saying in Welsh by Paul Miller [Music] [Music] I hear present unto you King Charles You're On Target King wherefore all you who I'll come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same God save King Charles foreign wherefore all you are come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same [Music] I hear presents unto you King Charles your undoubted king wherefore all you who have come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same [Music] I hear present unto you King Charles your undoubted king wherefore all you who are come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same [Music] that with the recognition which is the first element of the traditional English coordination right and although ceremony is now entirely symbolic it is a very powerful moment the four sides of the theater which is the special platform built inside the Abbey are the four points of the compass each time that his majesty is presented to the people they are given the opportunity to show their support for him at their King by as we saw they were shouting God save King Charles and this is to affirm and acknowledge that the king is the one they recognize as head of state sir to keep you ever mindful of the law and the gospel of God as the rule for the whole life and government of Christian princes receive this book the most valuable thing that this world has to offer here is wisdom this is the Royal law these are the Lively articles of God the Bible is the church's first gift to the king the word spoken by the moderator of the general assembly of the Church of Scotland you imagine the world of God above all human laws established by law whose settlement you will swear to maintain is committed to the true profession of the gospel and in so doing we'll seek to Foster an environment in which peoples of all faiths and beliefs may live freely the coronation oath has stood for centuries and is enshrined in law are you willing to take the oath I am willing will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland your other Realms and the territories to any of them belonging or pertaining according to their respective laws and customs I solemnly promise so to do will you to your power cause Law And Justice in Mercy to be executed in all your judgments I will will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel will you to the utmost of your power maintained in the United Kingdom the Protestant reformed religion established by law will you maintain and preserve invaluably the settlement of the Church of England and the doctrine worship discipline and government thereof as by law established in England and will you preserve unto the Bishops and clergy of England and to the churches they're committed to their charge all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain to them or any of them all this I promise to do the things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep so healthy God your majesty are you willing to make subscribe and declare to the statutory accession declaration oath I am willing I Charles do solemnly and sincerely in the presence of God profess testify and declare that I am a faithful Protestant that I will according to the true intent of the enactments which secure the Protestant succession to this road uphold and maintain the said enactments to the best of my Powers according to law [Music] [Applause] [Music] that was the coronation oath this is the only time that a monarch signed a written obligation to his people [Music] foreign [Music] Hollywood [Music] with me [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] God of compassion and mercy whose son was sent not to be served but to serve give Grace that I may find in thy service perfect freedom and in that freedom knowledge of thy truth grant that I may be a blessing to all thy children of every faith and belief that's together we may discover the ways of gentleness and be led into the paths of peace through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen thank you [Music] foreign [Music] tomorrow [Music] [Applause] [Music] come on [Music] and Robert we saw the king's prayer there and you said it's a very interesting fact about the prayer when it is another change very subtle change but it's the first time in history that the Monarch has prayed aloud in front of the congregation Victoria you have something to add as well I do we had um the coronation oath there the coronation oath is enshrined in our legislation but what was new this time was that before he made his own the Archbishop offered an explanation that he isn't fostering an environment for all faiths to live freely so when he promises to uphold the Protestant Faith that's how should it that's how it should be interpreted and that's a really important part of the inclusivity of this ceremony yeah we heard in that prayer too grant that I may be a blessing to all their children of every faith and belief so they are definitely stressing sort of inclusivity even though he mentioned being a Protestant they want to everybody to feel a part of that and when we see the presentation of the regalia later on we will see people representing different faiths presenting him with some of those pieces of regalia as well so bringing that right into kind of every piece it's really what it's about it's about interface dialogue although he is supreme government Church of England the Protestant he believes that we should have as much dialogue amongst as many faiths as possible to improve the lot of the people England a very diverse country and we're seeing it on full display here at Westminster Abbey let's go back inside the church machines [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] all right [Music] let us pray Lord enthroned in Heavenly splendor look with favor upon thy servant Charles our King and bestow upon Him such Gifts of wisdom and love that we and all thy people may live in peace and prosperity and in loving service one to another to thine eternal glory who with the father and the Holy Spirit Reign a supreme over all things one God now and forever amen now we will have the epistle the reader the Prime Minister Rishi reading from the epistle to the Colossians for this cause we also since the day we heard it do not cease to pray for you and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding that ye might walk worthy of the Lord until all pleasing being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God strengthened with all might according to his glorious power unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness giving thanks unto the father which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saints in light who hath delivered us from the power of Darkness and have translated us into the kingdom of his dear son in whom we have Redemption through his blood even the Forgiveness of sins who is the image of the invisible God the firstborn of every creature for by him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in Earth visible and invisible whether they be Thrones or dominions or principalities or powers all things were created by Him and for him and he is before all things and by him all things consist this is the word of the Lord thanks be to God this song this music is a new commission composed for this service thank you [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] the Lord be with you hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Jesus came to Nazareth where he had been brought up and as his custom was he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up for to read and there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah and when he'd opened the book he found the place where it was written the spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted to preach Deliverance to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind to set at Liberty them that are bruised to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and he closed the book and gave it again to the minister and sat down and the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him and he began to say unto them this day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears this is the gospel of the Lord that was the Gospel and the language of anointing points to the most solemn element in this coronation service when his majesty will himself be anointed set apart for service of his people [Music] [Music] oh [Music] [Applause] God [Music] sing praises for God is [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] Hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] amen foreign [Applause] [Music] and fill our hearts with the flame of Your Love amen we are here to Crown a king and we Crown a king to serve what is given today is for the gain of all for Jesus Christ announced a kingdom in which the poor and oppressed are freed from the chains of Injustice the blind sea the bruised and broken-hearted are healed that Kingdom sets the aims of all righteous government all authority and the kingdom also sets the means of all government and Authority for Jesus doesn't grasp power or hold on to status the King of Kings Jesus Christ was anointed not to be served but to serve he creates the unchangeable law of good authority that with the privilege of power comes the duty to serve service is love in action we see active love in our care for the most vulnerable the way we nurture and encourage the young in the conservation of the natural world we have seen those priorities in the life of Duty lived by our King today we have the honor of being in this Abbey with so many who show such love you work with Charities and organizations you build community you serve the nation in Armed Forces in emergency services and so many other ways next door are 400 or more extraordinary young people in Saint Margaret's Church whose lives speak of service around the world in Realms and Commonwealth are so many more you live your lives for the sake of others the unity you show the example you give is what binds us together and offers societies that are strong joyful happy and glorious they bath heavy weights for us and the weight of the task given today your majesties is only bearable by the spirit of God who gives us the strength to give our lives to others with the anointing of the Holy Spirit the king is given freely what no ruler can ever attain through will or politics or war or tyranny the Holy Spirit draws us to love in action this is Promised by Jesus who put aside all privilege because as the first reading tells us God will give all things for our sake even his own life his throne was a cross his crown was made of thorns his regalia were the wounds that pierced his body each of us is called by God to serve whatever that looks like in our own lives each of us can choose God's way today we can say to the King of Kings God himself as does the king here today give Grace that in thy service I may find perfect freedom in that prayer there is promise beyond measure Joy Beyond dreams hope that endures by that prayer for every King every ruler and yes for every person for all of us we are opened to the transforming love of God amen and those the sermon was given by the Archbishop of Canterbury and I want to go back to the moment before that Victoria and speaking of religious ceremony and the elements of religion involved here as very inclusive of everyone but we saw female clergy is involved very good point we did and we would never have seen that in 1953 because women couldn't be ordained until 1990s in the UK so it's really displaying how far we've come here we've got female priests female Bishops involved in this ceremony the woman who was going to present Camilla with a piece of her regalia became the first black female Bishop in the UK and she's involved in this ceremony as well and something else I have a film we wouldn't have seen back in 1953 and Deborah something you said you sat here you looked at me and said I've been waiting for this the gospel The Gospel Choir suffice it to say Michael I don't think we've seen that version of alleluia in this Abbey ever it was just really spectacular and it kind of takes you back to Harry and Megan's wedding when they had a gospel choir remember when they sang Stand By Me it was also something very different for us but it was just beautiful and you know again they're going to be criticisms around this but to see that gospel choir and that presence there today I thought it was really powerful and Robert what have you taken away from what we've seen so far well very much that sense of inclusivity I thought well I'm willing to clap when they were doing that so I thought it was naturally part of service it was beautifully beautifully done but actually the fact that although we may have seen changes I don't think many people would say that this was out of sorts or out of kilter with the the monarchy of old and the molecule the new I think we are seeing the new but it's actually it's evolving before our eyes a very natural way and that choir which you know as I said was immense would not have happened years ago but it seems to be right and part of what is on the historic ceremony kind of striking a balance too between sort of the old and the new the way they presented themselves what it wasn't exactly an amen moment but it was really really beautiful and what we're listening to right now the Vinnie Creator spirit is it's a significant because it follows the Oaths in prayers that state and illuminate the unique demand of monarchy and doing so recognizing that such a calling can only be fulfilled with the sustaining strength and grace of God today we hear a song in a variety of languages associated with the United Kingdom in a new arrangement [Music] [Music] foreign God upholding with thy Grace or who all who are called to thy service the prophets of old anointed priests and Kings to serve in thy name and in the fullness of time thine only son was anointed by the Holy Spirit to be the Christ the Savior and servant of all by the power of the Same Spirit grant that this holy oil may be for thy servant Charles a sign of joy and gladness that as king he may know the abundance of thy Grace and the power of thy mercy and that we may be made a royal priesthood a holy nation a people for thine own possession blessed be God our strength and our Salvation now and forever amen [Music] thank you there's the screen [Music] we see them come in with the screen that is made especially for this coronation it is the one part of the ceremony they will not be seen by cameras and Robert can you explain this to us what happens behind that screen well this is the most sacred moment where when he is Anointed with the Holy oil that's coming from the Mount of Olives the what happens is the the dean of Westminster passes the ampular palsy the oil for the ampulla which has been essentially derives from chug in Latin he pours it into the spoon with his fingers the spoon the oldest part of the jewels he then anoints the King on his on his forehead on his wrists and on his chest and that is the moment that he is Anointed by God and to be the king and the sign of the cross and your Archbishop is presented with and formally received the coronation oil he prays and gives thanks for it as well and this is also a newly composed prayer for this service but it remains faithful to the style of the book of common prayer and so for for everyone there knowing how sacred this part of the ceremony is the cedar King Lord not see the king behind that screen you can only imagine the feeling inside of that church Victorious I know and he's very private they're much more private than Queen Elizabeth was she had a canopy over her head but he is very much shielded this moment is also Robert explained that the spoon will be used so this is the time that we first see the regalia used in the ceremony we saw it being carried in now we're seeing it well we're not seeing it but now we know it's in use and also the first time the king sits on the coronation chair it was built by Edward the first around the year 1300 to house the stone of Destiny which is that stone that is underneath it that Edward the first took from Scotland it was given back in 1996 but it was brought down for the ceremony as sitting underneath that chair today so that is very significant Deb that that slab too I mean that stone is really very interesting when you think about it because it goes back so far right and Legend has it that it might have been Jacob's pillow we don't know if that's true but there's a lot of talk about the historical but also sort of the mystical religious part of this but Michael one funny little bit we talk about that chair and it is so delicate so fragile and there was a story about a black cat that was found sitting in that chair around the Queen Elizabeth's coronation years ago so maybe it's not that uncomfortable as beloved as she was I maybe the black cat isn't bad luck after all I have a good good Reign there so we're going to go back inside the church and they remove the screens [Music] and as we see there King Charles has removed his robe and that what is a symbol I know there's a lot of significance with them removing the robe and having him there kind of playing and open the show what what is the symbolism of him removing that robe and being exposed to the yeah essentially it is that but he comes to the church he comes to the Royal pecuned out the whisper stabby as a Pulpit that's what that's supposed to be and he leaves as a king and that's why he's in that that woven shirt and that is the significance of it it's a humbleness isn't it sleeveless tunic is made from his shirt makers he's been there's been Craftsman on every single piece of this regalia but the fact is that's the symbolism of it and for history lovers I think this is where it's all so fascinating because a lot of this stuff as you said the regalia dates back to the 12th century and now he's been fitted with a gold super Tunica and this one was actually made for King George V it was also worn by King George VI and it was Elizabeth II this is designed based on Priestly clothes you can kind of see that design there and this is ready for him to be invested now with the different pieces of regalia with all their different symbolisms and I can only imagine it must have been altered to go through so many uh it must have been altered at some point but we're going to take you back inside the church to the ceremony hmm receive these spurs symbols of military honor and chivalry that you may be a brave advocate for those in need [Music] [Music] helping me [Music] foreign [Music] but he may not bear The Sword in vain but may use it as the minister of God to resist evil and defend the good through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen [Music] receive this kingly soul may it be to you and to all who witness these things a sign and simple not of judgment but of Justice not gonna check in with Lara and James at Buckingham Palace for more on the coordination chair where King Charles said it's 700 years old but guys also want to talk to you about the significance of the swords so much symbolism happening right now as you just said 700 years old the chair that he has just stood up from built in 1300 the stone of schoon just underneath it beneath it's so symbolic and if you are a history buff and we all are then this part of the ceremony is just riveting yeah it's extraordinary what we saw just there was Penny Morden she's a lawmaker and an attendant handing Charles one of the swords that's the first time a woman has ever done that we're watching another sign absolutely a new era that we are entering we're watching history unfolding before us but a changing history and the swords again infused with meaning so we'll have a spiritual sword which is essentially um you know to symbolize his role as head of the church we have a temporal sword the sort of temporal Justice which is essentially him as head of the Armed Forces head of you know an upholder of the laws of the land and then a sword of Mercy we'll see which is blunted um to signify the mercy the fact that we have a merciful King and these swords go back hundreds and hundreds of years I was saying the Garb that we see there looks medieval and you said of course it does that's a history and what the Brits do so well the pomp the circumstance the tradition and the history and these are being placed on the altar because again these don't belong to him these are spiritual offerings these are symbols of his leadership is both head of state and head of the church and so power is with God and now it is bestowed upon the king then we see the swords there and the swords have several meanings but one of them is the symbol of defense of the defenseless and we are several minutes away from the crowning which will be at noon local time here in London 7 A.M eastern time on the east coast in the U.S and 4 A.M for our West Coast viewers [Music] foreign Ty and wisdom taken of the Lord's protection embracing you on every side to what your son participate in something like this to have your son participate to have your grandson participate this is truly a family coordination and it really emphasizes the significance of William as the heir the fact that he has two formal roles within the coronation we'll see him later on paying homage he just whispered something to his father I'm curious what he said he's about the Garter outfit as well so I mean they're all pretty well spectacular dressed receive this road may the Lord clothe you with the robe of righteousness and with the garments of salvation okay receive this all set under the cross and remember always that the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdom of our God and of his Christ in Victoria we see the orb what is the significance of the orb see the orbits in the shape of a globe with a cross on the topic power in the Christian world it's divided into three sections which represent the three continents that they thought that there were in the medieval world receive this ring symbols of kingly dignity and a sign of the Covenant sworn this day between God and King and people in this ring is supposed to be symbolic of him marrying the UK essentially right it's sometimes called the wedding ring of England and it symbolizes promise and commitment and we will also see Camilla have her own ring as well during her investiture and it gets also an unbroken bond without end receive this glove that you may hold Authority with gentleness and Grace trusting not in your own power but in the mercy of God and if this glove of the demonstration of The Sovereign as an advocate and Challenger for the protection and honor of the people received the Royal scepter the end sign of kingly power and justice and the rod of equity and mercy are symbol of Covenant and peace May the spirit of the Lord who anointed Jesus at his baptism so anoint you this day that you might exercise Authority with wisdom and direct your councils with grace that by your service and Ministry to all your people Justice and mercy may be seen in all the Earth foreign of kings and Lord of lords bless we beseech thee this crown and so sanctify thy servant Charles upon whose head this day thou Dost place it for a sign of Royal Majesty that he may be crowned with thy gracious favor and filled with abundant grace and all princely virtues through him who liveth and reigneth Supreme Over All Things One God World Without End amen here's the moment that we have all been waiting for the crowning of King Charles [Music] foreign [Music] and there we have it the crowning of King Charles we heard the gun salute rise outside of the studio here and you can hear the church bells ringing what do you guys think it's how are you feeling right now you are from the UK this is a big moment for this country for the world how are you feeling right now Mr jobson deep Pride um and the king and everybody that's cut out this incredible historic service be part of my country and we're all family and the clergy but particularly with a relief for the king because I thought when the the Arts Christian was trying to get that Crown out of his head he was playing a little too hard I noticed that too he wanted to make sure he got it on just right it is five pounds to be today he just wanted to make sure he got it right he could not have that fall off of his head Victoria how are you feeling through this is that kind of release there that kind of explosion of sound almost we heard the gun salutes we heard the Abbey Bells behind us and the mood really shifted because it was very solemn it was quite tense it felt very serious and then suddenly it actually feels quite joyous now it feels like a moment of Celebration it's a blessed moment of Joy but I was more concerned that Michael was worried about the gun yeah it was right on time I think if we all looked around like what was that we didn't expect it to be right on time like it was there but everything here seemed to have gone along as well as you could have hoped implanted I want to bring in Peter Elsa and Christina and Peter I want to start with you how are you feeling right now but like the others I think there's a sense of relief we've got there I did wonder for a moment whether the crown was going to fit on the king's head it's a wonderful moment of pageantry and the mixture of humility and service but also the crowning of a monarch in a way that no other country in this world still does or indeed knows how to do as we do so a sense of great proud pride and I'm delighted for my old boss is Majesty the king yes and definitely can fill it in your voice there Elsa how about you how are you feeling right now feel rather emotional about it all I mean however you prepare for something like this to actually see it it has made me swell with pride but also emotional I'm also proud of my former boss the Archbishop of Canterbury who has been faultless in this service um I know when the crowning of of James II happened the crown wobbled and I know when um Queen Charlotte was crowned that the diamond fell out of it so um actually I think this service is not British stupendous stability of you well you said he'd take the job very seriously and he was not going to let anything happen with their crown on his watch and Christina how about you how are you feeling right now oh my God I'm absolutely Overjoyed I couldn't be happier I feel very very emotional this is a king who has worked every second and every hour of the day for the past 60 years you know since his teens he has absolutely worked in public service serving his mother serving the nation and the Commonwealth and he deserves this and I hope everyone understands all the good that he has done and all the causes he has champions and I want to bring in James Longman James how are you feeling on this historic occasion Michael it's just extraordinary isn't it we shouted God Save the King at the end there there was a real break it went from solemnity to Celebration and I've got to tell you that it started raining more heavily now it's almost like the heavens have opened in blessing for this moment I don't want to get too crazy about it but it does it's it's extraordinary really and whether or not you believe in monarchy it's hard not to have been affected by that absolutely the gun salute was such a moving slightly jarring but a moving moment here and we heard cheers from the crowd and what a true pleasure and joy an honor really to witness this moment in history yeah God Save the King they all shouted it here it was quite something to hear and then after the crowning and we saw we saw the blessings of different faiths and it's very inclusive coordination [Music] there is a new thin King Charles but is now wearing the crown I think just extraordinary how clearly we are seeing this as well because the Queens was the first coronation to be televised but not to the extent that this is in color with all of these different angles and we can really see so clearly right up close what's going inside here and that's the first time that will have happened and you see the folks watching outside I think they really played to that I think they want it to bring in everybody to be able to see this whether you're on social media and watching it on your phone or whether you're watching it on television well let's remember there's an Edwards Crown has its own Emoji now sure but but I think it's also great to set those screens up around the city because this is like something you want to experience with people it's nice to experience with your family but there's nothing more bonding than experience with the community and with the city and with this country so to see everyone come together outside to witness this historic moment is really special it came out on his throne King Charles is on his throne for the first time he looks so relieved doesn't he does but I think he must be thinking about the things too his mum's dad the fact that her majesty had to go through so much so young and now I came to shy of his 75th birthday because finally takes us through I'm pretty sure at some point he is gonna crack a smile I'm not so sure can you imagine the enormity of this of this for him the the pressure on him the pressure on everyone to get this right in a time in which there are a lot of sensitivities and when you watch this ceremony today you realize they put a lot of thought into this to make sure that they're inclusive to make sure that it's gone as smoothly as possible and that they have tried to to make it feel like it's fitting for the days that it may Stand Fast forevermore thank you I just in Archbishop of Canterbury will be faithful and true and faith and truth I will bear unto you our Sovereign Lord defender of the faith and unto your heirs and successors according to law so help me God I William Prince the Wales pledge my loyalty to you and faith and truth I will bear unto you as your lead man of life and limb so help me God thank you I now invite those who wish to offer their support to do so with a moment of private reflection by joining in saying God save King Charles at the end or for those with the words before them to recite them in full I swear that I will pay through allegiance to your majesty and your heirs and successes according to so help me God [Music] we saw everyone pay homage to King Charles saw Prince Harry there's well everyone said you see the family royal family there [Music] and someone says some very very you know sad in the sense that we saw Prince William there and Prince Harry is there but not able to participate in the way I'm sure which we all would have hoped sadly he couldn't I mean in the past all the all the jokes all the Royal Jukes and all the jokes would have paid their homage to the king but I think it's enough that the Prince of Wales um William has declared he's the least mind in life and living just as prescriptive to the queen all those years ago um and I think that Harry understands if he wants the life he wants to lead with his beautiful wife children and he doesn't want to be a member of the royal family working then it's it's William's job to do that and he is just sworn his allegiance to his father but also to his King William was doing it as the air as well so it's not completely clear even Harry was working World exactly what his role would have been on they've changed it a lot so at the Queen's coronation there were lots and lots of people that came past one by one members of the aristocracy to pay homage and that's one of the reasons her coronation was so long so they've taken that all away and opened it up to the people I don't think anything's been lost I think it's you know it's actually a better service in my opinion streamlined and now all attention turns Queen Camilla for the crowning of the queen receive this ring a symbol of Royal dignity and a sign of the Covenant sworn this day May thy servant Camilla who wears this Crown be filled by thine abundant grace and with all princely virtues reign in her heart O King Of Love there being certain of thy protection she may be crowned with thy gracious favor through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen receive the Royal scepter receive the rod of equity and mercy May the spirit guide you in wisdom and Grace that by your service and Ministry Justice and mercy may be seen in all the Earth [Applause] [Music] oh my goodness [Music] we are now seeing Queen Camilla her crown not quite as heavy of the Kings but still a chore and the song that we're listening to is composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber [Music] let's go [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Lara and James I want to go back to you and tell us your thoughts and feelings about Queen Camilla well she looks spectacular Michael that necklace that you see her wearing there that is called the coronation necklace commissioned for Queen Victoria in 1858 it consists of 25 brilliant diamonds 22.48 carat pendant there hanging at the end it is quite beautiful hanging around her neck and we spoke earlier about Queen Mary's Crown which has now been modified to honor the late Queen Elizabeth with some diamonds that were very near and dear to her heart yeah and what a moment for Camilla right I mean this is years and years in the making and there will be a lot of people at home watching who are in kind of disbelief that I think I don't think that's too strong a word that Camilla has got to this point she's being crowned Queen of England so many people thought that was basically impossible and yet here she is by her husband her King's side and it is quite a sight to behold and everyone we have spoken to that he truly needs as he embarks on this new role 70 years in the making he was at his mother's coronation now he has just been crowned Camilla sitting by his side and James when she was crowned you said this is a moment a lot of people thought they would never see no exactly and um she has really been rehabilitated I think in the minds of the British public because she humanizes Charles they have a very very close relationship and they're always catching each other's eyes at public engagements you can always sort of see them there it is but it but they share a sense of humor which I think people in Britain especially we're very proud of our sense of humor and I think we see that in them whenever there was one particular ceremony I remember them seeing them out and she thought something was very funny he caught her eye and the two of them could not stop giggling like children and I think people that is endearing to people she's come a long way in Britain and I think together to have for the first time a king and queen uh reigning this is the first time a queen has been crowned alongside her husband since the Queen Mother the day Queen Mother alongside George 6 back in 1937 so this is getting on for a century Without a Queen crowned alongside a king it's quite something for Camilla to be the one to whom that happens and you were saying before how strong he believes in the environment I was saying to you that I love that he was talking about Plastics in the ocean in the 80s and now here he is in this position of power and he he can't really talk about these things that he's been so passionate about for so many years but his son Ken and Camilla is so active now you know over a hundred Charities yeah one thing I love about Camilla is that I do think she has a sense of humor and she's a little bit cheeky but she also is a patron of rescues she has rescue dogs and um believes in that and is so sweet with all the Charities that she participates in yeah she's a huge animal lover she's a big proponent of of literacy she's big on loneliness as well a huge problem in our society and I know both in the United Kingdom and in the United States this is an issue that's very close to her heart and this will be I think a reign of King Charles and queen Camilla which is going to lean heavily on the rest of the family members you were talking there about Kate and William they will feature very heavily because I don't think that Charles and Camilla at their age you know 74 and 75 are going to be taking on as many duties as the queen did in the early part of her Reign it's very much all about her now we're gonna very much see these other members come forward William and Kate who we're seeing in the front row of the congregation and also Princess Anne and that yes has a very big role today we'll see her following the golden Carriage um as the gold stick yeah and but she has said in an interview that this is her role and she really is symbolic of the entire family's role to support King Charles this is going to truly be a family affair yeah we're getting a visit there's will and Kate and doesn't I mean I'm sorry but Laura and I were sitting here Charlotte she has stolen the show with that outfit and she looks incredible Kate and Charlotte by the way are both wearing Alexander McQueen this is all about Britain so British designers are being worn alongside Camilla of course again she wore Bruce Oldfield I think another British designer so uh celebrating Britain but also celebrating the union little marks of of everything the symbols of Britain represented in the in the close in the in the jewelry uh Michael will throw it back to you all right thank you so much James and Deborah I know you have some thoughts yeah well you know I can't help but notice the clothing you know me and the symbolism so we looked at Kate and Charlotte there and they have Tiaras right that have flowers on them and they're meant to sort of uh illustrate the king's belief in sustainability his love of nature Queen Camilla of course with the dress with the Lily of the Valley flowers a little bit of a nod to Queen Elizabeth so there's a lot of symbolism in what you're seeing here too in terms of a nod to parts of what's important to them in other parts of the family and I think that's actually very fascinating and Victoria we saw the king and queen leave the chapel for for a few minutes what was that all about well they went into the chapel above with the Confessor a little bit of a moment of kind of privacy for them there in this very intense moment in the spotlight and now they've come back out without their crowns on and they're going to take Holy Communion and that's a real reminder that actually our coronation service in Britain takes place within the context of a holy communion service we will watch them take communion lift up go back inside to church let us give thanks unto the Lord our God it is very meat right and our aboundant duty that we should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee O Lord Holy Father Almighty Everlasting God through Jesus Christ thine only son our Lord who has at this time consecrated thy servant Charles to be our King that by the anointing of thy Grace he may be the defender of thy faith and the protector of thy people that with him we may learn the ways of service compassion and love and that the good work that thou has begun in him this day may be brought to completion in the day of Jesus Christ therefore With Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven we lord and magnify thy glorious name ever bought more praising thee and sang [Music] thank you [Music] Lord [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] awesome [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you all glory be to thee almighty God our heavenly father who of thy tender Mercy this give thine only son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our Redemption who made there by his one ablation of himself once offered a full perfect and sufficient sacrifice oblation and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world and it Institute and in his gospel command us to continue a Perpetual memory of that is precious death until his coming again hear us o merciful father we most humbly beseech thee and Grant that by the power of thy Holy Spirit we receiving these creatures of bread and wine according to us to thy son Our Savior Jesus Christ's holy institution in remembrance of his death and passion may be partakers of his Most Blessed body and blood who in the same night that he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks to thee he broke it and gave it to his disciples saying take eat this is my body which is given for you do this in remembrance of me likewise after supper he took the cup and when he had given thanks to thee he gave it to them saying drink he all of this for this is my blood of the New Covenant which is shed for you and for many for the Forgiveness of sins do this as oft as ye shall drink it in remembrance of me wherefore O Lord and Heavenly Father we thy humble servants having in remembrance the precious death and passion of thy dear son his mighty resurrection and glorious Ascension entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving most humbly beseechingly to grant that by the merits and death of thy son Jesus Christ and through faith in his blood we and all thy whole church May obtain remission of our sins and all other benefits of his passion and although we be unworthy through our manifold sins to offer unto thee any sacrifice yet we beseech thee to accept this our abundant Duty and service not weighing our merits but pardoning our offenses and to grant that all we who are partakers of this Holy Communion may be fulfilled with thy Grace and Heavenly benediction through Jesus Christ Our Lord by whom and with whom and in whom in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory be unto thee O Father Almighty World Without End each in our own preferred language let us pray with confidence as our savior has taught us Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed thy kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us not into temptation but Deliver Us from Evil for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory forever and ever [Music] [Music] what's going on [Applause] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] thank you foreign let us pray o Almighty Lord and everlasting God vouch safe we beseech thee to direct sanctify and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of thy laws and in the works of thy Commandments that through thy most Mighty protection both here and ever we may be preserved in body and soul through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ amen Our Help Is In The Name Of The Lord blessed be the name of the Lord Christ Our King make you faithful and strong to do his will that you may reign with him in glory and the blessing of God Almighty the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit rest upon you and all whom you serve this day and all your days amen [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Laughter] oh [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] thank you we know that President Biden wasn't able to be here this morning but first lady Jill Biden is here in London but President Biden did share his congratulations on Twitter saying quote congratulations to King Charles III and queen Camilla on their coordination the enduring friendship between the U.S and the UK is a source of strength for both our peoples I am proud the first lady is representing the United States for this historic occasion and we always talk about modernizing the coordination that's pretty modern it's in the Tweet congratulations and we're going to turn now to Peter West mccot and Peter what can we expect to see with King Charles and how he deals with Biden and other world leaders and you're you're very close to the new king because as in also at the former ambassador to the U.S how do you think his monarchy will be perceived or received globally I think the first thing I'd say is what an honor it is to the United Kingdom and to the king that so many other heads of state whether they're crowned or whether they're elected are there you know the president of France president of Italy president of Germany are there first lady of the United States is there of course President Biden couldn't come but he's been to the United Kingdom many times and he and the king have an excellent relationship so I think that's just fine and I think that the king and a number of the other heads of state that he is now getting to know very well will be engaging in an informal and a meaningful way perhaps rather more so than the late Queen used to do because she was a little bit more sheltered behind a kind of plate glass window if you like this is a king who will engage so I think we're going to see the United Kingdom at that level more and more involved with our friends and allies and partners across the channel and across the Atlantic and I think that's important and I'm sure that the king will remain engaged on the issues that he really cares about like for example climate change in the future of the planet which is a concern that he shares strongly the President Biden and you know Michael there was some criticism about President Biden not coming but it's really not without precedent because in 1953 President Eisenhower didn't come they sent a delegation here so it really wasn't to be expected that he would come anyway and sending his wife seems perfectly included General Omar Bradley so that's not bad exactly yeah but I think sending the the first lady is a big sign of respect from the president and um Elsa Anderson I want to bring you an Elsa and looking back at what we just witnessed how did everything go in your opinion did everything go as planned I think it went perfectly as planned I have to say I had my my heart in my mouth a bit when the Archbishop would kind of replaced the crown on the Queen's head and she was touching it and I thought oh my goodness I hope it's uh I hope it's fair and square but no I think it was a collective sigh of relief in this room and everyone is really really happy and relieved it couldn't have gone more perfectly yeah how do you think the Archbishop did of 10 out of 10 10 out of ten but he did have gold on his side without a doubt and in Victoria you know how do you think it went I think it was a really special moment to see I think you have to remember that people in Britain are not familiar have not been familiar with the ceremony many people have just gotten to know those six parts that we outlined and have watched just these past couple of weeks this is a very unique ceremony and I think there was a lot of interest to see what it looked like in the modern world and actually it felt very natural to watch it it didn't feel like the bringing together of two things that didn't really go together or that were very strange it felt very like watching lots of other Royal events that we watched where you felt that you could in many ways relate to it and I think a lot of people will really be taking away from this today that they have successfully and I think there will be lots of debate around the monarchy in the future but married that traditional with the modern and Christine I want to bring you in on the conversation you work with King Charles for quite some time so I'm I want to hear your piano what kind of leader of boss is he and do you think he will be my cohesive fastidious leader he's a hard task master there's so much that he wants to do and so he has the team of people that he has surrounding him he tasks them with all sorts of things that he gauges the people need and he gauges that need from the upwards of 600 engagements that he's been doing a year so over since 2011 he's done over 20 000 public engagements more than any other working member of the royal family other than his sister the Princess Royal he is a compassionate leader he's very sympathetic he's the first person to write a note of condolence or support to absolutely anyone around the world that he sees is grieving or in need of a pet tour he he is a vociferous writer working at his desk until midnight or Beyond and into King Camilla has been the person who has come in and told him enough is enough she's the she's the Steel Magnolia the rod that absolutely makes him temper his his um zest for to be a workaholic all right thank you so much for that and he's definitely the definition of a working Royal we're going to just listen in because coming up is going to be the national anthem [Music] anymore [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] 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coffin when she died so it's perhaps a more familiar Crown to people we see it more often as an Edwards Crown is only used for that moment of crowning in the abbey and here he emerges with that purple roll that you described and also with the crown almost 3 000 diamonds in this crown the ceiling blistering there if you're accounting 3 000. someone else counts it for me [Music] royal family the kids have been very well behaved throughout the ceremony [Music] you wonder if they had a chat with him but he seems well I really might have a chat with him I'm not sure it made any difference but he's done well hasn't he well I mean not mostly the thing if you look at his majesty emerging there uh he's a deeply spiritual man that's something really deeply cares about his people and and he looks very emotional to me [Music] absolutely she is full of emotion on his coordination day one thing trending right now on social media is that kiss that William planted on his cheek and he was it seemed like he said thank you William and people really are paying attention to that and I think that was moving to a lot of people at home when we would watch as the king [Music] he has the leave the church [Music] looking very stoic very focused I'm sure very proud proud of his people proud of the clergy part of the military I'm proud of his family and then and from it seems like he's made you both proud [Music] without that yeah yeah I think it is a reflection of modern Britain I think the diversity that we've seen I think the fact that they opened it up to the people they had ordinary people inside the Abbey not just the aristocracy that was really important and now they're going to go out and see all those crowds and a lot of those Crowds Are Watching from all kinds of locations right 57 locations around the UK a hundred thousand people are bearing up under the rain and watching from outside there's gonna be a little Mighty chair and I gotta say we're coming up to the top of the hour but before we do I want the mood around this coordination it's different than we've seen around the Jubilee and other recent events but this was his moment destination it's true that Michael um and I think the the issue here now is this has been spectacular this has worked this for me has been exactly what vitilia was saying and reflective of a modern Britain but the hard work starts here don't be they shouldn't be at the palace of the king should we have any illusion that this is going to be an easy ride from now on Elizabeth II was an iconic figure we've already been an elected president if we had an election the King has got to put in the hard yards now because the people especially the young people need to be convinced that monarchy needs to has a future in this country yeah I absolutely agree and it has been really interesting into the run-up to this event having covered many large-scale Royal events the tone has been a little bit different some of those more critical narratives it feels have come to the four a little bit more in the past few weeks and I think we're reminded that the royal family is still popular but Queen Elizabeth enjoyed a very unique popularity and that gave them a little bit of extra protection from some of those debates and criticisms that have now gone and even though even though we saw a lot of diverse faces in this audience and it did speak to sort of the new there were a lot of criticisms Michael you know this week we talked to kahinde Andrews who's a professor of black studies at Birmingham City University who had a lot to say about them needing to look back at the past and think about what they've done and if you are tuning in and it's 8 A.M on the East Coast 5 a.m in the west at 1 pm here in London the coordination service inside Westminster Abbey has ended where King Charles and queen Camilla were just crowned with the service completed it is time now for the coordination procession the pair will travel in the gold coach not as comfortable as when they rode in earlier but now this procession is a little longer it's going to take about 45 minutes it goes through admiralty Arch and brings them back to Buckingham Palace and that effort to scale back it will be shorter than Queen Elizabeth which was about five miles in length after a short break the king and queen will make an appearance on about with family with a fly pass to celebrate let's watch as the king and queen make their way out [Music] foreign [Music] are about to come outside and I know you have a great bird's eye view of what's going on out there what are you seeing hey Michael we do and I have to tell you right now there's almost a hush over the crowd this anticipation and waiting you can hear the bells This Is It Michael this is the moment we have all been waiting for the chance to see a crowned King Charles outside of Westminster Abbey there he is Michael right there oh it's incredible the moment a crowned King Charles is outside of Westminster Abbey you see beside him there his queen queen Camilla they're heading to the gold State coach right now A notoriously uncomfortable ride we hear but wow guys I have to tell you seeing it in person it is just stunning listen to these bells foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] King making their way to the coach that is very rarely used but obviously being used for this very momentous occasion not as quite as comfortable as a Diamond Jubilee coach but I'm sure the ride back to the Palace will be as happy in the either coach that they would be in so this is real tradition this has been used a real tradition and a real real moment that will never be forgotten it's a special moment [Applause] I must say the coach is absolutely stunning yes [Applause] [Music] you know it's about so much more than this but it is kind of that fairy tale moment isn't it it really is this has been used in every coronation since William IV in 1839 you might remember at the Platinum Jubilee celebrations there was a hologram of Queen Elizabeth and the coach she wasn't getting in it at that stage for the reasons we've said she's actually said that it's not meant for traveling at all it's very uncomfortable but clearly so iconic that they wanted to use that coach to put the Hologram in I hope he's got his cushion because he always cats are fishing with him he's bad back oh I think they'll be quite relieved now that the pressure of that big ceremony is behind them but that's actually a pretty breathtaking moment to look through the coach all the gold you see the king and queen of England sitting in that coach with their crowns uh what I've noticed so then it may be it's just the television the colors are so vibrant yeah compared to when we watched the Queen Elizabeth's coronation of those the blue on the horses is just incredible so it just it all seems to be just that little bit more bright and Michael you said king and queen we haven't said that in a long time because you had Queen Elizabeth and you had princess the prince but now you've got a king I've got to stop this England stuff it's good it's completely the United Kingdom Northern Ireland I have to do it because all the Irish people are Shadow the Scottish people you're right I've got it sorry but it is Americans tend to do that but you're absolutely right United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland that's why you're here yeah we're here to make sure that everybody who's watching our broadcast gets a better understanding of what we are witnessing in a historic magnitude of it all and to get it right so thank you anymore no different than being at home with my family so thank you I appreciate that and now you know I want to bring in a guest who has known the king all her life India Hicks she is a distant cousin of King Charles and one of his God daughters and she has a close relationship with the royal family India we know you spent a lot of time when the King when he when he isn't in official capacity what is he like in those moments well I think we could see publicly is actually very much like uh Charles privately I've been very lucky to be a second cousin and also to be a goddaughter he was there at my christening he was there at my confirmation he wrote me the most wonderful warm letter when I got married which was only last year although I was with my husband for 27 years before that he's an incredibly considerate all of the gifts and it's it's ridiculous to sort of be talking about the gifts that the king gives you but I think that they're such an indication as to who he is as a man when I was seven or eight every Christmas every birthday he would never forget it but sort of a civil right it's quite confusing when you're given a gravy dish or a teacup China Great dish Tika of course actually what was happening was every single year I was getting part of a set that now I have as an adult it's a complete fine to hide in a dining set that I use on very special occasions but imagine the full thought and the thinking ahead to give that instead of some plastic toy that would have been totally meaningless now in my adulthood so brilliantly thought out on when I was when I was Christian she gave me a wonderful clock that's got the date engraved on it for my confirmation he designed a piece of jewelry for me that had an i and an H interlocking when he was painting those stages like when he was painting gave me a book of his paintings he supports wool he's a big wool supporter he can be a wonderful blanket from a Woolen Mill that he was supporting so just this indicates again the kind of man that we have not just publicly but also privately it's amazing every as close as you are and to hear what you just said about him it seemed like he's very thoughtful very considerate and and so what kind of King do you think he'll be how different and how will he be different than Queen Elizabeth's mother well inevitably we're going to try and compare because when you've had a monarch on the throne for 70 years you can't resist but we really shouldn't because there's such completely different people and Charles has obviously had 74 years of apprenticeship they're probably the longest time in an employment role possible um and the the two coronations that we're looking at now are very very different my mother was actually interestingly in the 1937 coronation of the Queen's father then she was at 1953 one and she said inside the Abbey it was an extraordinary experience because it was one mix with such romance as well as tragedy the king nobody had any idea that the King was going to die and the queen was going to inherit the throne when she was so young such a young young princess so looking at her it felt like she was very alone very fragile what we've seen today of course is a 70 year old four-year-old man who is very um wise he understands himself he knows who he wants to be as a monarch I've had the great privilege of working for the prince's trust for the past couple of years and the princess trust was set up by King Charles in 1976 when he came out of the royal Navy and he had a severance pay and he wondered what will I do with this unemployment in England was at an all-time high and he thought you know what it's the Youth of today that needs supporting since that time until now a million young people have been helped by this trust and in the trust they're always talking about equality inclusion and diversity and I think those are three themes that we're going to see very much brought into this Reign inclusivity diversity and equality and that just shows a king who is ready for this new climate and we're always talking about the modernization of the monarchy we've seen a lot of that today that guest list being slimmed down from 8 000 to 2000 many cross Dukes around England wondering why they weren't invited but in that Abbey we saw people of Merit people have worked so hard and they've earned a seat in that I think it's a wonderful beginning to a new reign you brought that up the paring down of the guest list and I know as you said your mother very close to the queen as you are with with the King you you got the call to say hey we're pairing it down sorry we can't invite you and you two handled that with such incredible Grace and you and you you said hey this is the new way this is reflection of the modern coordination and you understood that but with that being with that being said and all the time the closeness that you have with the royal family you also have some time to spend with Queen Camilla so what kind of Monarch and what role do you think she'll play in a monarchy I think very strong I think together they will be a dynamic couple but imagine taking on the biggest career of your life in your mid 70s I mean exhausting but they're both very fit very determined and I think in the 18 years that we've seen Camilla as the wife of the Prince of Wales we've seen her devote herself to a life of service and that was very interesting in today's ceremony those were new words that we haven't heard in any other coronation and this is you know going back a thousand years he said he is dedicating himself to the service of others and that's very important and I think Camilla the same and that is why the queen before she died she wanted Camilla to be known as Queen consort a very very important moment that and and I think it just again sets the stage for a new kind of monarchy definitely um I I thought it would be interesting to actually bring the little tiny green cape that my mother wore aged eight two Buckingham Palace she stood on that balcony with uh the the coronation party in 1937. um so we can see the little teeny weeny green cape here from 1937 which my mother wore on that balcony behind us and then of course she was very much part as you've said of the uh the Queen's coronation in 1953 and you'll see this little kind of casual group here together there they are just a little family group my mother is over here standing right there and she is without the red urban road so when I showed this to her the other day she said look at me I'm so naked my mother's got a real twinkle in her eye still so naked because she wasn't married to her here it's an honorary courtesy title that she is a lady because she's the daughter of an Earl um let's it's very complicated to get into all of that but so she is without the urban robes and again how interesting that King Charles wanted this ceremony to be without those Urban robes and he wanted people to be dressed in business attire and I think that there was a big big conversation going on before the coronation about whether this was whether we were going to lose our sense of Pomp and pageantry because we do that so well here but I don't think I don't think we lost that at all I think what we saw today was incredible and just what we were hoping for well those are some incredible mementos you have from your mom and yeah we saw the carriage with Prince William and and Catherine and the family leaving Westminster Abbey Prince William is now second in line to the throne how do you think he's feeling I think he probably is feeling like his father did he's probably already in his mind working out how he wants to be a modern Monarch I would imagine I I'm holding up this picture here because I think it's interesting to see that the queen has signed it little bit of Philip she sent it just after her coronation in 1953 and it's fun to see right there in front Princess Anne and Prince Charles so you know he was very young when he had to sit through that last coronation and you can tell it's been signed obviously for a family member because it's signed as little bit otherwise it would be a ER too um but but it's interesting to see that the generations coming into place seeing um Prince Louis in there and seeing Prince George having that role as a page very important that these are Traditions are carried on down and I know Prince William's actually the first in line to the throne and James and Larry do you have any questions for India I know she's sitting there with you well yeah I mean Indo you you know these people right you you've been close to them you've been around them and we were watching this coronation when the king came past his own family and they curtied and bowed but what do they like up close you know one-on-one what's it like being in the family you I I just heard Jamie Oliver uh earlier saying you mind your p's and q's that's a very English expression and you do in fact my mother her grandmother was a royal princess so my mother would curse it to her own grandmother every morning they were Incredibly Close she was the most wonderful woman but she would courtesy because that is the formality of the upbringing and that's still happening now I mean the cursing between family members even in private cursing probably less so in private now but obviously today we didn't see people going down into such deep curtsies but now we have him as a king and a queen you would nearly have your knee on the floor I saw a lot of people just doing a sort of half Bob really you should have your knee on the floor the Full Tilt yeah I want to ask you about that spot behind us the balcony where you have been yourself back at Charles and Diana's wedding that's absolutely right yes at Charles and dad is really and and growing up I was lucky because actually we would watch parades like this trooping of the color the extended family would be invited over and we would always watch a horse guards parade and then we'd be driven back to Buckingham Palace the greatest fun for me was going through the red lights with a police escort that was always exciting of course but standing on that balcony Audi wasn't as exciting as the red lights now I think about it um but it's great fun and behind those doors there will be they'll be serving lemon refresher I always remember the lemon refresher delicious drink and they have bowls of Smarties English Chocolate what's an equivalent like an m m we have balls of Smarties behind there for the kids to eat too so it's wonderful there's parades like this we'll see that will you stick around with us we want to get back to Michael but love talking to you I have so many more questions until then Michael back to you all right thank you Lara and Brit I know that you were there on the mile when the procession was headed to Westminster Abbey now you're there as it is passing headed back to Buckingham Palace so how is the crowd there taking this all in well Michael I can confirm it's still cold and it's still wet and yet the crowds are still here you know very few people have actually left this spot there are old people young people babies and strollers they just want to capture capture this moment you know and it is one of those overplayed uh thoughts but really you have to pinch yourself this is history in the making and we are waiting for that uh golden coach to make its way down the procession and people you can sense the anticipation ahead of that you know this is what they've been waiting for they want to catch a glimpse of the king and queen and that Diamond Jubilee coach so we're just waiting for it to come past you had 4 000 members of the Armed Forces uh trickle past as well that includes people from across across the Commonwealth as well so we're just waiting for that moment it's kind of gone a little bit still actually it really is it is quite uh quite a moment everyone's kind of hushing each other so we're gonna hear any moments and some crowds cheering because this is the moment that they have been waiting for just be there with you Brett so that we can hear what you just described you see the soldiers Marching In The Carriage coming through the mouth [Music] he as well who is a royal biographer knows a lot about the royal family I meant talk to me about the significance of what is happening right now well I think now we've sort of entered the stage where this is the sort of people celebration you know we spoke a little bit earlier about the sort of the homage to the people's allegiance that made to the To The King and I think that this is very much about bringing them into the moment you know I think the last time we saw the the introduction to King of King Charles the world it was very somber moment this is a moment of Celebration this is the joyous sort of announcement of his the beginning of his Reign and I think as we're seeing the members of the Armed Forces and of course all of those different troops from across the Commonwealth flying their different flags it's a real show of I think the kind of unity of the Commonwealth that was the Queen's dream and it's something that King Charles inherits and picks up himself there's clearly a celebration you know a festival like atmosphere in the air but do you think how do people feel in their hearts about this occasion is it about King Charles or is it about this celebration or what it means more broadly it's interesting because of course there's so many polls before this where people were asking how excited are Brits about this moment listen we are never excited about anything until the day of and so I don't think those polls were actually reflective of course of what we see today which is hundreds of thousands of people out in London that may not necessarily be here to support the monarchy or have an invested interest in King Charles but here to be part of this moment in history we just watched two hours of ancient ritual in Westminster Abbey that's something that we will probably may never see again in many people's lives and for many people today 80 of the country it's the first time that we got to witness that so to have this in the streets of our capital is really exciting regardless of how you feel about the royal family let's talk a little bit about the oath it is controversial and they changed it just a few [Applause] sort of introduced as a modernized part of the ceremony a chance for the British public and people across the Commonwealth to pledge their allegiance to King Charles his heirs and his successes now the way in which it was announced was a little bit controversial because it sounded like a call to action as Brits we're not used to pledging our allegiance to anything we see you guys do it to the flag but certainly to people that's never happened before and so we saw this sort of like slight reintroduction of that moment this week where we were told we're invited to do so and as you saw people out here the royalists they all did it absolutely and you see that that uh that love and for for what's happening right in front of them can you kind of explain to us you know the significance of the coach and and why people are so in awe of it well I think the the Golden State coach of course means so much we've seen it but take part of every single coronation of in in recent history it's going to come past really slowly so this is the moment where people will get to see the king and the queen up close maybe even get a wave maybe even a moment of eye contact it moves so slow in fact that it walks at sort of walking pace right because it's a bumpy ride so I think that they're taking it easy in there but it's also our chance to really get a glimpse of them okay well while we wait in anticipation go back to you Michael for a little bit and uh we'll come come back to us when it when it comes around all right we will Brett thank you and ultimate for that now we're going to go to James Larry India Hicks who are outside Buckingham Palace hey guys hi Michael yeah I mean it's all getting started behind us here you can see this is the military masking band of the RAF behind us India is still with us and the rain I mean it hasn't really put a damper on it here no it hasn't and in fact in 1953 again at the Queen's coronation there was a lot of rain and in fact I tell you that my mother again remembers queen celotti of Tonga she won the hearts of the British people and everybody watching because she didn't put up the cover to her carriage of snow coward who is watching a great wit was watching an in an in Tonga of course size is a form of Pride and queen salosh is quite large and there was a small man in the carriage and someone said to know can who's that traveling with her and he said that's her lunch quite long fantastic she has a great sense of humor she was the most wonderful wonderful Progressive Queen and Monarch herself and the queen are Queen Elizabeth and queen saloshi had a very close relationship but just looking at that now I was so lucky to have been myself a bridesmaid to Charles and Diana and I rode down the mall in a horse-drawn carriage pretty spectacular but I like this spot here you feel it so much more you feel the excitement of the nation and the Commonwealth and the world watching history is unfolding in front of us we'll see the family up there on the balcony not too long from now as they make their way back down the mall posing on the balcony and then the flyover I'm gonna nip over to BBC to do that thank you very much indeed thank you and then come back we'll talk off camera because your stories are legendary brilliant I will be back pleasure to meet you Michael as you heard India needs to head out we will send it back to you all right thank you so much for layering you heard India say that in that Carriage you can feel all the energy and they can also fill all the bumps on their way back no suspension on that Carriage but I'm pretty sure they are just happy to be heading back to Buckingham Palace where once they're back at the palace they will have a moment of privacy to get themselves together to freshen up before they come out onto the balcony for those pitchers that we are used to seeing we've seen many times before but this will be a special photograph or special Vision to have and it's real fast bumps it's a very expensive coach too by the way two million pounds two and a half million dollars maybe it's worth it'll probably be Priceless yes exactly so it may be bumpy but it is certainly a very fancy how much is the president's car I think it's pretty expensive oh there you go we're gonna talk Brett I know that they're coming by you right now yeah blink and you miss it Michael actually it's you can see the tip of the gold going past there but it really was a great great feeling wasn't it everyone was excited and it really in this uh pretty bleak uh London weather it kind of popped didn't it it did I mean pulled by those eight Windsor Grays it's four tons so it came back really slowly and I think for the people here who have wasted out here for hours it was finally their moment to see their King and their queen of course this is a carriage that we first saw introduced in the 1700s and now of course that history continues today I think for many people will remember that moment during the Queen's Jubilee where we saw the Hologram of her majesty in the back so to see it back out again today in a new chapter the Caroline era it's certainly exciting for the people who can hear them all clapping you can and just to see them in that and that coach was quite spectacular you can hear the crowds they're still excited so I guess it was worth that uh six seconds that we saw it pass we have some of the pages of Honor coming by it's again another chance for people to see me members of the royal family I think this is what's brought people out today and is why they stuck it out in the rain that's right it does have a kind of a union effect right it brings people together thanks Michael all right thank you Brit thank you Omid and we were talking about that carriage and when you see these images just the vibrant colors of everything the red the gold the black hats it's just really amazing amazing spectacle to see and you know this procession is um a mile long from start to finish it's got more than 4 000 troops in from 39 Commonwealth nations are represented they've been training for a while using a Military Base outside of London practicing this so they can get it perfect for today what's actually pretty amazing to be able to rehearse all this and make it seem so seamless today when you really can't do it throughout the Streets of London at any time you have to practice in remote locations but to actually move it here it just shows the commitment precision and and that everyone has to make sure that this went off without a hit but who's supposed to get a medal as well but there's been a round about that because the government didn't want to give all the military guys and the police house is a medal they would feel they should limit the number of medals because there's been so many events lately I mean you know come on give them a medal these guys have been trying for this one I think they deserve a medal I think they do too I think you're right Michael India was talking about little mementos [Applause] and I have to tell you she really does command that in fact so what's your favorite she is in the Washington Post called her the best King that whom that will never reign as King right because she does have that kind of you know presence about her and she really you know she carries on what her mother sort of seemed to convey which is to just move on but Michael I have to show you this little bit because India was talking about little mementos my makeup artist Debbie had this little silver compact from 1977 the Queen's 25th anniversary her Silver Jubilee and I thought this was so amazing people hold on to these little Trinkets and makes you wonder what they're gonna I might take their way back I was told to guard this yeah all of that memorabilia because they've got coronation memorabilia right now we've got still memorabilia still honoring Queen Elizabeth and for a lot of people that's really precious to have a momentum haven't been worth another money there's some stamps that the island have done and they're the only stamps with Queen Camilla on them a hundred years after the first penny black imagine that so in 100 years time if you live that long it's worth something hang on to that well I better give it back or I'm going to be in trouble I thought that was the gift to you I think you have a very generous makeup artist she said borrow it for 30 seconds and give it back please I wonder why she's standing by the difference in your pocket or something like that but this I I gotta say it is so beautiful to see the horses to see just the whole Regal your whole pump and Circumstance of it of it all is actually it's kind of overwhelming for the outsider you have to remember who so none of the number of troops but they come from all over the other rooms I saw one of the naval guys marching it was Australian you know you can see so it's not just the Brits who are Marching it's the the because the king is not in the king of Britain I'm not but also of Australia Canada New Zealand and they'll he's the commander-in-chief of all of those um all of those Realms as well in terms of the military I think when we see Princess Anne as well that's a real reminder of the royal family is about the Monarch but actually the working members of the royal family really support the Monarch publicly and that's what we saw at the end of Queen Elizabeth's Reign other royal family members stepping up and so those people are very important they have very important public roles as well and we we saw Princess Anne give an interview about the royal family the other day and talking about how much she how important she felt it was to do that Duty and to have that continuity and I think we're going to do that a lot with King Charles his family really stepping up and supporting him he also said they shouldn't cut down she did not cut down enough which is slightly contradictory to Charles I wonder what Harry must be thinking now that's what I'm thinking of and Negan too because no one's really mentioned it and I think that she had so much to offer I went on those trips um I think I studied Victoria to Tonga and all this place Australia and she was brilliant you know and I just think it just takes time to get used to it yeah and I and I I feel that the the royal family had actually had a commitment to the service of the country and to the military yeah absolutely um And in regards to to Megan and Harry and and not Megan not being here and Harry of course showing up to show support for for his father the king um what I've talked to them and he said he felt that with a missed opportunity would make it yeah an opportunity to show that diversity is now really entrenched in a royal family and an opportunity that has been missed and hopefully my Outsider looking in I hope it's an opportunity that could come around again I mean it's a new Reign the queen made that decision last time okay she was advised by the kid by the prince prince of Wales then and others but this is his Reign now and he's the boss so he can decide what he wants and I think it'd be a good idea to get him back by the way it is Archie's birthday today so you know happy birthday exactly exactly so Harry we are old is going to take off and get right back home after this sir Archie could have come and you could say okay this is all for you I think it's something more complicated great celebration for his grandfather and for RG as well who knows what the future well we can help right we can help these families will mend but I still think it's important you guys um I think Harry's attendance is is personal of course but I think it's also symbolic I think it's important yeah it's another Branch at least from both so they're all demanding apologies apparently but that could be media stories but the bottom line is he came he may come and go and go back but that's that's the first step in the right direction I think that is going to be a good thing let's hope nobody likes family squabbles you know sometimes the image can perceive the reality and this could be a united front that eventually turns into a more full-blown reconciliation I'm not so sure that William says it that way hey hey people will pick it apart no question about it but it was really nice to see him there he looked comfortable and uh he wanted to come and support his father so let's apply them let's applaud him for that shall we he definitely hadn't done that you know there's just so much going on here today so much to see so much to enjoy so much to celebrate and it seems that the entire country has turned out to do just that for King Charles and what is a paired down coordination compared to his late mother the queen but nonetheless still as stunning in so many ways in spite of the rain in spite of the rain which does not turn anybody away and as I said at this top of the broadcast if it weren't raining it would not be English oh wow so what do you think they're thinking in that coach right now what do you think the conversation is between what's for lunch is I think they'll be careful about the conversation as well because we've seen many times when the royal family are having Chats on balance will be the lip readers get involved so how are they going to do the wave you know is it a light bulb turning moment like the old King yeah or is it this I don't know Robert you said you asked what's for lunch Ken Holmes coronation roast rack of lamb with Asian style marinade Nadia Hussein's coronation aubergine and Adam handling strawberry and ginger trifle so once they make it there they actually get a very nice lunch we won't hear anything about that but that's what they're going to be straight for the trifle I think you know what's interesting the other day I had a chance to to go to Buckingham Palace and have a 2 tour and to go into the gardens in the back where you see it will be full of troops and also where they have it set up for the garden parties that they've done here to include the everyone yeah in the community it's really really special to see yeah you're going next week on Tuesday I'm supposed to take my mouth but she says she can't go she's going to work she's got the invitation I thought it was very interesting because at the garden party I was at last week kind of into many before as a working dentist I was there as a guest this time but um Charles talked to people for a long time he it was you know we walked all around the garden and came back and he barely moved he was really really getting to know people and I think that's the message that they have been trying to send home a lot ahead of this coronation is to get out into communities and meet Ordinary People it's not just about the Grandad be personable yeah I I might take Michael well we're going to go back to James and Larry right now because the carriage of the right back at Buckingham Palace take away you guys thank you so much Michael yes it is happening just behind us we're seeing we just saw the king and queen arrive and the other characters you see it right there there it is between us in fact exactly going into Buckingham Palace and when you see it up close guys I mean it just shines it's a kind of pure gold in front of us it is vast as well I mean truly enormous carriage and then behind it we saw other members of the royal family including the page boys in the carriage yes with the kids and that was super cute I mean they are stealing the show down here uh Prince Louis uh retired from the uh from the ceremony back out in full force in the carriage waving to the crowd look at him he is just precious okay yeah yeah he certainly does not disappoint his mother was asked yesterday if she thought he would behave I think he's done a terrific job I think he's done exactly what he wanted him to do yes behave just enough but also make faces there he is he's looking at I mean what an experience for these young kids and of course I mean he's going to have a brother who's King one day and that's what's extraordinary about this whole thing it's a family event as well as one for the nation so as you saw they were heading back into Buckingham Palace they will take a moment a private moment perhaps get a quick bite or a drink yes it's the least we could do is give them a quick moment and then we will see them all on the balcony and then have that incredible moment hopefully this guy's will clear and we will have a great shot of the flyover so much happening right here now at Buckingham Palace eventually the whole family will come out for that shot and I think that's what all the people on the mile have been really waiting for braving this weather it is clearing a bit so hopefully it stays clear Michael back to you all right thank you guys hopefully it does clear up for everyone's return to the balcony for historic the top photo and joining us now is ABC News contributor and UK TV presenter Ria hebden area how can King Charles connect with this younger generation good question Michael well I think he's done a fantastic job today a in making the ceremony very inclusive you know we've seen lots of different people from different faiths take part in the service as well as women as female Bishops take Partnerships that's the first ever time they've ever done something like that in a ceremony of this kind it's also been wonderful to see how inclusive the hymns that have been sang today have been you know not only have we listened to them in English but we've also listened to them in Welsh and Scottish and Irish Gaelic so again just really helping to make the ceremony itself more inclusive and and really to show his commitment to how he's going to be as a king you know making everyone feel part of it and Ria as you said there are so many firsts in this coordination and you've been watching all this history unfold from outside Buckingham Palace so how was today for you personally oh it's been extraordinary Michael honestly a once in a lifetime experience that I and like everybody else here will experience and remember for the rest of our lives right you know it's and to have a front row seat here at Buckingham Palace I mean it's iconic and I know that we'll all be talking about it for generations to come I mean I was very lucky to speak to different people here on the mail throughout this week and I've met people from all over the world that have camped for a week before today's event so I just you know feel really special to be part of it I'm very thankful yeah it's wonderful how do you think the king and queen performed today I think they did a very good job actually I thought it was quite refreshing none of us really knew what to expect it was a shorter ceremony I think they look naturally a little bit nervous but I think they came across really well and I mean it just looked so magnificent didn't it the pageantry look at look at what we're seeing here I mean it's just the Grandeur of it all is is just quintessentially British and I had the pleasure of speaking to some of the servicemen actually on my way here this morning and I stopped to ask a few of them how they felt about being part of today's event and they said a real sense of Pride and you really do feel that actually by everybody here it's you know it's a day to be British and to be proud of what we're watching and witnessing but you can definitely um understand them being a little nervous I can definitely understand it's Deborah Roberts here and I want to ask you what it was like for you being there because you know we're looking at Robert and I were talking about looking out at the crowd in the Abbey and you're seeing all the black and brown faces and people participating in this ceremony I mean it was not lost on me that it was clearly clearly an attempt to try to include a lot of people here did you feel that even in the midst of all this criticism about the monarchy I did I definitely think there's been an improvement I think there's been a conscious effort to be more inclusive we saw that by seeing the diversity within the ceremony it was wonderful to see one of our National Treasures baroness flueller Benjamin be part of that ceremony you know we saw her walking down uh The Abbey holding the Royal scepter you know that represents power Justice and mercy you know she's a British icon so to see her be part of that ceremony was really really special also the Ascension choir they were absolutely fantastic so I do I think there's been a real conscious effort which really illustrates their commitment to how he will lead as the new king you know Ria thank you so much we really really appreciate you sharing your thoughts and about the ceremony today we really really appreciate thank you so much thank you it's an absolute privilege thank you the pleasure and privilege is ours and we have another great guest with us and he was actually inside Westminster Abbey Lord Lieutenant of greater London Kenneth oh Lisa and and Kenneth you you left the coordination service and I gotta hear how was the atmosphere at the start of the service when the king and queen first walked in guess what I guess my outfit gives it away that I wasn't actually at the coronation ceremony and it was wonderful like to understand it you have to understand who the congregation was because when Queen Elizabeth had him was crowned the colonies the the audience is mainly made up of aristocrats so Lords and Ladies and so on today most of the audience were people who had done something for their community were acting acting positively in following the values that the king spoke about so you've got people there who've never been to Western Serbia before never thought they would go to Westminster Abbey to service so there was a there was a combination of excitement and humility at the beginning which then obviously just all transformed into joy as we got more and more deep into the service and so Kenneth for you how would it to to be in such an inclusive coordination to be there inside the Abbey and to see so many diverse and different people represented well so I'm as you just heard I'm the low Lieutenant of greater London that makes me the king's representative here in what is a county of greater London eight million people live here there's one of us for every County in the UK so there are 98 law lieutenants most of my colleagues were there in their capacity as Lord Lieutenant I was near my capacity with the Robes of this show as high bailiff of Westminster Abbey so I I had to put in two different camps there as I looked around and I saw two things I saw people old and young black and white Native immigrants Etc all bonded by one big thing which is a concept of service which obviously the king made a great deal of in his remarks and this idea that societies and communities work not by division but by being together is a fundamental British value and I think his majesty went really overboard in making sure that we saw the point of diversity and inclusion but across this Spectrum not just color not just race but AIDS occupation volunteering and so on it was my nation displayed when you said you saw so many different people represented there young old and we did have the younger Royals inside Abby as well Prince George he had a starring role how do you think he did but look I was I was sitting up in this aquarium which is where all the action happened and I watched him picking up the the train making sure everything worked properly he's immaculately dressed no he's clearly going to be a star [Music] well sir Kenneth thank you so much we really appreciate you taking the time to talk to us you're very welcome well as we say in my country God said [Applause] [Music] very much we appreciate your time and now we're going to check in with llama Hassan she's at Hyde Park with some Spectators and llama I know you've been out there in the rain braving it how's it going out there well Michael what a brilliant crowd we are getting dreads here right now and everyone is still here and you know during the ceremony everyone was on that big screen behind me not wanting to miss any of those special moments it was calm it was quiet every now and again it was punctuated with cheers and spontaneous outbursts of Applause they were really happy to be here watching the ceremony unfold and you know when the Archbishop said that we are here to Crown the king they loved it they stood up and started clapping it was absolutely brilliant actually it was quite overwhelming to witness for me and you know this is what I love about Royal events like this one a happy Royal occasion it brings together people from all sorts of backgrounds beliefs age groups you name it they are all here here they set aside their differences and they're all United they all want to celebrate they all want to have a right old knees up and speaking of a knees up did you know that they are they think that they are going to pour some 62 million points over the coronation weekend and after spending some time out here in the cold and in the rain they could probably do with one or two Michael don't you think well I tell you what if you wanted you deserve something as well trust me llama you've done a great job out there breaking the elements and bring us this report we really really really really appreciate it thank you so much and and you know and llama what what is the I guess I know you're talking about the scene and the mood out there but but overall what were the overall feeling from the crowd were there cheers where they're quiet whether can you tell could you feel the energy oh it's absolutely amazing I mean as we were walking here we came here quite early everyone was buzzing was unbelievable you know everywhere I looked there was the Union flag they put bunting in between the trees I saw people walking around with crowds it was just unbelievable to witness so like I was saying you know this is such a momentous occasion and it really felt like this over here you know people came prepared they didn't care that it was raining and I saw when it started raining people just very calm me put up their heads put up their umbrellas they weren't going anywhere they wanted to make the most of this day because we are witnessing history and they wanted to be part of it and this is the next best day right if you don't have a seat in Westminster Abbey come join us you can watch it live on the screen and I think that's why people came here they could have stayed at home but instead they chose to come out to Brave the weather to Brave the elements to enjoy themselves and come together for this one historic day Michael well as I said earlier llama thank you I'm happy that you're braving it for us as well we appreciate your reporting as always you know we we see Buckingham Palace where the royal family is now back at their residence there Buckingham Palace but you see the military in the gardens in the back everyone is getting ready for the ceremonies later in this afternoon what are you how do you what do you guys feel um when you just look at all these forces as you said Robert you have different branches of military from different countries that have all come together to celebrate the king well what's amazing is that a lot of these These are young men and young women you know they're not they're not particularly experienced necessarily you've got a few sergeant majors honoring a few messages but you know these are young people that are out there as well and they've got to go through all that rehearsal and that training and the polishing of the boots and everything they must be pretty exhausted and know none of them want to let the side down let the regiment down let the subject down and I think that so look they're just Immaculate and I just think that everyone's got their best Bib and Tucker on everyone's trying to do their best not only for the king or the queen but for their own families and for their country and for themselves so what the king and queen I think in this moment has achieved is that everyone's trying to do their very best and not to mess it up and I don't think they are either I mean I noticed a lot of them when I was walking over here today just a lot of the troops spilling out over the sidewalks getting into place and you could see the immense pride of their faces some of them are veterans there are thousands of veterans here who were invited Hospital workers we saw a lot of them out there so they've done a great job and the King has done a great job I think in trying to make sure he curated all these people to have an experience that really reached out to people who really you know contribute to this country you're right it's very important because veterans were given a position to watch outside Buckingham Palace alongside NHS workers really emphasizing the importance there of their involvement and I also thought some nice touches within the service with the military obviously the sovereigners head of the Armed Forces and we're reminded of that link here but we had a female naval officer carrying that dual sort of offering for the first time rep chosen to represent the fact that Charles did have some active service in the Navy but really nice that a young female the naval officer was able to perform that role and it's also Michael that you know a little shout out to the meeting you too because there's two of my gut mates are in the front of that courtyard and they're responsible to get that one money shot and they've got a combined age I just went out of 145. Arthur Edwards MB is 83 and Robin on his is 62. so if they mess it up there's a problem because it's a hold of the media I'm not going to get that shot I'm just messaging these and they said well fingers of course we'll get it I do it that's a lot of pressure we're going to bring in Ian panel it's been stressed how the king of the servant of his people so how much of a guiding principle is that for him yeah I mean I think this is absolutely key I mean of course he's had to wait a very long time to have uh the crown on his head and sit in the throne but on the other hand he's also had a lifetime of experience in the real world really something that I don't think his mother ever had I mean I was lucky enough to spend a day with Prince Charles in Afghanistan flying around helmond where a lot of the fighting was at its heaviest during the war there and you've got a real sense of a man who was absolutely plugged into the world as it is rather than the world in an idealized way and yes of course there are challenges especially the relationship between the monarchy and younger people here in Britain were in the middle of a cost of living crisis their appearance here in London who struggle to feed and clothe their families but I don't think we have a monarch who's unaware of that I think he's very cognizant of that and I think his experience will be brought to Ben has to be brought to bear to try and keep the monarchy as relevant as possible all right thank you so much for in for that in and we see King Charles coming out to Buckingham Palace being accompanied by his Pages including his grandson [Music] Queen right here thank you [Music] no ugh that's right we'll remove a dress [Music] challenge three chairs for his majesty the king and her majesty the queen heaven [Applause] heaven [Applause] the parade will replace her dress replace headers quick balls [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] foreign foreign [Music] [Music] with outside Buckingham Palace with a front row seat for when the royal family finds their way onto the balcony hey again James hi Michael yeah we've been looking at that balcony oh there it is behind us all morning and you know this is just the spot where the working rules the working members of the royal family will be for that famous photograph Laura and I have been taking a look back at Royal appearances over the years since Queen Victoria first appeared there in the late 19th century the balcony at Buckingham Palace is where the royal family has publicly marked celebrations like birthdays jubilees weddings and of course coronations in 1935 young princess Elizabeth appeared for her grandfather's Silver Jubilee and she waved alongside her mother sister grandmother and newly crowned father King George VI I am greater crowds surge around the palace railings as onto the balcony come the royal family accompanied by our prime minister himself Winston Churchill joining the family on the balcony to celebrate the end of World War II in Europe Queen Elizabeth would later Mark the 50th anniversary with her mother and sister Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother singing Rule Britannia along with the crowd Elizabeth and Prince Philip celebrated their wedding on the balcony in 1947. young Charles appeared for his mother's coronation in 1953 offering this salute a few days later during the trooping of the color and annual celebrations of the Queen's birthday here in military regalia with newborn Prince Edward in her arms in 1964. this appearance in 2019 would be the last time before the covid pandemic the tradition has yielded unscripted moments showing the royal family as maybe a bit like our own families when William and Kate made their balcony appearance following their wedding the crowd roared for the couple to kiss and the World War II Jets thundering overhead was too much for this three-year-old flower girl consoled by The Duchess of Cambridge now the Princess of Wales later that day William surprising us all driving to Clarence House and Prince Charles's blue Aston Martin convertible the license plate reading just way on the Queen's 90th birthday she seems to correct William as he crouched next to Young Prince George telling the Future King to stand up that was a throwback to this clip from an earlier trooping of the color birthday celebration in 1988. Majesty may have stopped in the bed by last summer when great grandson Prince Louis covered his ears during the fly past or her Platinum Jubilee celebrating 70 years on the throne a few days later she made this surprise appearance to close out the Jubilee festivities would be her last time on the balcony at her side sun and longtime air Charles he will soon make his first battle of appearance as the newly crowned King [Music] and we are lucky to have a front row seat awaiting that moment when King Charles Queen Camilla and the royal family make their appearance on the balcony everybody wondering perhaps hoping whether or not little Louie will do his thing let's see we'll see if he makes some appearance I mean we're going to have essentially we've got to have the king of United Kingdom up there but then two future kings William and George up on that balcony we still don't know if we're gonna get the fly Parts we'll find out about that in the next few minutes because of the weather but it it looks like it might be drying up I don't know maybe that I don't think so let's write back to you Michael all right way to be optimistic James but I don't think it's drying up my friend you know in many iconic moments on the balcony at Buckingham Palace you guys are there any that stand out in your mind well the one that stands out my mind love over history that I've got a picture of it at home is um not that I was there I stress was when Churchill emerged on the balcony with the king and queen and little baby little princess is Elizabeth and Margaret and took the salute of the people after the end of World War II and I think that probably was a moment of total joy and celebration um and that's an incredible picture up there I never had an opportunity Beyond last year for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee but just to have that perch and to be able to see the queen step out on that balcony that was really remarkable and we knew that was her last appearance yeah that was that that moment of total bravery that she had to go there and she she'd been flown in and she'd been on a wheelchair which we never saw that she got a stick and she made it I think that says it all about the importance of the balcony there was so much that she couldn't do around that time but she really wanted to make that appearance and those appearances now are so iconic it was Prince Albert Queen Victoria's husband who thought up the idea of the balcony and I wonder what he would think now if he could see just how iconic and Central they've become to our image of our family our nation well that was her final salute as well yeah but also when when you see the world family on the balcony it just gives a sense of strength a sense of pride togetherness because you see that family together and there's something powerful about it and there's crowds on the mile as well yeah there were the crowds the crowds are lined up out there right now done with filing in to get a closer look as you can see there the flag flying a lot of Pride kids with the iPhone modernizing this occasion something that they will never forget upload it to the cloud and have it forever Robert talked about the money shot being the crowning of the king and that was I think now the next money shot for everybody is going to be that balcony appearance they said it's in the bag my guys they got it 45 years we have a very special guest we're going to bring in Reverend Dr Ian Greenfield he was there in Westminster Abbey participating in this ceremony at the moderator Church of Scotland and Reverend you took part in history you had the King Charles the Bible that he used to swear an oath to his people and how did that feel for you it felt remarkably easy to do I thought I would be really nervous but it was fine I felt uh really taken up by the whole occasion he smiled at me as I I offered him the Bible that relax me quite considerably anyway did you did the king sing did the king seem relax to you when you handed him the Bible I don't know it's very difficult to read people in a situation like that I mean it doesn't seem as if they smile very often during those uh big state occasions but that's just perhaps protocol uh I I the answer is I don't know and you know they did a good job of representing all different faiths in the ceremony at Westminster Abbey what do you think of that decision I think that's a healthy sign it's the same Society cultural United Kingdom that we belong to society as well and it's only right that people from all face and none should be represented [Applause] right I tell you what Dr Ian greenfields great job today and um thank you for joining us right after taking part in a big piece of History thank you so much for your time it was a momentous occasion thank you absolutely we appreciate you joining us and join us now is the leading expert on the history of coordination ABC News royalty consultant and an officer of arms to the king Aleister Bruce and Alistair you were Consulting with the palace on all the events of the day tell us about that well Michael you know everybody else at school was interested in sport but I was fascinated by Byzantine coronation ritual and that's pretty much what you've seen enacted remarkably in a modern setting carrying on Traditions that were begun by our ancestors so long ago almost 3 000 years ago that it doesn't bear thinking about but I loved trying to advise and support the artificial Canterbury in his team in the preparation of the service and wherever else I was of any use well I know this must be very special for you to know that you had a hand in making all of this this happen and having having a part in it you've been studying coordination pretty much your whole life in your opinion how did this one go oh I think it was perfect it really went well there was a great line by the previous Earl Marshall Duke of Norfolk who said no Futsal slide and no foot did slide and if you look at the history of the English and the Scots coronations it's always when things go wrong that people see a portent of something bad in it nothing went wrong there and I think for both the king and the queen it was wonderful for them to come in and I expect they were very nervous and to go through this ancient ceremony with its many different stages which must to many people look almost extraordinary and yet all of it's got this most wonderful story in it and we've watched that we've witnessed it and the king is now anointed crowned and enthroned Adam sir I love seeing your excitement through that fist up there you're really really excited about it I love seeing that you know we're waiting for the king and queen and World family to come out on the balcony for that historic um Vision that we've seen many times before and outside of that moment because maybe that will be your favorite moment outside of that what stood out most of you today I think it was watching the expression on the king's face as the Archbishop of Canterbury brought Saint Edward's crying down onto his head it's always nerve-wracking when you're at the center of anything but that immensely heavy crime being placed on his head and I could see the Archbishop just trying to make sure it was absolutely stable because for the king he had both his hands full of of power and mercy so there was nothing he could do to adjust it I thought that was really beautiful and then we saw Young Prince George who had been at page throughout watching his grandfather anointed and crowned I mean what an extraordinary thing for a young boy who must somewhere deep in his thinking wonder whether fate will bring him to that chair one day and one thing that would have made them to watch with the military and they were in absolutely incredible so precise and I know you were Soldier you performed at other occasions so how do you think these soldiers feel having having been involved as such a historic event Michael I can speak as a soldier myself because I still serve as of Edinburgh Castle but the fact that every service man and woman is dedicated to serve the king here and there was that Union in the work that they provided him in that great procession the coronation procession but also in that fabulous moment when they gave him three cheers now soldiers are soldiers and they're probably longing to go out to the pub tonight but at the same at the same time they know they've delivered excellence and it's the Excellence that works out here that is also required not just by the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom and The Commonwealth but also the Armed Forces of all our allies particularly the United States when delivering violence against our enemies and that's what we require our Armed Forces to do and it's a challenge and it's just that here their loyalty is based in the person of the king well I would tell you what those soldiers deserve a few pints tonight Aleister I know that we have James and Lara there who want to ask you a few questions as well I cannot tell you thank you Michael how thrilled I am to have you here I mean Alistair is the most extraordinary person to be asking questions about these things look today was about monarchy and the church and some would argue there are two institutions that are increasingly losing relevance today how can people watching this around the world Find meaning in what they saw today well I think that if you have faith it's just as powerful today as it was for anyone in the Middle Ages but if you don't I mean I expect that you need a bit of a map but then watching how people who are faithful are moved by what it is that they're doing and I think the King was deeply moved by what he was doing and I know we didn't see him anointed but the idea that behind that scream with the soldiers bowing their heads which I thought was really moving I almost wet them that he was being Anointed with oil as zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed Solomon and that's about one and a half thousand years you know before we even started crowning Kings here that's got to have it must move people a bit and you know even if you love going to Disneyland and everything's a bit bizarre and there's a lovely narrative there The Narrative here is also powerful and yet it's vested in history and it has its prominence so I don't know if people didn't like it hey ho we can't put on anything else but I think that the monarchy is that the British don't get very worked up about stuff well I do but the most most people in Britain just don't and they're a bit embarrassed about about nationhood and being clearly patriotic I think the Americans are much more relaxed about that we're a bit we're a bit sort of uptight about it I want to tell you that Americans are my friends I've gotten several notes a bit envious I have notes from two friends who said I wish I could live there I what I'm seeing is so magical it's so beautiful the the tradition of it all is the Pomp and Circumstance we've said it many times this week Nobody Does it like you guys and and that is the truth today I wonder because we've talked about the bigger question the question of the relevancy of the monarchy and of Prince Charles and will he be as popular as his mother do you think today and what we've witnessed and the family affair of it all and the blended family that we've seen does that change the minds I think that the role of the king is to just be there we as a nation will either be fond of or not fond of him or the institution that's a democratic process but his job is to serve as he as he deliberately went through promising he'd do in the service I don't think Elizabeth II was particularly popular when she came to the throne in 1952 everyone thought she wouldn't be up to the task she was 25 and then crowned at 26. listen it's very difficult to have a change of Reigns to have our head of state change once every 70 years and of course the country is questioning do we want this should we be is it going to be the same and I think that's all really healthy and I don't know the only monarch who is Ever popular coming to the throne in this country since 1714 was King Edward VII and in the end he had to abdicate because many people didn't want him to carry on so you never quite know that's the great thing about this yeah Your Enthusiasm is just so infectious like sit here I could listen to him all day the rest of the family you know the rest people talk about William and Kate that's the future of the monarchy and you you talk about end of the eighth I mean he has something of that something of the kind of debonair Kate is beloved in this country she for a lot of people she is the future right don't you think well I inevitably they are the next step and you know they will I think in every way they can support the king and queen in what they're going to be burdened with I mean you know it all looks very glorious gold carriages and stuff like that but I remember having my conversation with the queen about her coronation the late queen and I asked her what it was like to be in that character she just said horrible and I said were you in it alone time she said four hours so she went all the way around London in this thing you know and it's terribly uncomfortable but it looks So Glamorous doesn't it big palaces but you know it's a gilded cage and the king is now a servant to the Constitutional settlement that we as a nation have chosen and Parliament is Sovereign here and if Parliament wants something different and if people who are demonstrating want to persuade the nation to do something different well it will and if Australia decides it no longer wants to have the king as its head of state it can do that the king's not going to hang on you know it's up to Australia I just wanted to ask you a little bit about the moment we've talked about it's coming the the I'm looking at the balcony it's pouring rain out 3 800 guests are here in these grandstands These are veterans these are representatives of charities near and dear to the king and queen's Hearts they haven't moved for hours and we have this cover they have not how symbolic is this shot that we're about to get that they're probably from Scotland so they'll be fine in the weather um oh they're not going to love you for saying that no I'm from Scotland I love bad weather that's fair enough and all I can say is that you know this front of the palace was was redesigned in in 1913 but uh Queen Victoria appeared the first time we're going to see the royal family restaurant's going to be marvelous it is going to be marvelous thank you so much Alistair such a pleasure talking to you both yesterday and today as you said James and I know you two are friends your Your Enthusiasm your wisdom is we're so lucky to have you not at all love being here heading back to you Michael all right thank you so much Clara James allister time to bring in our next guests joining us now is the Lord Lieutenant of Bristol peaches Golding and peaches you were right in the Abbey during the service tell us what that was like it was absolutely electric one of the great things is of course we had to arise before the service so we got to meet the people that were sitting beside us whether they were Piers from the House of Lords or individuals who had just received British Empire medals or other people it was just really lovely to get to meet them and then of course when the service started the music was absolutely a heartwarming there were pieces that had been made especially for the coronation as well as older pieces of music that many of us have known and then when the procession started oh it just got better and better and better and you can you can feel the Emoji from those pieces that were composed just for the coronation peaches and we've been talking this morning about the diversity mixture inside the Abbey how do you how you had people of color taking so many leading roles what do you think the king is trying to tell us there well I think I've worked with the King since the 1990s on the racial diversity issue he is very well versed not just about people of different colors but also people about different faiths and religions and you heard that reflected in the service today the fact that Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs and Jewish people of Faith all took part in that service so it is just our King writing large what we know he has been interested in concerned about talking about trying to encourage people to do better to do more to do quicker so it's not something that's new for him at all or you as you said you've worked with the king for a long time and and what is the introduce institution doing and in Practical terms to promote diversity and then how have that changed over the years well we see in today's service for example not just women and people of color but people of different faces we've discussed and again if you look across the members of us that support our King and what he is trying to achieve and also supported her late Majesty we also see diversity increasing so Among Us Lord lieutenants who in each of our counties represent the king you see diversity yes I might have been the first black female ever to hold the role since it was established in the 1540s we also have three or four men that are also now Lord lieutenants as well so you're seeing out of the hundred of us we are reflecting the communities across the United Kingdom when you look a level deeper to our deputies again you see that diversity increasing significantly when you look in the households those people that serve the working members of the royal family again you're seeing diversity you see it in the military that served the king so it's coming very very very quickly and you said you were the first but I know you will not be the last peaches and and judging from your comment there I I can tell you were hopeful for the future of the monarchy with King Charles in Charge oh yes and that was very much part of today's service hope hope for the future hope that we in serving each other in that Christian way in that way actually all of the world's religions talk about they talk about hope they talk about um living a better life through service through commitment to other people and yes our King has been doing that his entire life and we see it with young people the prince's trust you know every year he has raised tens of millions of pounds and he's used that money to encourage young people to raise their career Horizons to to become employed to set up new businesses we have seen his interest in art he's a beautiful watercolor painter himself we have seen that interest across all of the Fine Arts and Performing Arts we have seen our King talking about the environment back the year 2000 and I worked with him to help bring businesses in the United Kingdom together to talk about environmental issues recycling reuse reducing the amount of natural resources that we use he was well ahead of the time again organic farming so many things our King has been able to be at the Forefront of very important issues of course the monarchy is relevance to our time [Applause] [Music] Michael that's very interesting peaches thank you so much for your comments there because it's so interesting it's Deborah Roberts here and I've done some reporting this week about so many and particularly people of color looking to the Past right the colonialist past of of the British Empire but you represent a different Viewpoint rather than looking back into the past and trying to make up for what has happened you seem to be looking forward in the snack of losing my earpiece no worries I hope you can hear me now do you hear me now I don't think she hears me right now but Michael I thought it was very interesting that peaches talked about moving forward and she represents a Viewpoint that I think even a lot of britons just in general seem to have the 18 to 24 year old folks don't seem to be as interested in the monarchy but the majority still seem to have some reluctance and peaches I understand you're back now and I find your Viewpoint very interesting because we have heard a lot of people looking into the past talking about uh you know Britain's Colonials colonialist history but you were talking about looking forward you're not focused on the past so much and I find that actually very interesting well let's let's go to the past let us reflect back in the 1960s when many of the commonwealth countries achieved Independence what was one of the first things they did they joined the Commonwealth they changed from colony to Commonwealth whereas our late Queen and our current King who has spent a lot of time across the Commonwealth a lot of interest in the Commonwealth the first thing they do is join up as free and equal Nations and that is really important whether it's a large Nation or a small nation it doesn't matter they come together they talk about a range of issues not just those environmental ones but about legal systems and democracy and how we increase the rule of law they talk about sports and Athletics and come together with the commonwealth games there are commonwealth Scholars that are here in the UK I meet with 10 or 12 or 15 every year that have come to study their master's degrees their doctorates degrees to learn better how to integrate what is going on in their country and to be forward-facing so the Commonwealth is very forward-facing we know that the King has acknowledged the past he stopped short of apologizing do you think this conversation is going to get bigger do you think he's ready for it I think there are a number of things that I would say I would say first of all the king is the king of 14 countries there are 56 countries in the Commonwealth so he is not the king of all of those Realms and territories but he is a 14 and that includes Canada and Australia New Zealand Jamaica and many of the other Island States whether they're in the uh Pacific or in the Atlantic um now I lost your question when I was explaining I just I just wondered if you thought he's ready for this conversation the bigger conversation that's probably going to be had they didn't have it during Queen Elizabeth's reign as much but now people are talking very full-throated about this and I'm wondering if you think that he's ready for this conversation I think he's more than ready for the conversation I think he will handle it extremely well over the past couple of years um the royal family have been opening their archives to certain historians to try to understand a little bit better about history and let's face it we're all on both sides of the Atlantic and in the Pacific we're all trying to understand a little bit more about history and the more different voices that we hear telling the stories of History the more we're able to understand the things that go on our King has a very good listening ear he's very interested he's very switched on he's very human and he will handle that conversation in fact he will lead that conversation but Peach is Golding we appreciate you taking so much of your time to share your your your thoughts so you know you have a very intimate relationship with the king so thank you thank you for that and now we're going to go back to Peter Westfield uh absolutely absolutely our pleasure we're gonna go back to Peter West mccotton Peter we heard peaches talk about the king the conversation um the inclusion what he hoped to change in the future how do you think that King Charles reign will differ from Queen Elizabeth well one of the things that struck me during the service was a reminder that not very many years ago Prince Charles as he then was caused some controversy by talking about wanting to be the defender of the faiths in the plural not just the defender of the faith which was traditionally the role of the British monarch and there we were in the prayers today hearing that the prayer talked about the children and I read of every faith and belief which is a change from the traditional coronation kind of prayer so there we have a very clear message about the new king wishes to be inclusive wishes to be the king of a country where everybody of every faith and religion has an equal part in the Society of this country and I think that's an important signal I know it's personal from his point of view he's talked about this in the past so that'll be one element I think another element where he's going to be a different sort of Monarch is in the way in which he reaches out to people in such an informal way as we saw yesterday that he was doing with his son and daughter and all he loves doing that he loves engaging with people he's interested in what they've got to say and I think we will see more of that more of that informality more of that engaging with Ordinary People whether it's here in Britain or whether it's traveling around the Realms and the other countries I think we will see a king who wants to travel regularly to other important countries not just the Realms if you remember he was going to go to both France and Germany even before his coronation the visit to France was postponed because of social unrest in France but he went ahead with a very successful trip to Germany and I'm sure that their visit to France will take place later in the year and then there will be visits I'm sure to Canada and and other parts of the world so I think he will be actively traveling to countries that matter to Britain but also of which he's the head of state and of course the queen in her latter years didn't do any long-haul travel when I was Ambassador in Washington we we couldn't get her to come back for a return visit which President Obama wanted her to undertake so I think that will feel different and we're going to have a younger more active more traveling Monarch and my last point I think is I would say that he's going to be somebody who is not reticent about speaking up on the things that he cares about that'll be partly climate change and partly young people and volunteering and young offenders but we saw for example even in the political domain that he was happy to go along with something called The Windsor framework which was part of solving the Northern Ireland protocol problem of our brexit departure from the European Union and there he was actively engaged in the politics of it Peter Peter I have to cut you off because it's a big moment happening right now the king and queen are out on the balcony greeted by the crowd that has filled the streets in front of Buckingham Palace let's just take it in [Applause] foreign [Applause] [Applause] joined by their family there is Prince William and Catherine and and we seem to be a little amazed about who is on the balcony because it seemed to set a new precedent here well it it doesn't it doesn't so when Queen Elizabeth came on the balcony we did see the people who've been involved in the ceremony and so we see the pages up there which is not new but actually the fact that Camilla's family is on the balcony is new because they're very private individuals and we don't see them making public appearances like this very often so this is really exciting to see you know this is a Charles's coronation but it's Camilla's coronation as well and the fact that her side of the family and her pages are on the balcony as well reminds us of that and and I was watching that they first walked out and I looked to my right and Robert I saw you and you literally to the big deep breath and then you were just hit with the moment yeah at the moment yeah it was wow it was a well moment you know to see my king and my queen walked out of the balcony for the first time it's something special and you know I just think that all of those people there must be looking out of those incredible crowds just they must be taking their breath away and look at the Kings overwhelmed but yeah it's a new royal family this is a new broom has come in and you know it's his Reign and it's different you know you have committers children grandchildren there a family and you also have a new royal family the focus of the royal family the working roles which includes the future the Prince of Wales Prince with him and his children and um you know we're missing Harry I'd like to see Harry on the balcony myself just that's because I would like to see it of course we were all hoping for that but to see these young faces though Michael the prominence right there this is the new evolving face of the monarchy I think and it's pretty remarkable and here is the fly past 60 aircraft coming into honor the coordination of King Charles and queen Camilla due to the weather though this will be shorter than usual with only helicopters and red arrows not quite as bright as that red white and blue we saw with the queen last year huh and then the Battle of Britain Plains which is a shame but hey maybe red arrows will be safe it gets the flight passes is weather permitting you know as far as what they those guys are quite amazing yeah and we saw them open the barriers there because obviously the procession had come down the mail and when they open the barriers and suddenly the public can fill that space and that was really impressive to see rushing in and there was something you said which which struck me as the young faces that are on that balcony now to be involved in a coordination where we're such almost a solemn quiet formal occasion to come out onto the balcony and have these crowds of thousands cheering loudly and you saw some of the youngsters look at each other and mouth a few words I think Louis looks like he's getting into the moment you never know with Louie the rest of them look pretty serious but I look as Kate said you never know what you're going to get with them you never know what you're going to get with him we want to bring in James and Lara who are right there in the middle of it all hey guys hello Michael just above us right now the flyby is happening smaller than we had hoped for due to the weather but I don't know if you can hear it it is directly above us right now yeah I mean look how exciting is this and just the police allowed all these guys to rush forward so these crowds have been waiting for days and days this is the reason why they're intense for days of sleeping on the mail they got the front row seat they're right at the front there and every time Charles raised his hand up went the prize and I have to tell you a similarly loud cries for William and Kate they came out of the side door on the balcony there people really do love to see them and over uh these more helicopters are going above us now it is just an extraordinary to be here look even if it is a reduced flyover it's still the atmosphere here is extraordinary you're never gonna see the king of the United Kingdom on Mount balcony with the full coronation regalia I mean that's quite a space very very lucky to have such a front row seat just behind us the entire royal family as you said Camilla's side as well as the royal family and above us we understand these are the red arrows and helicopters only we were expecting a much bigger flyover I can actually hear myself talk now as they move past us but Pinch Me moment guys yeah yeah I think it would have been nice like uh like Robert said to have seen Harry up on that balcony it would have been I think people here would have liked to have seen that a little bit of a moment of family Unity but it's still nice to see them as William oh he's kind of figuring out whether or not he might cause trouble we'll wait and see him he's thinking about it yes playing an imaginary piano it seems and George has seen something it's the Future King buying something down the mile three generations of King all just behind us yeah balcony and there's us wiping the rain away you've come through for us and these are the Red Arrows now they'll have the red white and blue of the United Kingdom [Music] what a moment pass the newly restored Big Ben and the crowd here is screaming and they can hear the planes coming overhead [Music] we do this thing right that is amazing you really do wow it's been brilliant here guys all right thank you for James and I to be speechless and we are so we shall send it back to you Michael all right thank you so much Lara and James um great job there for for us at Buckingham Palace describing the sensations the feeling the emotions that are there with everyone that is out on that balcony everyone there who's in the crowd watching and want to bring in Ian panel and Ian what are your emotions like how are you feeling watching us all transpired I mean you know Mike I lived in the states for 11 years I always used to think you guys do the best shows right with a sports game whether it's a school uh whether it's on the military parade ground but this this is incredible I mean I've certainly never seen anything like this my father was 16 years old during the last coronation he sat on the black and white TV watching with the rest of the extended family but to see the Red Arrows to see the Chinook helicopters and the others fly across the big wheel over the houses of Parliament and over to vegan Palace we have just watched history in his in many days that you can say that yes it was a very different kind of Coronation for the one that his mother had of course it was was much more diverse much more inclusive and it was much smaller but nevertheless we still got the show we still got the ceremony we've got the solemnity of it all but also the importance yes there are challenges that are going to face Charles challenges that I think his mother didn't really have to face and certainly wasn't aware of but I also think that he's very well placed to do that if anyone can there are many problems out here in London across the country today is one of Celebration tomorrow is going to be one of getting back to the office getting back to the grindstone and addressing some of the many needs in the country Michael all right thank you so much for that Ian and as you said today is the day of Celebration and we're going to go back to Lama Hassan who is amongst the people in Hyde Park how are they going out there llama wow Michael what a moment and I hope you can hear me over the war of the crowd you know during the actual ceremony itself the people here were listening intently they were sitting down and then they they got off so when the king and queen left the Abbey and they made their way to Buckingham Palace I couldn't understand why they were still standing they were waiting for that balcony moment I've never seen anything like it when the king and queen came out and they started waving people here were actually waving to the screen it was incredible you know we knew that it was gonna rain so we weren't sure about how many people would turn out well let me tell you they did not disappoint there are so many people here in Hyde Park watching who were here watching the ceremony on the screen it was absolutely remarkable and you know what the government knew this because they allocated some 1.2 million dollars to put up their screens up and down the country and I have to tell you about a moment that's really surreal moment I look to my right and all of a sudden there was a man who had his scones his clotted cream and his Jam um you know and it was such a British moment but it's just a real moment and instead of having tea he had a glass of champagne but let me tell you everyone here is celebrating and raising their gloss and when the king and queen came out on the balcony everyone's phone was up wanting to witness this moment and capture it on their phones and they were all smiling it was unbelievable to see Michael we know it's a lot of Happiness out there in Hyde Park next to you Lama thank you so much for that now we're going to go to Brit who is on the mile she is also hanging out with the crowd how's it going yeah with the the crowd stretching all the way back to me here and you know I have to say the excitement the Roar of the crowd today it is a stark contrast to the muted celebrations back home in Australia and in other commonwealth countries too you know this is a big moment for commonwealth countries they're in a kind of historical historic juncture you know whether they weigh up uh whether it's time to get rid of the monarchy as head of state many people feel it's just a matter of time God Save the Queen was once Australia's Anthem the king won't even be on banknotes you know big names like Kylie Minogue usually take part in Royal events they declined to you know the Australian prime minister is in favor of a republic and hasn't ruled out holding a referendum in the near future so it's very important moment to reflect in another important moment thank you so much Brit is that the king and queen have come back onto the balcony like an encore swords for themselves leave the family inside and come out and let the people see the king and queen together without anyone else around Michael you know they've got to be feeling such a relief you know this they practice this thing they practiced and practiced it didn't seem like anything went awry I don't know maybe something didn't we didn't know about it but you know they've got to feel great relief that this all went off without a hitch with it they they they have to feel very good about today that have been incredible and I love seeing them both come out on the balcony without anyone else except for each other until now the pages are coming out to help them back in but it was kind of uh to me to say hey we're in This Together We Are The King and the Queen and we are here for you we're quite a journey that had Michael you know quite a journey and I think everybody will acknowledge that they've served us well this has been their moment of Destiny well I think they've carried out with a plum personally I think that they're going to emerge from this experience different people and um I I for one wish them well and I really hope that they achieve what they want to and we're going to go to Maggie ruli and Maggie is at Westminster Abbey where the coordination ceremony took place hey Maggie hey Michael well all the guests have left the Abbey now but you can still hear the bells are still going strong you can still feel the energy here Michael you can feel the weight of History because I think it Bears repeating just the history that we all witnessed here today now once again every coronation since 1066 has taken place right here at Westminster Abbey and now King Charles is a part of that history forever now we know that he wants to modernize the monarchy we saw today during the ceremony some of the steps he's taking to do just that and you know Michael one moment that really stood out for me you mentioned it earlier this was a family affair the moment when Prince William heir to the throne kissed his father on those cheek and the look on King Charles's face was just a look that I think all parents can feel we know there was so much emotion today so much weight in this moment and for me that stands out as something that I will remember that and these bells and all the pop and circumstances I have to tell you Michael no matter how many events like this we'd cover gosh the Royals they know how to bring a party don't they they know how to celebrate in style I gotta say they do it right and you are you're right about that I mean to watch them all together family Affairs just you could tell that there was a lot of Pride there Maggie yeah and I gotta say we're right above you those bells they have been rigging for quite a long time I think they'll be bringing in my head for quite a long time as well even after this is all done and if you're just joining us now it's the coordination of King Charles and queen Camilla and right after 9 30 a.m on the East Coast 6 30 a.m in the west and 2 30 p.m here in London in the king and queen they've been crowned in a historic service at West Mr Abby let's take a look at that moment and now you have the entrance of King Charles let's just listen in and watch [Music] I hear present unto you King Charles You're On Target King wherefore all you who have come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same God save King Charles I here present unto you King Charles your undoubted king wherefore all you are come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same [Music] I hear presents unto you King Charles your undoubted king where for all you who are come this day to do your homage and service willing to do the same foreign unto you King Charles your undoubted king wherefore all you who are come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same [Applause] the coronation oath has stood for centuries and is enshrined in law are you willing to take the oath I am willing will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland your other Realms and the territories to any of them belonging or pertaining according to their respective laws and customs I solemnly promise 32. will you to your power cause Law And Justice in Mercy to be executed in all your judgments I will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel with you to the utmost of your power maintained in the United Kingdom the Protestant reformed religion established by law will you maintain and preserve invaluably the settlement of the Church of England and the doctrine worship discipline and government thereof as by law established in England and will you preserve unto the Bishops and clergy of England and to the churches they're committed to their charge all such rights and privileges as by Lord do or shall appertain to them or any of them all this I promise to do the things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep so healthy God [Music] we see them come in with the screen that is made especially for this coronation it is the one part of the ceremony that will not be seen by cameras and Robert can you explain this to us what happens behind that screen well this is the most sacred moment when he is Anointed with the Holy oil that's coming from the Mount of Olives the what happens is the dean of Westminster passes the ampulla palsy the oil for the ampulla which means essentially derives from chug in Latin he pours it into the spoon with his fingers the spoon the oldest part of the Jaws he then anoints the King on his on his forehead on his wrists and on his chest and that is the moment that he was anointed by God [Music] um what is the symbolism of him removing that robe and being exposed to the yeah essentially it is that but he comes to the church he comes to the Royal procure now the whisper stabby as a paw Pat that's what that's supposed to be and he leaves as a king and that's why he's in that that woven shirt and that is the significance of it it's a humbleness isn't it sleeveless tunic is made from his shirt makers he's been there's been Craftsman on every single piece of this regalia but the fact is that's the symbolism of it and for history lovers I think this is where it's all so fascinating because a lot of this stuff is you said the regalia dates back to the 12th century and now he's been fitted with a gold super Tunica and this one was actually made for King George V it was also worn by King George VI and Elizabeth the second this is designed based on priest be closed you can kind of see that design there and this is ready for him to be invested now with the different pieces of regalia with all their different symbolisms and I can only imagine it must have been altered because it goes through so many uh it must have been altered at some point but we're going to take you back inside the church to the ceremony hmm to watch your son participate in something like this to have your son participate to have your grandson participate this is truly a family or Nation it really emphasizes the significance of lame as the heir the fact that he has two formal roles within the coronation we'll see him later on paying homage king of kings and Lord of lords bless we beseech thee this crown and so sanctify thy servant Charles upon whose head this day thou Dost place it for a sign of Royal Majesty that he may be crowned with thy gracious favor and filled with abundant grace and all princely virtues through him who liveth and reigneth Supreme Over All Things One God World Without End amen here's the moment that we have all been waiting for the crowning of King Charles God Save the King [Music] [Applause] [Music] good [Music] there we have it the crowning of King Charles we heard the gun salute rice outside of the studio here and you can hear the church bells ringing what do you guys think it's how are you feeling right now you are from the UK this is a big moment for this country for the world how are you feeling right now Mr jobson deep Pride um and the king and everybody that's cut out this incredible historic service big part of my country and the royal family and the clergy and particularly with the relief for the Cambridge I thought when the the Arts Christian was trying to get that crown on his head he was trying a little too hard I noticed that too he wanted to make sure that's right it is going to be today he just wanted to make sure he got it right you cannot have that fall off of his head Victoria how are you feeling I'm going through this is that kind of release there that kind of explosion of sound almost we heard the gun salutes we heard the Abbey Bells behind us and the mood really shifted because it was very solemn it was quite tense it felt very serious and then suddenly it actually feels quite joyous now it feels like a moment of Celebration definitely a moment of Celebration and as we wrap up we're going to go back to James and Lara outside of a Buckingham Palace to get their final thoughts hey YouTube hello thank you for this incredible see talk about a front row seat uh as an American I just I'm in awe of the pageantry the Pomp and the circumstance and it's been such a joy having James fill me in behind the scenes and what it means to you as well look it's been so much fun it's been an important day it's been a day of gravity of pomp of circumstance but let's face it it's also been kind of ridiculous we've been celebrating a man with a crown in a gold horse and carriage trotting around London but England Britain we are kind of ridiculous this is a bit of an eccentric country we leave room for that in our society and that's what I'm proud of I'm proud to be British today because we celebrated everything that it means to be British and thank you for being here thank you guys as well all right James Lara thank you and James thank you for letting us be a part of the Ridiculousness of this entire fair so thank you so much really appreciate you too you brought so much to the broadcast and I want to bring it back into the studio because I wanna I wanna hear all your favorite your final thoughts and your favorite moments that happen um during this coordination because the overall theme with inclusion it was family it was the modern monarchy how do you think they did in establishing that well it was just a coronation like no other in its thousand year history it was totally different to 1953 we saw completely different makeup of people inside the Abbey playing prominent roles and it really was a showcase to Modern Britain today I loved the fact that they didn't have any Tiaras it was much more scaled down instead these really nice headpieces and I just felt that what we saw was a great show there are lots of debates about the monarchy but they put on a great show that that is well said you put on a great show Mr jobson how about you uh it was my Super Bowl really I tell you it was um tremendously proud to have been had and I wanted to have had this seat to witness it I mean it was a crown and glory of the king crowning glory of the people and at his moment of Destiny but more important than that it's a moment of true celebration when the King was acclaimed by these people and the bells just kept ringing well it's funny you see the Super Bowl now first thing you know I know football very well American football I'm like super bowl which except for this case you had to wait 70 years for the game and then you already knew who the winner was before he even started well the big thing was going to happen now though this is a fantastic Showcase in Monaco yes and a fantastic Showcase with our system of government Bob let's be real you know this is just the beginning we've got a new generation and they've got a lot of people are apathetic this is a great moment and I'm not saying trying to write it what I'm saying is that the hard work the hard yards start now and I think it's completely for this King but for the one that follows with William and for George to make sure that this system works because otherwise we're gonna have to have a different look at it and I actually believe in monarchy because when you have a diverse society when you have polarized Society we've seen around the world not least even in America it's good to have a system of government ahead of a head of state who is not political who can unite people around their country whilst not having a political divide and I know you talked a lot about that I didn't talk a lot about that and I loved hearing from peaches Golding who talked about looking forward because I think for a lot of people that's what this is about it is a reset I mean there's a lot of top conversations that will be ahead probably for the monarchy but it is sort of a reset to look at those faces in the Abbey today to think about where we go from here because as you said Robert that's what it's all about but Michael I have to tell you when you talked about no Tiaras today and they the hats and all I couldn't help but notice all that of course so you know since we're ending uh you know maybe I will have to bring out my hat I couldn't resist I couldn't resist you know little homage to ABC News here you know oh wow I did not notice it away of course thanks to my friend Christine Moore back at um [Laughter] it was such a um it was such it's a historic moment and so interesting to sit here with a bird's eye view of Westminster Abbey to see all the pomp all the circumstances all the the pageantry that Vivid colors and the Vivid colors yeah and then and then to see everyone come back on the balcony and you can see a lot of ways some relief right and if now it is time to move on to this modern new monarchy to see if they can live up to all the things that are being promised at this point in this country with this with this monarchy well absolutely what what they were saying it's about time to move forward as a country I mean this is the first Monarch that wasn't serving in the second world war and I think there's been a lot of reference to the the past it's really time to move forward as a country together and look we're in a very different world now to you know 50 100 years ago a thousand years ago we saw all that continuity of what we did best the pageantry but it's now about where is Britain now in the world and I think that's what the king and all those politicians are going to sort out who were there today because you know we're a very different country well I'm pretty sure we're going to be many conversations with the both of you as we go forward thank you so much for joining us we appreciate you being here helping us cover this historic coordination of King Charles and queen Camilla and it's been such an honor to be a part of this event and I want to thank our incredible team Deborah Robert and Victoria here with me in the studio as well as Lara and James Ian Maggie Britt and llama out across London we also want to give a special thanks to our contributors Peter Elsa and Christina they want to thank you all for joining us and watching hopefully you did the four or five hours but you know what we're going to leave you with some of the images of the day enjoy [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] this has been a special report from ABC News [Music] good morning from London it's a historic day one of the that has not happened for 70 years an event that will be celebrated in the United Kingdom and around the world filled with pop ceremony and symbolism the coronation of King Charles III and queen Camilla and it starts right now [Music] right now the world is watching counting down the minutes till a king is crowned that promise of lifelong service I renew to all today following the historic reign of his mother Queen Elizabeth II King Charles will be officially crowned with his wife Camilla by his side a modern monarchy taking on centuries of tradition as the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion I too now solemnly pledge myself throughout the remaining time God grants me to uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation [Music] starting now from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey down this aisle and on to the coronation Altar and that incredible moment the crown of a new kick with all the fun fair a balcony way a spectacular fly past all of it just moments away we welcome you to the coronation of King Charles III and queen Camilla now reporting from London Michael Strahan morning and welcome thank you so much for joining us on this historic morning it's an event no one under the age of 70 has ever witnessed the coordination of a king and his Queen King Charles III and queen Camilla of the United Kingdom let's take a look a live look at the iconic mile where thousands of Royal well-wishers are lining up to see the new king and queen and just moments ago we got our first glimpse of the royal couple on their big day as they left Clarence House excited crowds there a little braving the rain and the elements and it would not be rain oh you're in London you expect it now Charles he's been King since the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II back in September but this religious ceremony formalizes his place on the throne Charles was just four years old when his mother was crowned in 1953 and now 70 years later the longest waiting King will be crowned alongside his wife of 18 years there are three parts to today's event the king's procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey then the ceremony to itself and finally the coronation procession back to the Palace now within the ceremony there are six stages we will break each of those down for you in their significance in a few moments but this morning I'm in London just outside Westminster Abbey with an incredible team helping me track the event and break this all down here with me at the ABC's Deborah Roberts Victoria Murphy contributor editor at Town and Country and Robert Johnson Royal editor of the London evening standard both of them ABC News World contributors thank you all for being here we're gonna have a great time historically here in the studio extraordinary moment and proud to be here to share it with you all and our news team they are fanned out across London they are covering it all from Buckingham Palace to the mile to Hyde Park to Westminster Abbey where Charles will be crowned we are thrilled to also have with us three people who not only know the royal family well but they've worked for their majesties in the past sir Peter West mccot excuse me Elsa Anderson Christina kiriaku now we'll hear from all of them all morning long but let's start by heading right to Buckingham Palace where it all begins and where my colleagues Lara Spencer and James Longman are standing by good morning guys good morning to you Michael what a day here at Buckingham Palace behind us the stands are filled the folks that you see there are invited guests they are military veterans they are health care workers and representatives from charities near and dear to the king and queen's Hearts they are braving the rain and of course they are they're witnessing history because in just a few moments we will in fact see King Charles and queen Camilla depart Buckingham Palace for the journey to Westminster Abbey in the Diamond Jubilee State coach about A 35-minute procession Michael down the mall through Trafalgar Square along the route to Westminster Abbey with 1 000 members of the Armed Forces they will accompany his majesty on the largest military display that we have seen here in the UK in 70 years James has been educating me it's so interesting to hear the different uh parts of the armed forces that we've witnessed already this morning yeah I mean they're all out in force you can see here this behind me The Sovereign escort everyone's waiting these this is the British military waiting for the king and queen to leave Buckingham Palace and yes Michael you said it was raining but it rained in 1953 for the Queen's coronation so it is good luck and look I am one of the 80 of Brits who has never seen this before and it is history before us look you have a written constitution in the United States this is ours this is ours played out in full pageantry and it is absolutely going to be extraordinary it's history before our eyes and I'm really excited about it all right thank you guys we're all excited about being here for history that is being made today and now the four of us we're here just across the street from Westminster Abbey the historic church where the ceremony will happen and this is the same site that every coordination has taken place since 1066. it's where Queen Elizabeth was memorialized eight months ago where the funeral was held in 1997 for the late Princess Diana Charles's first wife and where his son and Heir William the duplicate bridge married Catherine Middleton in 2011 and and Deborah this is going to be different very different coordination it really one that that is meant to usher in the next chapter of the monarchy absolutely a turning point and Michael I have to say you know I love this kind of stuff I'm a royal Watcher how I became what I don't really know but I was here for Megan and Harry's wedding I was here for the Queen's Jubilee here for the funeral and it's been so interesting to watch all these shifts right in the modern monarchy but this is really going to be a turning point we've gone from a queen who was sort of a grandmotherly figure really kind of global I mean people sort of recognized her and now we're shifting to a King and that brings about all kinds of different Dynamics for people a lot of conversations that were being whispered are now being had out loud about the monarchy is it really relevant it doesn't even make any sense in the modern world what about the history the thorny history of the British Empire so a lot of those things are being discussed this new king knows he's got to confront all of this so from an Americans perspective I think it's really fascinating to see history play out this is a king who is not only recognizing history but he knows now that he is going to help shape history so I think it's really going to be fascinating to see today all of the symbolism that is involved in this day yes and today is supposed to be very inclusive coordination and Victoria how are people in London feeling about the coordination well I think we've seen you know anticipation is really building there is a real atmosphere on the streets out there this coronation as Deborah said has sparked a lot of conversations about the royal family but what they want fundamentally is for this moment to bring people together other and I think we are seeing that now there are more than 200 countries represented inside Westminster Abbey crowds of all different nationalities on the streets and what I'm really interested to see and I think British people are kind of intrigued by is how have they taken this ancient ceremony that goes back a thousand years and made it a showcase for our country today with as you say diversity and inclusion at the center without losing track of the history of the coordination in this country and Robert you've been cut following King Charles for almost 30 years how are you feeling about today oh really excited because I love history to have this ring decide to see looking over the Abbey is is a real honor and to be sharing it with the American people as an honor too but I think you're going to see a lot of excitement out there despite the rain the London rain a lot of people have come from far and wide to just be part of it to sense the atmosphere and to feel well just to be part of a historic moment but I think that like Victoria said I'm quite intrigued to see what little tweaks and going to be had to the coronation oath and things like that where so we we see what sort of King our King is going to be because he's going to give us little indications by those little tweaks and uh I think it's going to be more about inclusivity um than people think and it's going to be a more outspoken King than people think all right we're looking forward to watching all those things you all just describe now let's walk through the day's schedule you are looking live at Buckingham Palace we're in just a few moments the king and queen will head out for the king's procession riding in the Diamond Jubilee State State coach for the 1.4 mile ride to Westminster Abbey this coach it has Air Conditioning Heating and shock absorbers a much smoother ride than the Golden State coach Quinn Elizabeth's used for her own coordination which she described as bumpy and horrible she's very honest now they're now their majesties will use the less comfortable Golden State coach for the return ride later today now at the church they will be met by the Archbishop for Canterbury they're Earl Marshall and great officers of State the service is expected to last two hours compared to Queen Elizabeth's which took three hours the coordination moment which is the big moment we are all waiting for is expected at precisely noon here in London 7 A.M back on the east coast in the U.S with a coordinated gun salute marking the special event the coordination procession the return trip to Buckingham Palace and the gold coach begins from the Hamilton Arch taking about 45 minutes before they arrive back at Buckingham Palace after a brief break the king and queen will make an appearance on the balcony joined by many family members that iconic moment we've seen so often with a fly past or as we call them the USA flyover to celebrate now let's go back to Larry Spencer James Longman at Buckingham Palace where it all begins good morning again YouTube yeah hi Michael yeah we're just seeing more and more of these military positions is getting underway over here and look this is really an opportunity for Charles to get a fresh start isn't it I mean look at 74 who can say they get a fresh start in life well Charles is going to get one and you know I think he's been pretty misunderstood his whole life um this is a chance for him to restore the magic I think um the queen had that she had that magic we know a lot about Charles I mean some might stay a little bit too much so this is a chance for him to to really kind of restore people's ideas and what he's about you know he's the modern a modern king that's what he wants to be seen and there have been questions about about whether or not the royal family is too expensive and all of the homes and the Palaces we were lucky enough earlier this week to be up at Dumfries house in Scotland and I can tell you up there you will not hear anything but gratitude for King Charles and what he has done up there with Dumfries house and the programs that he's created um well we're seeing we're actually seeing them in the coach I think we understand they're getting into the Diamond Jubilee coach right now um we can't see them from our position here but I think you're seeing them oh well we're seeing them through the window there they've got the sovereign escort that is the military so the the escort to The Sovereign from the household division waiting it's a beautiful shot through the arch there Buckingham Palace that of course above is the balcony where we'll see everybody later they are getting ready this is how this is the best of Britain we're going to see today and uh the king I think we can just see the king queen there in their robes of state that is the the robes that the king and queen will will wear over uh over the coronation clothing that we'll see when they get to The Abbey and this is the roads that they leave the palace in uh they will wear Robes of estate when they return from the Abbey a little later on um but they're all they're actually inherited from uh King George VI I mean Charles is showing that he wants to kind of reuse and restore um King George VI his grandfather wore these robes he'll be wearing them and Camilla's got wearing the Robes of the late Queen Elizabeth the very same robes and they will be if they're not already in they will be getting into that Jubilee Carriage which Michael just said does have suspension and heat which you do need on this rainy day it is a little bit chilly but what an historic moment we are about to witness as they get ready to leave Buckingham Palace to make their way to Westminster Abbey we're seeing uh this is Tony Blair former prime minister of the United Kingdom meeting another former one that was John Major and that's Cherie Blair Tony Blair's wife there so and behind them that's Gordon Brown another former prime minister and David Cameron with his wife this is now the beginning of the officials and the heads of former heads I think heads of state might already have arrived this is now uh senior members of the British establishment arriving for this momentous occasion we're going to have quite a number of prime ministers I think given that we've had a number uh just this past year um the queen of course the last prime minister she saw was Liz truss and there's been a bit of a political turmoil since then Mauritius soon at the current prime minister should be arriving any minute Michael we'll throw it back to you all right thank you so much you guys in Westminster Abbey where we see everyone filing in it is a key part of the ceremony let's get a bird's eye view of what King Charles will be seeing the church is shaped like a cross and right at the center where those two points meet is the 700 year old coronation chair with a monarch will be crowned let's go to ABC correspondent Maggie ruli joining us from Westminster Abby and Maggie you have a great vantage point right outside and we know there was an effort to make this ceremony more cost conscious than the queen so what differences will we see today at the Abbey well Mike you just saw that view there that's the Great West endurance that's where the king and queen are going to be any moment James and Larry just got a sneak peek in their State coach but you know I'm so excited because they're going to be right behind me when he enters Westminster Abbey a moment really 70 years in the making uh we've been watching guests already arrived most of them are already inside the Abbey now all morning they've been arriving some three and a half hours ahead of the ceremony dressed in fascinators and military uniforms the pump and pageantry Michael is on Full display right now we've also seen heads of States other foreign leaders James pointed out many of the four leaders here in Britain but also from around the world we saw first lady Jill Biden is inside Westminster Abbey right now she's sitting beside the first lady of Ukraine so many politicians are inside but as we've been talking about Michael today's ceremony is really a chance for the monarchy to show themselves as a modern institution and the guest list is going to reflect that yes we have some of the traditional invites the foreign leaders like the first lady uh like leaders from Ireland France and Spain in Japan but we also have 20 royal families there from Tonga Denmark Holland Morocco Bhutan and Thailand so everyone from around the world is descending here to Westminster Abbey but what's really special is that in addition to these traditional invites we also have people the people of England the king and queen have made a point to invite hundreds of people from their Charities some young people that have benefited directly from these Charities so definitely something to watch out for how this ceremony will be different how the king and queen are really are trying to reach out to the people not just the aristocrats and politicians and Michael though I do need to make a point having stood out here now all morning and watching people enter and oogling all of the robes that they're wearing and the hats that they're wearing do we keep saying this is a toned down ceremony it's kind of just toned down by British standards for us Americans I think we can still expect to be absolutely Blown Away by the pomp in pageantry well I I'm already blown away just just watching the monitor of everyone filing in and as you said inviting a lot of locals here they have definitely paired down the guest list immensely compared to Queen Elizabeth's coronation and um you know what thank you so much for that Maggie and our chief foreign correspondent Ian panel he joins us from here in London and Ian we know that Charles became king the moment his mother Queen Elizabeth passed eight months ago so a lot of people are asking why do we need a coordination [Music] yeah I mean it's a good question I mean this is about history it's about certain movies also about the formal process he becomes the head of the Church of England uh so there's a lot of tradition a lot of pageantry but there's also a lot of formality that has to be gone through today and I think this is this moment where the people the subjects need to actually witness this moment I think I'm also struck by how much Britain has changed since his mother was crowned you know when the Queen's father died the announcement was made on BBC Radio it was the only source of news at the time and people got out of their cars they stopped in the streets they took off their hats and they stood in respect it was a time of rationing a television at that point cost about 85 dollars that was two months salary this country's changed and that means the challenges I think for Charles have also changed and that's why today also matters the visuals are showing something that is more inclusive that is more modern that is more up with the times I think is absolutely important Michael all right thank you so much Ian and joining us from The Mao is ABC News correspondent brick clinic and Brit we see the crowd there gathered I know you've been talking to him this morning but tell us about the major Security operation that's in place for this event I mean this is the biggest Security operation in British history and it's clear that authorities are taking no chances more than 11 000 police are deployed for this 400 members of the Armed Forces we even saw several protesters being taken away some of them physically carried out of here by about 30 police officers who are kind of forming a barrier on the way out and some of the crowd were actually booing the protesters as they came out but you know by and large Michael this is exciting for many people here despite this very British weather you know we spoke to people from Germany from South Africa from Australia from Canada who say they just want to witness this slice of History you know we're seeing people with Union Jack umbrellas singing God Save the King and waving flags too they also make a point of wanting to catch a glimpse of the king and queen and wanting to catch a glimpse of that gold Carriage which by the way Michael is Australian made he had to get that in there didn't you Brett but thank you thank you so much for that and you know I guess protesters were expected here but this is inclusive as we said everyone has their right and you know the profession is about to start everyone so let's turn to Buckingham Palace where King Charles and queen Camilla are about to begin the king's procession it is 5 18 here in London I mean it's 10 18 here in London 5 18 in the U.S on the East Coast and the king and queen will depart the palace gonna head straight down the mile where see thousands are gathered hoping to get a glimpse as they pass in that Diamond Jubilee coach going through the admiralty Arch gonna go by Parliament Square before arriving at Westminster Abbey where Lara and James are at the starting point and I know the excitement there is ramping up now that the king and queen are about to start how they going there you guys we are keep turning around because it is any moment now as you said 10 20 is when we expect to see that golden that Carriage I said the golden that's on the way to the way back uh we'll see the Diamond Jubilee Carriage carrying the king and queen as they make their way on the just about one and a half mile journey to Westminster Abbey as it leaves Buckingham the coach will be accompanied by The Sovereign escort of the household Cavalry and it will pass a guard honoring uh compromise it comprised of 160 members of three armed services the procession as you said Michael will head down the mall to Trafalgar Square then along Whitehall and Parliament streets before turning into Westminster Abbey where so many dignitaries as we have seen have already been arriving yeah and I mean a lot of people have been in that Abbey all morning waiting for this to start but now we see the procession has actually just got underway we can hear the calls from the military behind us you're hearing them I think and that there we are that's moving off accompanied by members of the household Cavalry they'll move out from Buckingham Palace towards the mall where thousands have been camped out waiting uh many of them in the rain for days and days and just think what a moment this is for Charles he has waited 70 years for this moment and he has all begun now here we have the sovereign's escort accompanying here now six uh Winsome Windsor Grays I think pulling the uh Diamond uh Jubilee coach out from underneath Buckingham Palace and he'll get a glimpse for the first time of the thousands of people who've been waiting for this remember when the queen died he became king in sadness there was the accession council we saw members of the British establishment together in here in London in morning in morning for the late Queen and he became king and sadness in regret and now he becomes king and joint and now we can clearly see them both there we go we can hear there's cheering going on a little bit I can hear a little bit of it uh just uh along the mouth we're seeing glimpses of Camilla there we can see her necklace now there was a suggestion that Camilla might be wearing some of the late Queen's jewelry and there we are that's the national anthem playing and I've got to imagine this is a moment of of such so many emotions for the king and we are hearing that Camilla was quite nervous this morning and who can blame her what what a ride she has had no pun intended but going from in the 1990s being reviled um after the breakup and and here they are now on their way to Westminster Abbey [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] State coach and you know inside that coach they have hidden switches there for air conditioning for heating it's got suspension so I think that really was quite important to them to kind of feel very comfortable when they arrive at the Abbey because this is a long day for them they are very much then to stage and they've been sent to Stage all week and I think the idea of arriving in that Comfort but then keeping the tradition when they leave kind of sums up a little bit what we're seeing with this coronation ceremony this real mix of the traditional and the modern I think underscoring this one thing that I think is is really important to mention that the change to the coronation ceremony when he arrived King child will say straight away up front I'm not here to be served I'm here to serve and I think that was really important for him to put that statement in to kind of underline his Philosophy for how he sees his role so when we see him afterwards with the black regalia in all that Majesty what they want to underscore these very Grand visuals is this idea that he's the service role and he will also be humble before him and as we see the king and queen in their in their coach you know it must be surreal after 70 years I'm sure there's a lot of excitement but I'm sure there's a lot of nervousness as well and and Robert for you how do you think the king of Queen feel right now in this moment something that has been 70 years in the making it was hard to put yourself in that position but I was thinking meant to Pride that the people immense Pride all the people that have served there and to get them ready for this day look at those the soldiers and the horses and the work that's gone in giving presentation to a global audience you know recently was on a plane with the King flying back from Germany's first state visit and he'll be encouraging the queen who will be quite nervous I think at this moment in time because this is some lady that's come to this very Lane life I'm 58 years old she wasn't he born to do this job he was born to do it she wasn't that I'm sure he'd be encouraging his wife all the time yeah in in Deborah I know for you and I it's not normal it's not normal but I do feel emotion here you know it's interesting because as Americans of course we don't relate to this in a way right but Americans love pop and ceremony we really do and when you look at this I just said to Robert you don't see this every day you do not see this every day and there is something that is sort of interesting and sort of special about this yes it's a monarchy yes people will have their conversations and their criticisms but again 70 years since something like this happened I mean people would just buy playing televisions at that time to see it so now we're seeing it on social media it's already trending the coronation is actually trending on Twitter so well as we heard 85 for a TV back in 1953 I don't think too many people were watching it on television you know the coordination the coordination itself for one at home it consists of six stages the recognition the coordination oath the anointing the investors investiture which includes the crowning the enthronement and the homage since the late 14th century coordinations have followed this order and today it will be no exception as the nation crowns their king and queen so let's go through what we'll be seeing at Westminster Abbey stage one it is the recognition King Charles will be presented to the people with the Archbishop of Canterbury proclaiming him the undoubted king and calling on attendees to support him and this is where we'll hear the people shout God save King Charles would Trump trumpet sounding a Victoria this is to make sure that they have the right guy that they're about to Crown that's exactly right and it goes all the way back to Anglo-Saxon times it may seem kind of strange now obviously we all know who the king is we've seen his picture many times we can look at it on the internet whenever we want but back then of course it was very important for people to see to recognize and to say yes this is our person This Is Us of them Sovereign we recognize him or her as our Sovereign and what Charles will do is he will stand in the middle of Westminster Abbey in an area that's called the coronation theater and that actually reminds us that the Abbey was specifically built with coronations in mind with this with with this theater when it was rebuilt by King Henry III and he will turn to all four corners of the Abbey representing the four points of the compass and he will be introduced and the congregation will say God save King Charles the Archbishop did this alone back in 1953 obviously it was a different Archbishop but he did this alone for Queen Elizabeth's coronation but now we're going to see him joined by three distinguished citizens from across the UK again bringing the public bringing the people into this moment making it a people's monarchy I guess and stage two of the ceremony is the coronation oh the king will place his hand on the Bible and swear his oath vowing to Reign according to the law before signing it at his pledge it is the only time the Monarch makes a written obligation to the people and the only part of the ceremony that is legally required and Robert do we know what will be in the king's oath oh we're going to hear it and uh it's gonna be slightly tweaked so I'm going to be intrigued to see how that has been tweaked but knowing the king I think he will be talking about he's been working through this with the Articles of Canterbury but he'd be talking about faith and belief of course you'll be declaring yourself to be defender of the faith and he'll be for the Church of England and this is a king that really does believe in representing all of his Nation all of the nations of the Realms and that is to do with all faiths and so we're going to get a bit of that about Harry acknowledges and accepts people of all faiths is this old something that is shaped in history or something he writes himself for this moment he will work with it with the Archbishop of Canterbury and they've been doing that for some so they're lucky in recent weeks all right and stage three is the anointing which is considered the most important religious part of the ceremony the king will be blessed with holy oil confirming him as the Supreme governor of the Church of England and we know we won't be seeing him during this faith it is a moment that is so sacred they keep it off camera but at this time Charles will be blocked by a screen the newly commissioned screen is the tree design which includes the names of the Commonwealth nations in polls made from trees from the Windsor State and here's what will happen King Charles will remove his robe and take his place in that coronation chair he will be anointed by the Archbishop using two of the most important pieces of the regalia the ambula and the 12th century anointing spoon oil will be placed on his head chest and hands making a cross to show he has been chosen by God during this we will hear the choir sing Anthem and Endeavor this stage of his faith it is steeped in so much history it is steeped in history but also too this is so different from the rest of the ceremony at its core is this sort of religious part of it and Michael I grew up Baptist and so baptism was sort of like the separation rebirth in a way this anointing is sort of like that it's supposed to separate him from all this pageantry and he is reborn really in some ways so that oil which is kind of interesting too the oil comes from the Mount of Olives where his grandmother his paternal grandmother is buried a secret blend of oils it is supposed to be a very sacred and special part of the ceremony that is so far removed from this gold carriage and all of that so interesting so at this core it's about religion about religion at that point in next stage stage four investiture at this point the king will put on ceremonial clothing and regalia and now this faith that includes the most the moment most of us picture when we think of a coronation the crowning where the Archbishop places the 400 year old Saint Edwards crown on the king's head the crown weighs four pounds nine ounces and made of solid gold and this would be the only time the Monarch will ever wear it we are looking at a live shot of Camilla's family entering Westminster Abbey and we are going to go back to Brick Clinic where the recession procession is passing right now hey Brit what are you seeing out there well the crowds the cheese from the crowds are growing louder and louder as All the King's Men and all the king's horses are coming past behind me we heard people seeing God Save the King really the excitement building despite the damp weather people waiting here exactly for this moment there it is there it is the crowds growing clouds growing louder as well really an exciting moment many people here telling me this is exactly what they've come for [Music] we've come in just for this and you're right there it is this is what they have come for Brett [Music] amazing sight to see [Music] and now we're going to go back to Lara at Buckingham Palace and Lara this crown that we talked about that would only be worn this one time in this ceremony is really the centerpiece of the UK's crown jewels we asked the Saint Edwards Crown it is the centerpiece as you said and it's it's massive it's I'm sure a bit of a relief when he gets to take it off because it is five pounds originally made for King Charles II in 1661. he puts it on he takes it off it was worn once by his mother that's her coronation it will be worn once by m and then by his son that's right down the road look I mean a lot of these these uh these items in the coronation Brigade only date back to the 1600s I say only relatively young for our country because of course we had a revolution so a lot of them got melted down but the one that that survived is the spoon from the 1200s and it's the combination what we're going to witness today is a combination of all our history of our British constitutional history with this religious kind of iconography and it's absolutely it's going to be wondrous to see remember when the the queen died the crown jewels won her coffin and they were taken and put on the altar so the power The Authority was returned to God what we're going to see today is not just the investiture of the head of state but the investiture of the head of the church in England so the crown jewels are now returned symbolically to the new king he has Authority by God to run the church and there are lots of people who are sort of looking at this and thinking it feels very outdated um and the questions about you know whether or not the monarchy Will Survive monarchy and church feel like they don't really have a place in modern Britain to a lot of people but we'll see hints of changes in today's ceremony which we'll try to look forward rather than just look back and that's why as you know Robert earlier was talking about different Faith leaders represented one of the first things that the King Charles will do after uh he is crowned is to stand up and greet Faith leaders from the Jewish Community the Muslim Community the Hindu Community to show that this is the king who cares about all Fates he's a defender of the faith but he is a supporter of all faiths [Music] and Jane I'm sure you know we're going to be a lot of talk about modernizing the monarchy and I you know next you can see that they are definitely trying to be very inclusive of everyone in this country and around the world actually and next you know there's so many favor next five stage five it's enthronement with the King walking up to take his place on the throne now don't forget Camilla is also being crown queen today the first time a queen consort has been crowned since 1937. the ceremony only takes place for female consorts so Prince Philip he did not have one but this ceremony is much simpler than it is for the Monarch it will happen after stage six of his ceremony starting with an anointing with the king's permission and next the queen will be presented with a ring like the Kings it represents their commitment to Duty after that the Archbishop will Crown her with Queen Mary's Crown which has been altered to honor Queen Elizabeth and Lara at this point Camilla has been she's been widely accepted by the people of the Commonwealth but that's not something that would have happened that many years ago well I think it all changed really in a couple of years ago when the late Queen said I give my blessing for her to be called Queen consort that was that was a real sort of Turning Point um and we were both saying that Camilla has done such a great job she's really uh keep calm and carry on you know she's very stoic and she's put up with a lot over the years I started to say earlier Michael in the 90s after Charles and Diana broke up and then after Diana tragically was killed she was called by the press the most hated woman in the UK and she has really slowly but surely turned that around and that all culminates today when she becomes Queen Camilla and puts on Saint uh is it which Crown is it Mary's Crown yes Mary's yes and and the symbolism there what they're doing to modernize it and to honor Queen Elizabeth by adding two diamond brooches the Cullen and diamonds which are so significant here in in British history and they're adding them to that Crown as a nod to the late Queen and to make this Camillus Queen Camilla's own I mean it's extraordinary just the turnaround that she has had and yes she stops being Queen consort today she becomes Queen Camilla and look Keep Calm and Carry On never explain never complain these are kind of mottos that she had anyway I mean you know they were raw motto is very much part of the firm these kind of ideas but also very much hers and and she was close to the royal family for a long time personally you know her family knew the the royal family I think uh the queen mother was at her original marriage to Andrew Parker Bowles so they were close but the Queen the late Queen Elizabeth knew that she had this kind of I suppose you know toxic reputation that she needed to keep it on arm's length and now look we're watching her and so many people in Britain have been brought round to uh have been brought round to the idea of a queen because they see and we're seeing Harry Harry for the first time that's alongside other members of the royal family that's Beatrice his cousin we saw prince Andrew also walk into us Mr Robbie there so that's non-working members of the royal family of course he's in uh he's not in military uniform he is allowed to wear his medals but as a non-working member of the royal family he appears uh as a kind of Civilian guest um all eyes will be on here only here for 24 hours of course not with Megan she stayed behind because today I think it's today or tomorrow today today is RT's birthday so she stayed behind in California and we have heard that right after the ceremony Harry will return to the U.S to celebrate his son's birthday and not sure whether or not we'll see him behind us on the balcony chances are probably not as a non-working member of the royal family probably not I think there are people hoping that he might look every time he's in this country Brits really hoped for some kind of reconciliation I think it's probably too much to ask for the in the next 24 hours that might happen but as we look at him there you and I touched on this earlier Queen Camilla and and her sort of reticence to speak out and and that keep calm and carry on but her Inner Circle has said that his books bear the words that she had for or the words that she had for her they hurt her um and she would never say anything out loud and there is Princess Anne on the camera right now we've heard so much about her role I love it's called the gold stick that's right she's the the protector of The Sovereign she was said she was very honored to be given this role and I think her star has certainly risen since her mother's death Michael and there it is Princess Anne we have the big part in the coordination today and we also saw Harry show up at the church and I think a lot of people are happy to see Harry here to show respect to his father the king and the queen but Deborah what what are your thoughts obviously and Harry enter the church well first of all I have to say I love seeing Anne I love the Swagger I love Anne she is very tough it is so fitting that she is the protector of The Sovereign I think a lot of Americans are waiting to see Harry and so to see him there looking comfortable as Robert just said um you know I think you know a lot of Americans are just curious about Megan and Harry in that part of this whole ceremony so to see him there looking relaxed chatting with the Archbishop seeming to take his place of course we know he's not in his military uniform he's not getting all of those props that you'd like to see but I think you interviewed Harry so you had a sense of what he might have been feeling I guess maybe because when I interviewed him I think the Phillies were really wrong the book had was going to be released um right after our interview I think a lot of people were really surprised about some of the things that he wrote about and some some of the experiences that he felt that he had and I'm curious with Robert and Victoria how do you two feel about seeing Harry here back in the UK to honor his father May relieved be honest because I think as a dad myself this is a moment of that you want your son your family with you the fact you look very cool is the Deb's saying is really how it really makes a difference and I think that he looked comfortable with his cousins it doesn't matter what he says his dad knows he's there that's what matters I think it's so important that he's here because it's been really difficult on both sides and there's been a lot of criticism aimed at both sides and that's the royal family they want to stand for Unity they want to bring people together and Harry being here people know it's not fully resolved but him being here allows them much better to send that positive message of reconciliation of unity and it's interesting that he chose to participate in that just by everything but I think that shows that he really understands the importance of this moment and it would have been a big thing for him to have missed it and let he without an argument in the family raise their hands but it is great to see Harry here amongst everyone else going into Westminster Abbey and let's go back to the stages we are at stage six of the coordination ceremony it is the final stage the homage with King Charles on the throne the Archbishop Prince William and in another changed Edition the people are being asked to swear their allegiance the idea of the people being asked is is stirring some controversy here in the UK so let's go to ABC correspondent llama Hassan and Hyde Park and llama what is the reaction for people gathered there in Hyde Park about this change well let me tell you Michael you know it is safe to say that it is bucketing down right now but you can hear the crowd it is not dampening that Spirit They're Gonna Keep Calm and Carry On and celebrate because I think that's the feeling here everyone here is United for one reason to celebrate and to witness history and to Witnesses clowning of Charles and Camilla you know I've been making friends all morning here and I was asking my new friends just next to me they didn't have an umbrella and I said to them what are you going to do and they said we're just going to embrace it and I'm feeling quite Regal because we are in Hyde Park as you said which is one of London's largest of the royal Parks if you don't have a seat in the Abbey I can say this is the next best thing because they've got these giant screens behind me where people here are gathered and United witnessing history and watching the ceremony live and there was this brilliant moment here no one's talking about the hummus just yet but there was this brilliant moment when the king and queen left Buckingham Palace everyone got up and started singing the National Anthem and waving the Union flag the atmosphere is absolutely brilliant I'm just getting Goosebumps talking to you about it people here with that picnic baskets their Foods their blankets you name it of course they're brolies and I even saw people crack open their bottles of champagne at 8 A.M so everyone here is in good spirit to let me tell you it is infectious despite the rain they do have Monday off so pop open the champagne and enjoy yourself and there is a lot there's a lot of Pride here in the UK and let's take a look at Westminster Abbey where the king and queen on their way they are arriving and Maggie Rulli is right there Maggie what is the energy like now Michael we were just all anxiously awaiting that moment the moment the moon Queen enter Westminster Abbey right here we're awaiting the stagecoach we've already seen plenty of other royal families arriving especially the big headliner here Prince Harry he walked in just behind me right there we know he's inside Westminster Abbey right now he's not the only Royal here Royals from all over the world have arrived there was an amazing procession not that long ago of some of the 20 royal families that are here from all over the globe people from Tonga Denmark Holland Morocco Thailand Bhutan Belgium just to name a few and what was amazing to see was to take a look at their outfits if I'm honest because some of them were dressed in traditional outfits from their country and it's just a reminder Michael of the reach of the British Global uh royal family of the monarchy and a royal family is coming together from all over the world you know he can start to even hear some of the bands and the procession behind me Michael I think more Royals are getting close right now uh behind me you actually see people on Horseback playing instruments there's a man playing drums on horse I think that sums up some of the pump and pageantry that we're seeing right now Michael I think the British people are certainly bringing it today and we're just moments away from more Royals arriving and of course waiting for the king and queen well we have a slight a little bird's eye view of the king and queen arriving at Buckingham Palace we're just gonna watch and listen for a minute [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] [Music] there is nothing like the sound of the horse's Hooves on the pavement makes it feel more official joining us now is Sir Peter West mccot former deputy private secretary to the Prince of Wales and former British ambassador to the United States ABC News contributor Elsa Anderson who was the Queen's former press secretary and the former director of communication for the Archbishop of Canterbury and Christina kiriaku the former Communications secretary to Charles and Camilla when they were the Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall thank you all for joining us and and Peter as someone who spent a lot of time with the King do you have a sense of how he's feeling right now on this day yeah Peter hello yes I didn't hear the question forgive me oh I'm sorry about that you know and someone who spent so much time with the King do you have a sense of how he's feeling on this special day well I think it must be a remarkable moment because it's just eight or nine months since there was that moment that he'd been dreading for years when his mother died and then the succession and now all these months of preparation for this very special moment of Coronation which is of course has its its two elements one is he's going to become the head of state of not just the United Kingdom but of 15 different countries around the world we should never forget that but also he becomes the Supreme governor of the Church of England in that very important religious element which will be hidden behind the uh the Shroud in the Abbey so I think for him this is a very special moment all right Peter thank you we're just gonna watch and listen for a moment [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] Diamond Jubilee State coach [Music] church bells are now ringing and Elsa I want to bring you in for a moment this is a big day for the Archbishop the Church of England's most senior cleric he'll conduct the coordination but how is he doing ahead of the ceremony I want to make sure everything happened according to plan so I know he would be nervous but he would have practiced this for many many months every eye would be dotted every tea would be crossed and of course he will be praying the night before today's coronation it will be communing himself with God and I know his his thoughts his prayers will be with the King and and Queen on today's service as you see everyone anxiously awaits the king and queen enter and Christina let's bring you in you you and King Charles you had a great working relationship what type of leader is he how has he been preparing for this role as king [Music] very very compassionate man he's a very very knowledgeable man he is no stone unturned to just solve um any challenge or any issue that members of the public tell him about he has worked so hard as The Heir Apparent and his legacy with all the Charities that he's set up has been incredible there is Prince Louis waiting for his grandfather to arrive and King Charles had an enormous role taking over for his beloved mother Queen Elizabeth [Music] the procession inside the Abbey you'll first will see Faith leaders and representatives then members of his Majesty's Realms and finally the king and queen the crown jewels they will be carried on cushions ahead of them including their crowns which will also be on cushions [Music] there we go we see the queen and we'll see the king with their pages Prince George and also the Queens with hers her grandsons and her great nephew so let's watch [Music] we see Camilla there attended by her four pages as you said her grandsons and great nephew and she's wearing the robe of State underneath she has a dress which we've just been told today as she arrived a little bit of detail off it was designed by Bruce Oldfield who is her go-to designer it has embroidery of wildflowers and also flowers of the United Kingdom so roses thistles daffodils and Shamrocks and we see their Little Prince George one of the king's four pages a very big day for him because he is there to support his grandfather but also one day seeing what could be his Monday he could have his own coronation like this one day and the youngest too he's 10 years old I think the rest of them are around 12 or 13. so for him this is probably a nerve-wracking moment but he looks like he's very cool doesn't it he's cool but he's always got those sort of eyes that looks like the weight of the world but also you know having Prince George hit the first time an heir to the Thrones officially involved in this ceremony in any way which is really really something very true yeah we've seen children watch before but for him actually to be involved and I know that William and Kate they talk to their children about this about this big moment and how they feel being involved he's quite nervous yeah she does look a little bit nervous doesn't it but I think it's so remarkable that her family was also assembled here you know her ex-husband you know they they all brought them together didn't they well it's a it's the king there's King Charles but that's a little Jewish look great the guys this is one moment where we really see the tradition coming to the forest tell us about the road that King Charles is wearing so this is called The Robe of State it's a crimson robe he has quite a lot of outfit changes in this process so he wears this at the beginning and it is simply what it means the robe of state and then he will change when he is Anointed he will change into something much more simple than he'll wear a different robe when he leaves the Abbey underneath he has um Royal Navy trousers which symbolizes the fact that he served there are the whales William and Kate big moment for them as well I think that she looks tremendous in the house but doesn't she with the red white and blue that's absolutely how much pride do you feel that they have in watching their son be a part of this I'm sure any parent will be deeply proud but worried their messes up when he is being the kid he's allowed so Michael the only thing we can compare this to is a wedding of course right you see kids come in with the bra train this is huge and to be on the world stage they're watched everywhere and you see the crowns are being bought in on cushions yep that's Queen Mary's Crown which Camilla will be crowned with there we see Kate wearing a sort of headpiece it's not a tiara but it's a beautiful kind of looking headpiece here I think the fact that we're not seeing them in Tiaras this time really shows exactly in 1953 it was the Sea of the aristocracy and Tiaras and coronets and this sets a very different tone for the modern monarchy well there's been a lot of talk about those Jewels right and the history of those jewels and they were there were big questions about what they would wear today and whether they would wear some of these very controversial Tiaras with the jewels and clearly they're trying to tone this down well Camilla chose not to be crowned with the most controversial Jewel in her crown the Kohinoor that was taken from India but the Cullen and Diamond that was found in South Africa will feature today in the cranials that we will see which is still cool that we took I think there'd be no diamonds in these crowns and Deborah as we're watching this very diverse tell us about you how you feel about the diversity well you notice it right away I mean even as they were filing into the church earlier just all the different Realms as you as you were but I I just think that's so interesting because in 1953 you definitely didn't see this Victoria and I were talking about it was sort of a sea of older white men right that was the aristocracy at the time and to see all of these faces black and brown faces some of them from various countries some of them of course political leaders there's Camilla right there it's it's really fascinating I think to see that there are some of the Jews to hear you know the jokes that were all represented last time they're not yeah the guy that used to drive Camilla is Michael Ron Howard he's here so you know a few jigs are not very happy this is a real representation of our society now our diverse Society these people hold really important positions within our society they've not been plucked from nowhere the reason we have a woman carrying the sword of State this time is because a woman is Lord president of the privy Council in today's day and age so it's a real celebration of how far we've come and now you have the entrance of King Charles let's just listen in and watch foreign [Music] looks as if he's taken in the moment straying away with his eyes looking at everyone who showed up show their love for the king [Music] hard to believe this is a smaller crowd you know his mother had 8 000 people he's got about two thousand but people were on Scaffolding in 1953 they were raised up [Music] because at this moment I think there's a Greek why I was singing and it's on the stage and that's an honor of his father's the nature can think of Edinburgh who of course was a prince of the Greece apparently he took great pride in the music here right commissioning songs and and music and he's a big lover of music so we're hearing a lot of his touches he is and we'll have the new coronation Anthem later on composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber as well as lots of very traditional music handles they doc the priest will be played at the moment of anointing a great tradition for coronations I think the hairs will be on the back of the neck when that that the priest comes out see the screens around town right I think it's going to be viewed on you know what 30 different screens around around town out of londoners out taking in the festivities and this is a definitely the dress the Wardrobe was so different than it was back in 1953 the crowd is so different than it was in 1953 it's been a mix of modernizing the monarchy but yet holding on to traditions of the past there is the king [Music] procession LED there by the cross of Wales which was redesigned to incorporate relics from the True Cross the cross on which Jesus was crucified and that was a gift from the pope for this ceremony and if you are just joining us it is 6 a.m on the east coast and 3 A.M in the west and 11 A.M here in London the king and queen they've made their way from Buckingham Palace and the King's procession and now they're inside Westminster Abbey for the coordination service which will begin in a moment so let's turn Westminster Abbey with the service is about to begin foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Applause] by that [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] he makes his way first to the chair of the state and we've we've talked about the pages in Camilla's always been very private her family's always been private now she had her grandkids involved in the coordination bringing them to the Forefront in front of the nation and I want to go back to you Lara and discuss a little bit more about the pages well Michael as you just said three of her four pages are her own grandchildren Gus Louie and Freddie and then it's her sister Annabelle's grandchild his name is Arthur and they are there to support her today she felt that was very important and it is a great show of a blended family and that's part of the new monarchy that we are seeing a really nice tribute to this blended family on the king side his pages are of course his grandson and then close family friends children and they are helping him with his very heavy heavy robe yeah heavy robes and close family friend friends but also from other hereditary families of the United Kingdom you see they're close that's the crowns that they will be invested with uh close family friends but also from families that also have positions in this coronation going back hundreds of years these symbols of chivalry uh go back many many generations the Spurs that are held on a cushion behind the king the the amulets around the rest these are symbols of Knighthood of Honor going back many many centuries uh and the robes many of the senior members of the royal family are wearing also of the night of the Garter that's the most senior Cheval recorder you were just pointing out Kate's wardrobe today exactly just listened a little bit here I come not to be served but to serve the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ the love of God and The Fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you dearly beloved we are gathered to offer worship and praise to almighty God to celebrate the life of our Nations to pray for Charles our King to recognize and to give thanks for his life of service to this nation the Realms and the Commonwealth and to witness with joy his anointing and crowning is being set apart and consecrated for the service of his people let us dedicate ourselves alike in Body Mind and Spirit to A Renewed Faith a joyful hope and a commitment to serve one another in love [Music] [Music] ah the boys [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you gotta Glory this is a Song Carrie it's been saying in Welsh by Paul milor [Music] [Music] thank you I hear present unto you King Charles your undarted king wherefore all you who I'll come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same God save King Charles [Music] foreign to you King Charles your undoubted king wherefore all you are come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same thank you I hear presents unto you King Charles your undoubted king where for all you who are come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same [Music] I hear present unto you King Charles your undoubted king wherefore all you who are come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same [Music] [Applause] thank you that with the recognition which is the first element of the traditional English coronation right and although ceremonies now entirely symbolic it is a very powerful moment the four sides of the theater which is a special platform built inside the Abbey are the four points of the compass each time that his majesty is presented to the people they are given the opportunity to show their support for him at their King by as we saw they were shouting God save King Charles and this is to affirm and acknowledge that the king is the one they recognize as head of state sir to keep you ever mindful of the law and the gospel of God as they rule for the whole life and government of Christian princes receive this book the most valuable thing that this world has to offer here is wisdom this is the Royal law these are the Lively articles of God the Bible is the church's first gift to the king the word spoken about a moderator of the general assembly of the Church of Scotland you imagine us the world of God above all Union laws established by law whose settlement you will swear to maintain is committed to the true profession of the gospel and in so doing we'll seek to Foster an environment in which peoples of all faiths and beliefs may live freely the coronation oath has stood for centuries and is enshrined in law are you willing to take the Earth I am willing will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland your other Realms and the territories to any of them belonging or pertaining according to their respective laws and customs I solemnly promise though to do will you to your power cause Law And Justice in Mercy to be executed in all your judgments I will thank you will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel will you to the utmost of your power maintain in the United Kingdom the Protestant reformed religion established by law will you maintain and preserve invaluably the settlement of the Church of England and the doctrine worship discipline and government thereof by law and law established in England and will you preserve unto the Bishops and clergy of England and to the churches they're committed to their charge all such rights and privileges as by law do or shall appertain to them or any of them all this I promise to do the things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep so healthy God hello your majesty are you willing to make subscribe and declare to the statutory accession declaration oath I am willing I Charles do solemnly and sincerely in the presence of God profess testify and declare that I am a faithful Protestant that I will according to the true intent of the enactments which secure the protestant's succession to the throne uphold and maintain the said enactments to the best of my Powers according to law [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you that was the coronation oath this is the only time that a monarch signed a written obligation to his people [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] God of compassion and mercy whose son was sent not to be served but to serve give Grace that I may find in thy service perfect freedom and in that freedom knowledge of thy truth grant that I may be a blessing to all thy children of every faith and belief that's together we may discover the ways of gentleness and be led into the paths of peace through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen [Music] Jesus [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] we saw the king's prayer there and you said it's a very interesting fact about the prayer well it is another change very subtle change but it's the first time in history that the Monarch has prayed aloud in front of the congregation and Victoria you had something to add as well I do we had um the coronation oath the coronation oath is enshrined in our legislation but what was new this time was that before he made his own the Archbishop offered an explanation that he isn't fostering an environment for all Faith to live freely so when he promises to uphold the Protestant Faith that's how should it that's how it should be interpreted and that's a really important part of the inclusivity of this ceremony yeah we heard in that prayer too grant that I may be a blessing to all that children of every faith and belief so they are definitely stressing sort of inclusivity even though he mentioned being a Protestant they want to everybody to feel a part of that and when we see the presentation of the regalia later on we will see people representing different faiths presenting him with some of those pieces of regalia as well so bringing that right into kind of every piece [Music] just to face dialogue although he is supreme governor of the Church of England the Protestant he believes that we should have as much dialogue amongst as many Faith as possible to improve the lot of the England a very diverse country and we're seeing it on full display here at Westminster Abbey let's go back inside the church oh [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] sometimes [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music] Lords enthroned in Heavenly splendor look with favor upon thy servant Charles our King and bestow upon Him such Gifts of wisdom and love that we and all thy people may live in peace and prosperity and in loving service one to another to thine eternal glory who with the father and the Holy Spirit reigneth Supreme Over All Things One God now and forever amen now we will have the epistle the reader the Prime Minister Rishi reading from the epistle to the Colossians for this cause we also since the day we heard it do not cease to pray for you and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God strengthened with all might according to his glorious power unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness thanks unto the father which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saints in light who hath delivered us from the power of Darkness and have translated us into the kingdom of his dear son in whom we have Redemption through his blood even the Forgiveness of sins who is the image of the invisible God the firstborn of every creature for by him were all things created that are in heaven and that are in Earth visible and invisible whether they be Thrones or dominions or principalities or powers all things were created by Him and for him and he is before all things and by him all things consist this is the word of the Lord thanks be to God this song this music is a new commission composed for this service [Music] whatever [Music] foreign [Music] my life [Music] the Lord be with you hear the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke Jesus came to Nazareth where he had been brought up and as his custom was he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day and stood up for to read and there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah and when he'd opened the book he found the place where it was written the spirit of the Lord is upon me because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted to preach Deliverance to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind to set at Liberty them that are bruised to preach the acceptable year of the Lord and he closed the book and gave it again to the minister and sat down and the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him and he began to say unto them this day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears this is the gospel of the Lord [Music] that was the Gospel in a language of anointing points to the most solemn element in this coronation service when his majesty will himself be anointed set apart for service of his people [Music] Hallelujah [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] sing praises [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] God [Music] [Applause] Hallelujah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] hello [Applause] [Music] [Music] Come Holy Spirit and fill our hearts with the flame of Your Love amen we are here to Crown a king and we Crown a king to serve what is given today is for the gain of all for Jesus Christ announced a kingdom in which the poor and oppressed are freed from the chains of Injustice the blind sea the bruised and broken hearted are healed that Kingdom sets the aims of all righteous government all authority and the kingdom also sets the means of all government and Authority for Jesus doesn't grasp power or hold on to status the King of Kings Jesus Christ was anointed not to be served but to serve he creates the unchangeable law of good authority that with the privilege of power comes the duty to serve service is love in action we see active love in our care for the most vulnerable the way we nurture and encourage the young in the conservation of the natural world we have seen those priorities in the life of Duty lived by our King today we have the honor of being in this Abbey with so many who show such love you work with Charities and organizations you build community you serve the nation in Armed Forces in emergency services and so many other ways next door are 400 or more extraordinary young people in Saint Margaret's Church whose lives speak of service around the world in Realms and Commonwealth are so many more you live your lives for the sake of others the unity you show the example you give is what binds us together and offers societies that are strong joyful happy and glorious they bath heavy weights for us and the weight of the task given today your majesties is only bearable by the spirit of God who gives us the strength to give our lives to others with the anointing of the Holy Spirit the king is given freely what no ruler can ever attain through will or politics or war or tyranny the Holy Spirit draws us to love in action this is Promised by Jesus who put aside all privilege because there's the first reading tells us God will give all things for our sake even his own life his throne was a cross his crown was made of thorns his regalia were the wounds that pierced his body each of us is called by God to serve whatever that looks like in our own lives each of us can choose God's way today we can say to the King of Kings God himself as does the king here today give Grace that in thy service I may find perfect freedom in that prayer there is promise beyond measure Joy Beyond dreams hope that endures by that prayer for every King every ruler and yes for every person for all of us we are opened to the transforming love of God amen [Music] the sermon was given by the Archbishop of Canterbury and I want to go back to the moment before that Victoria and speaking of religious ceremony and the elements of religion involved here is very inclusive of everyone but we saw female clergy is involved very good point we did and we would never have seen that in 1953 because women couldn't be ordained until the 1990s in the UK so it's really displaying how far we've come here we've got female priests female Bishops involved in this ceremony the woman who is going to present Camilla with a piece of her regalia became the first black female Bishop in the UK and she's involved in this ceremony as well and something else I have a film we wouldn't have seen back in 1953 and Deborah something you said you sat here you looked at me and said I've been waiting for this the gospel The Gospel Choir suffice it to say Michael I don't think we've seen that version of alleluia in this Abbey ever it was just really spectacular and it kind of takes you back to Harry and Megan's wedding when they had a gospel choir remember when they sing stand by me it was also something very different for us but it was just beautiful and you know again they're going to be criticisms around this but to see that gospel choir and that presence there today I thought it was really powerful and Robert what have you taken away from what we've seen so far well very much that sense of inclusivity I thought one wanted the crap when they were doing that so I thought it was naturally part of a service it was beautifully beautifully done but actually the fact that although we may have seen changes I don't think many people would say that this was out of sorts where I've killed her with the the monarchy of old and the molecule the new I think we are seeing the new but it's actually it's evolving before our eyes very natural way and that choir which you know as I said was immense would not have happened years ago but it seems to be right and part of what is on the historic ceremony kind of striking a balance too between sort of the old and the new the way they presented themselves what it wasn't exactly an amen moment but it was really really beautiful and what we're listening to right now the beard is it's a significant moment because it follows the oath in prayers that state and illuminate the unique demands of monarchy in doing so recognizing that such a calling can only be fulfilled with the sustaining strength and grace of God today we hear a song in a variety of languages associated with the United Kingdom in a new arrangement [Music] thank you foreign God upholding with thy Grace or who all who are called to thy service the prophets of old anointed priests and Kings to serve in thy name and in the fullness of time thine only son was anointed by the Holy Spirit to be the Christ the Savior and servant of all by the power of the Same Spirit grant that this holy oil may be for thy servant Charles a sign of joy and gladness that as king he may know the abundance of thy Grace and the power of thy mercy and that we may be made a royal priesthood a holy nation a people for thine own possession blessed be God our strength and our Salvation now and forever amen [Music] thank you where's the screen [Music] foreign [Music] especially for this coronation it is the one part of the ceremony they will not be seen by cameras and Robert can you explain this to us what happens behind this cream well this is the most sacred moment where when he is Anointed with the Holy oil that's coming from the Mount of Olives the what happens is the dean of Westminster passes the ampular palsy the oil for the ampulla which means essentially derives from chug in Latin they pours it into the spoon with his fingers the spoon the oldest part of the jewels he then anoints the King on his on his forehead on his wrists and on his chest and that is the moment that he is Anointed by God um to be the king and the sign of the cross and your Archbishop is presented with and formally received the coordination oil praise and gives thanks for it as well and this is also a newly composed prayer for this service but it remains faithful to the style of the book of common prayer and so for for everyone there knowing how sacred this party of the ceremony is the cedar king or Nazi the king behind that screen only imagine the feeling inside of that church Victoria I know and he's very private there much more private than Queen Elizabeth was she had a canopy over her head but he is very much shielded this moment is also Robert explained that the spoon will be used so this is the time that we first see the regalia used in the ceremony we saw it being carried in now we're seeing it well we're not seeing it but now we know it's in use and also the first time the king sits on the coronation chair it was built by Edward the first around the year 1300 to house the stone of Destiny which is that stone that is underneath it that Edward the first took from Scotland it was given back in 1996 but it was brought down for the ceremony as sitting underneath that chair today so that is very significant Deb that that slab too I mean that stone is really very interesting when you think about it because it goes back so far right and Legend has it that it might have been Jacob's pillow we don't know if that's true but there's a lot of talk about the historical but also sort of the mystical religious part of is but Michael one funny little bit we talk about that chair and it is so delicate so fragile and there was a story about a black cat that was found sitting in that chair around the Queen Elizabeth's coronation years ago so maybe it's not that uncomfortable as beloved as she was I maybe the black cat is it bad luck after all I have a good good Reign there so we're going to go back inside the church the screens [Music] and as we see there King Charles has removed his robe and that what is a symbol I know there's a lot of significance with them removing the robe and having him there kind of playing and open the show what is the symbolism of him removing that road and being exposed to the yeah essentially it is that but he comes to the church he comes to the Royal pecune now the West Was that being as a Pulpit that's what that's supposed to be and he leaves as a king and that's ways in that that woven shirt and that is a significance of it it's a humbleness isn't it sleeveless this is made from his shirt makers it's been there's been Craftsman on every single piece of this regalia but the fact is that's the symbolism of it and for history lovers I think this is where it's all so fascinating because a lot of this stuff is you said the regalia dates back to the 12th century and now he's been fitted with a gold and this one was actually made for King George V it was also worn by King George VI and Elizabeth II this is designed based on Priestly clothes you can kind of see that design there and this is ready for him to be invested now with the different pieces of regalia with all their different symbolisms and I can only imagine it must have been altered because it goes through so many uh it must have been altered at some point but we're going to take you back inside the church to the ceremony receive these spurs symbols of military honor and chivalry that you may be a brave advocate for those in need words [Music] [Music] in [Music] and so direct and support thy servant King Charles that he may not bear The Sword in vain but may use it as the minister of God to resist evil and defend the good through Jesus Christ Our Lord [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] symbol not of judgment but of Justice I'm gonna check in with Lara and James at Buckingham Palace for more on the coronation chair where King Charles said it's 700 years old but God also want to talk to you about the significance of the swords so much symbolism happening right now as you just said 700 years old the chair that he has just stood up from built in 1300 the stone of schoon just underneath it beneath it's so symbolic and if you are a history buff and we all are then this part of the ceremony is just riveting yeah it's extraordinary what we saw just there was Penny Morden she's a lawmaker and an attendant handing Charles one of the swords that's the first time a woman has ever done that we're watching another sign absolutely New Era that we are entering we're watching history unfolding before us but a changing history and the swords again infused with meaning so we'll have a spiritual sword which is essentially um you know to symbolize his role as head of the church we have a temporal sword a sort of temporal Justice which is essentially him as head of the Armed Forces head of you know an upholder of the laws of the land and then of Mercy we'll see which is blunted to signify the mercy the fact that we have a merciful King and these swords go back hundreds and hundreds of years I was saying the Garb that we see there looks medieval and you said of course it does that's a history and what the Brits do so well the pomp the circumstance the tradition and the history and these are being placed on the altar because again these don't belong to him these are spiritual offerings these are symbols of his leadership as both head of state and head of the church and so power is with God and now it is bestowed upon the king [Music] see the swords there and the swords have several meanings but one of them is a symbol of defense of the defenseless and we are several minutes away from the crowning which will be at noon local time here in London 7 A.M eastern time on the east coast in the U.S and 4 a.m for our West Coast viewers [Music] foreign Ty and wisdom taken of the Lord's protection embracing you on every side watch your son participate in something like this to have your son participate to have your grandson participate this is truly a family coordination and it really emphasizes the significance of William as the air the fact that he has two formal roles within the coronation we'll see him later on paying homage he just whispered something to his father I'm curious what he said okay I wish we were a good lip readers but he's dressed though he's by The Carter outfit as well so they're all pretty well spectacular dressed receive this road may the Lord clothe you with the robe of righteousness and with the garments of salvation foreign set under the cross and remember always that the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdom of our God and of his Christ Victor we see the orb what is the significance of the orbits in the shape of a globe with a cross on the topic represents the sovereign's power in the Christian world it's divided into three sections which represent the three continents that they thought that there were in the medieval world foreign symbols of kingly dignity and a sign of the Covenant sworn this day between God and King and people in this ring you're supposed to be symbolic of him marrying the UK essentially right it's sometimes called the wedding ring of England and it symbolizes promise and commitment and we will also see Camilla have her own ring as well during her investiture and I guess also an unbroken bond without end yeah receive this cloth that you may hold Authority with gentleness and Grace trusting not in your own power but in the mercy of God and if this love of the demonstration of The Sovereign as an advocate and Challenger for the protection in honor of the people receive the Royal scepter the end sign of kingly power and justice and the Raj of equity and mercy a symbol of Covenant and peace May the spirit of the Lord who anointed Jesus at his baptism so anoint you this day that you might exercise Authority with wisdom and direct your councils with grace that by your service and Ministry to all your people Justice and mercy may be seen in all the Earth king of kings and Lord of lords bless we beseech thee this crown and so sanctify thy servant Charles upon whose head this day thou Dost place it for a sign of Royal Majesty that he may be crowned with thy gracious favor and filled with abundant grace and all princely virtues through him who liveth and reigneth Supreme Over All Things One God World Without End amen here's the moment that we have all been waiting for the crowning of King Charles foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] church bells ringing what do you guys think how are you feeling right now you are from the UK this is a big moment for this country for the world how are you feeling right now Mr Johnson deep Pride um and the king and everybody that's cut out this incredible historic service be part of my country and we're all family and the clergy we're particularly a bit of relief for the king because I thought when the the architecture was trying to get that crown on his head he was trying a little too hard I noticed that too he wanted to make sure he got it on just right it is fine [Music] Abbey Bells behind us and the mood really shifted because it was very solid and it was quite tense it felt very serious and then suddenly it actually feels quite joyous now it feels like a moment of Celebration it's a blessing of Joy but I was more concerned that Michael was worried about the gun yeah [Applause] to be right on time like it was there but everything here seemed to have gone along as well as you could have hoped and playing it I'm going to bring in Peter Elsa and Christina and Peter I want to start with you how are you feeling right now we're like the others I think there's a sense of relief we've got there I did wonder for a moment whether the crown was going to fit on the king's head it's a wonderful moment of pageantry and the mixture of humility and service but also the crowning of a monarch in a way that no other country in this world still does or indeed knows how to do as we do so a sense of great proud pride and I'm delighted for my old boss is Majesty the king yes and definitely can feel it in your voice there Elsa how about you how are you feeling right now so people are rather emotional about it all I mean however you prepare for something like this to actually see it it's made me swell with pride but also emotional I'm also proud of my former boss the Archbishop of Canterbury who has been faultless in this service um I know when the crowning of of James II happened the crown wobbled and I know when um Queen Charlotte was crowned that the diamond fell out of it so um actually I think this service is not British stupendous stability of you well you said he takes his job very seriously and he was not going to let anything happen with that crown on his watch and Christina how about you how are you feeling right now oh my God I'm absolutely Overjoyed I couldn't be happier I feel very very emotional this is a king who has worked every second and every hour of the day for the past 60 years you know since his teens he has absolutely worked in public service serving his mother serving the nation and the Commonwealth and he deserves this and I hope everyone understands all the good that he has done and all the causes he has champions and I want to bring in James Longman James how are you feeling on this historic occasion Michael it's just extraordinary isn't it we shouted God Save the King at the end there there was a real break it went from solemnity to Celebration and I've got to tell you that it started raining more heavily now it's almost like the heavens have opened in blessing for this moment I don't want to get too crazy about it but it does it's it's extraordinary really and whether or not you believe in monarchy it's hard not to have been affected by that absolutely the gun salute was such a moving slightly jarring but a moving moment here and we heard cheers from the crowd and what a true pleasure and joy an honor really to witness this moment in history yeah God Save the King they all shouted it here it was quite something to hear and then after the crowning and we saw we saw the blessings of different faiths and it's very inclusive coordination [Music] there is a new Charles but is now wearing the crown I think just extraordinary how clearly we are seeing this as well because the Queens was the first Carnation to be televised not to the extent that this is in color with all of these different angles and we can really see so clearly right up close what's going inside here and that's the first time that will have happened and you see the folks watching outside I think they really played to that I think they wanted to bring in everybody to be able to see this whether you're on social media and watching it on your phone or whether you're watching it on television well let's remember there's an Edwards crowd has its own Emoji now but I think it's also great to set those screens up around the city because this is the next something you want to experience with people it's nice to experience with your family but there's nothing more bonding than experience with the community and with the city and with this country so to see everyone come together outside to witness this historic moment is really special King now on his throne for the first time King Charles is thrown the first time he looks so relieved doesn't he does but I think you must be thinking of other things too his mum's dad the fact that her majesty had to go through so much so young and now I came to show his 75th birthday because finally takes us through pretty sure at some point he is gonna crack a smile I'm not so sure can you imagine the enormity of this of this for him the the pressure on him the pressure on everyone to get this right in a time in which there are a lot of sensitivities and when you watch this ceremony today you realize they put a lot of thought into this to make sure that they're inclusive to make sure that it's gone as smoothly as possible and that they have tried to make it feel like it's fitting for the days that it may Stand Fast forevermore I just in Archbishop of Canterbury will be faithful and true and faith and truth I will bear unto you our Sovereign Lord defender of the faith and unto your heirs and successors according to law so help me God bye William Prince the Wales pledge my loyalty to you and faith and truth I will bear unto you as your lead man of life and limb so help me God thank you I now invite those who wish to offer their support to do so with a moment of private reflection by joining in saying God save King Charles at the end or for those with the words before them to recite them in full I swear that I will pay true allegiance to your majesty and your heirs and successes according to law so help me God thank you [Music] we saw everyone pay homage to King Charles saw Prince Harry there's well everyone said forever you see the family royal family there [Music] and someone says I'm very very you know sad in the sense that we saw Prince William there and Prince Harry is there but not able to participate in the way I'm sure which we all would have hoped sadly he couldn't I mean in the past all the all the jokes all the Royal Jukes and all the jokes would have paid their homage to the king but I think it's enough that the Prince of Wales um William has the least mind in life and living just as prescriptive to the queen all those years ago um and I think that Harry understands that if he wants the life he wants to lead with his beautiful wife and children and he doesn't want to be a member of the royal family working then it's it's William's job to do that and he is just sworn his allegiance to his father to his King William was doing it as the air as well so it's not completely clear even if Harry was working wrote exactly what his role would have been on this occasion because they've changed it a lot so at the Queen's coronation there were lots and lots of people that came past one by one members of the aristocracy to pay homage and that's one of the reasons how coronation was so long so they've taken that all away and opened it up to the people I don't think anything's been lost I think it's you know there's actually a better service in my opinion streamlined and now all attention turns to Queen Camilla for the crowning of the queen receive this ring a symbol of Royal dignity and a sign of the Covenant sworn this day foreign Camilla who wears this Crown be filled by thine abundant grace and with all princely virtues reign in her heart O King of love the being certain of thy protection she may be crowned with thy gracious favor through Jesus Christ Our Lord amen okay receive the Royal scepter receive the rod of equity and mercy May the spirit guide you in wisdom and Grace that by your service and Ministry Justice and mercy may be seen in all the Earth foreign [Music] Camilla her crown not quite as heavy of the Kings but still a chore and the song that we're listening to is composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber [Music] let's go [Music] boys [Applause] [Music] [Music] please [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] Lara and James I want to go back to you and tell us your thoughts and feelings about Queen Camilla well she looks spectacular Michael that necklace that you see her wearing there that is called the coronation necklace commissioned for Queen Victoria in 1858 it consists of 25 brilliant diamonds 22.48 carat pendant there hanging at the end it is quite beautiful hanging around her neck and we spoke earlier about Queen Mary's Crown which has now been modified to honor the late Queen Elizabeth with some diamonds that were very near and dear to her heart yeah and what a moment for Camilla right I mean this is years and years in the making and there will be a lot of people at home watching who are in kind of disbelief I think I don't think that's too strong a word that Camilla has got to this point she's being crowned Queen of England so many people thought that was basically impossible and yet here she is by her husband her King's side and it is quite a sight to behind and everyone we have spoken to all week long has said she is so good for him she is such a support that he truly needs as he embarks on this new role 70 years in the making he was at his mother's coronation now he has just been crowned Camilla sitting by his side and James when she was crowned you said this is a moment a lot of people thought they would never see no exactly and um she has really been rehabilitated I think in the minds of the British public because she humanizes Charles they have a very very close relationship and they're always catching each other's eyes at public engagements you can always sort of see them there it is but they share a sense of humor which I think people in Britain especially we're very proud of our sense of humor and I think we see that in them whenever there was one particular ceremony I remember them seeing them out and she thought something was very funny he caught her eye and the two of them could not stop giggling like children and I think people that is endearing to people she's come a long way in Britain and I think together to have for the first time a king and queen uh reigning this is the first time a queen has been crowned alongside her husband since the Queen Mother the day Queen Mother alongside Georgia Six back in 1937 so this is getting on for a century Without a Queen crowned alongside a king it's quite something for Camilla to be the one to whom that happens and you were saying before how strong he believes in the environment I was saying to you that I love that he was talking about Plastics in the ocean in the 80s and now here he is in this position of power and he he can't really talk about these things that he's been so passionate about for so many years but his son Ken and Camilla is so active now in over a hundred Charities yeah one thing I love about Camilla is that I do think she has a sense of humor and she's a little bit cheeky but she also is a patron of rescues she has rescue dogs and um believes in that and is so sweet with all the Charities that she participates in yeah she's a huge animal lover she's a big proponent of of literacy she big on loneliness as well a huge problem in our society I know both in the United Kingdom and in the United States this is an issue that's very close to her heart and this will be I think a reign of King Charles and queen Camilla which is going to lean heavily on the rest of the family members you were talking there about Kate and William they will feature very heavily because I don't think that Charles and Camilla at their age you know 74 and 75 are going to be taking on as many duties as the queen did in the early part of her Reign it's very much all about her now we're gonna very much see these other members come forward William and Kate who we're seeing in the front row of the congregation and also Princess Anne and that yes has a very big role today we'll see her following doing the golden Carriage as the gold stick yeah and but she has that in an interview that this is her role and she really is symbolic of the entire family's role to support King Charles this is going to truly be a family affair yeah we're getting a visit there is Will and Kate and doesn't I mean I'm sorry but Laura and I were sitting here Charlotte she has stolen the show with that outfit and she looks incredible Kate and Charlotte by the way are both wearing Alexander McQueen this is all about Britain so British designers are being worn alongside Camilla of course again she will Bruce Oldfield I think another British designer so uh celebrating Britain but also celebrating the union little marks of of everything the symbols of Britain represented in in the close in the in the jewelry uh Michael will throw it back to you all right thank you so much James and Deborah I know you have some thoughts yeah well you know I can't help but notice the clothing you know me and the symbolism so we looked at Kate and Charlotte there and they have Tiaras right that have flowers on them and they're meant to sort of illustrate the king's belief in sustainability his love of nature Queen Camilla of course with the dress with the Lily of the Valley flowers a little bit of a nod to Queen Elizabeth so there's a lot of symbolism in what you're seeing here too in terms of a nod to parts of what's important to them in other parts of the family and I think that's actually very fascinating and Victor we saw the king and queen leave the chapel for for a few minutes what was that all about well they went into the chapel above with the Confessor a little bit of a moment of kind of privacy for them there in this very intense moment in the spotlight and now they've come back out without their crowns on and they're going to take Holy Communion and that's a real reminder that actually our coronation service in Britain takes place within the context of a holy communion service we will watch them take communion lift up go back inside to church let us give thanks unto the Lord our God [Music] it is very meat right and our aboundant duty that we should at all times and in all places give thanks unto thee O Lord Holy Father Almighty Everlasting God through Jesus Christ thine only son our Lord who has at this time consecrated thy servant Charles to be our King that by the anointing of thy Grace he may be the defender of thy faith and the protector of thy people that with him we may learn the ways of service compassion and love and that the good work that thou has begun in him this day may be brought to completion in the day of Jesus Christ therefore With Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven we lord and magnify thy glorious name ever bought more praising thee and sang [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Applause] [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] all glory be to thee almighty God our heavenly father who of thy tender Mercy did give thine only son Jesus Christ to suffer death upon the cross for our Redemption who made there by his one ablation of himself once offered a full perfect and sufficient sacrifice oblation and satisfaction for the sins of the whole world and it Institute and in his gospel command us to continue a Perpetual memory of that is precious death until his coming again hear us o merciful father we most humbly beseech thee and Grant that by the power of thy Holy Spirit we receiving these creatures of bread and wine according to us to thy son Our Savior Jesus Christ holy institution in remembrance of his death and passion maybe partakers of his Most Blessed body and blood who in the same night that he was betrayed took bread and when he had given thanks to thee he broke it and gave it to his disciples saying take eat this is my body which is given for you do this in remembrance of me likewise after supper he took the cup and when he had given thanks to thee he gave it to them saying drink ye all of this for this is my blood of the New Covenant which is shed for you and for many for the Forgiveness of sins do this as often as ye shall drink it in remembrance of me wherefore O Lord and Heavenly Father we thy humble servants having in remembrance the precious death and passion of thy dear son his mighty resurrection and glorious Ascension entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving most humbly beseechingly to grant that by the merits and death of thy son Jesus Christ and through faith in his blood we and all thy whole church May obtain remission of our sins and all other benefits of his passion and although we be unworthy through our manifold sins to offer unto thee any sacrifice yet we beseech thee to accept this abundant Duty and service not weighing our merits but pardoning our offenses and to grant that all we who are partakers of this Holy Communion may be fulfilled with thy Grace and Heavenly benediction through Jesus Christ Our Lord by whom and with whom and in whom in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory be unto thee O Father Almighty World Without End um each in our own preferred language let us pray with confidence as our savior has taught us Our Father who art in heaven Hallowed thy kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us and lead us not into temptation but Deliver Us from Evil for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory forever and ever [Music] [Music] [Music] [Applause] foreign [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] thank you let us pray o Almighty Lord and everlasting God vouch safe we beseech thee to direct sanctify and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of thy laws and in the works of thy Commandments that through thy most Mighty protection both here and ever we may be preserved in body and soul through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ amen Our Help Is In The Name Of The Lord blessed be the name of the Lord Christ Our King make you faithful and strong to do his will that you may reign with him in glory and the blessing of God Almighty the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit rest upon you and all whom you serve this day and all your days ah [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] thank you thank you [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] thank you [Music] eyes [Music] [Applause] [Music] we know that President Biden wasn't able to be here this morning but first lady Jill Biden is here in London President Biden did share his congratulations on Twitter saying quote congratulations to King Charles III and queen Camilla on their coordination the enduring friendship between the U.S and the UK is a source of strength for both our peoples I am proud the first lady is representing the United States for this historic occasion and we always talk about modernizing the coordination that's pretty modern it's in the Tweet congratulations and we're going to turn now to Peter West mccot and Peter what can we expect to see with King Charles and how he deals with Biden and other world leaders and you're you're very close to the new king because and then also as a former ambassador to the U.S how do you think his monarchy will be perceived or received globally I think the first thing I'd say is what an honor it is to the United Kingdom and to the king that so many other heads of state whether they're crowned or whether they're elected are there you know the president of France president of Italy president of Germany there first lady of the United States is there of course President Biden couldn't come but he's been to United Kingdom many times and he and the king have an excellent relationship so I think that's just fine and I think that the king and a number of the other heads of state that he is now getting to know very well will be engaging in an informal and a meaningful way perhaps rather more so than the late Queen used to do because she was a little bit more sheltered behind a kind of plate glass window if you like this is a king who will engage so I think we're going to see the United Kingdom at that level more and more involved with our friends and allies and partners across the channel and across the Atlantic and I think that's important and I'm sure that the king will remain engaged on the issues that he really cares about like for example climate change in the future of the planet which is a concern that he shares strongly the President Biden Michael there was some criticism about President Biden not coming but it's really not without precedent because in 1953 President Eisenhower didn't come they sent a delegation here so it really wasn't to be expected that he would come anyway and sending his wife seems perfectly included General Omar Bradley's that's not bad exactly yeah but I think sending the the first lady is a big sign of respect from the president and um Elsa Anderson want to bring you in Elsa and looking back at what we just witnessed how did everything go in your opinion did everything go as planned I think it went it went perfectly as planned I have to say I had my my heart in my mouth a bit when the Archbishop can to replace the crown on the Queen's head and she was touching it and I thought oh my goodness I hope it's uh I hope it's fair and square but no I think it was a collective sigh of relief in this room and everyone is really really happy and relieved it couldn't have gone more perfectly yeah how do you think darsh Bishop did of 10 out of 10 10 out of 10. so he did have gold on his side without a doubt and in Victoria you know how do you think it went I think it was a really special moment to see I think you have to remember that people in Britain are not familiar have not been familiar with the ceremony many people have just gotten to know those six parts that we outlined and have watched just these past couple of weeks this is a very unique ceremony and I think there was a lot of interest to see what it looked like in the modern world and actually it felt very natural to watch it it didn't feel like the bringing together of two things that didn't really go together or that were very strange it felt very like watching lots of other Royal events that we watched where you felt that you could in many ways relate to it and I think a lot of people will really be taking away from this today that they have successfully and I think there will be lots of debate around the monarchy in the future but married that traditional with the modern and Christine I want to bring you in on the conversation you work with King Charles for quite some time so I'm I want to hear your piano what kind of leader of boss is he and do you think he will be Michael he's a fastidious leader he's a hard task master there's so much that he wants to do and so he has the team of people that he has surrounding him he tasks them with all sorts of things that he gauges the people need and he gauges that need from the upwards of 600 engagements that he's been doing a year so over since 2011 he's done over 20 000 public engagements more than any other working member of the royal family other than his sister the Princess Royal he is a compassionate leader he's very sympathetic he's the first person to write a note of condolence or support to absolutely anyone around the world that he sees is grieving or in need of a pet tour he he is a vociferous writer working at his desk until midnight or Beyond and has been the person who has come in and told him enough is enough she's the she's the Steel Magnolia the rod that absolutely makes him temper his his um zest for to be a workaholic yeah all right thank you so much for that and he's definitely the definition of a working Royal we're going to just listen in because coming up is going to be the national anthem [Music] destination [Music] [Music] [Applause] praise [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] [Applause] thank you [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] all right [Music] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] but it was foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] thank you foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] we're still inside the church the king and queen are not there in front of everybody now but you know where they are Victorian what they're doing they are they're having another private moment away from the cameras they're in the chapel of Edward the Confessor again and they are changing into their robes of estate to depart so these are purple robes they wore red robes when they arrive they will be in purple rooms and Charles will have the Imperial State crowd on his head which is not the crown he was crowned with this is the different crown and he wears it we'll wear it for the state opening of parliament it's the crown that was on Queen Elizabeth's coffin when she died so it's perhaps a more familiar crowned people we see it more often there's an Edwards Crown is only used for that moment of crowning in the abbey here he emerges with that purple roll that you described and also with the crown almost 3 000 diamonds I'm feeling blistering there if you're accounting someone else counts it for me [Music] royal family the kids have been very well behaved throughout the ceremony you wonder if they had a chat with him but he seems I really might have a chat with him I'm not sure it'll make any difference but he's done well hasn't he but I mean not mostly the thing if you look at this Majesty emerging there he's a deeply spiritual man and somebody really deeply cares about his people and and he looks very emotional to me absolutely tree is full of emotion on his coordination day one thing trending right now on social media is that kiss that William planted on his cheek and he he seemed like he said thank you William and people really are paying attention to that and I think that was moving to a lot of people at home watch as the king leave the church [Music] looking very stoic very focused and I'm sure very proud proud of his people proud of the clergy part of the military I'm proud of his family and then and from it seems like he's made you both proud [Music] sleigh that we've seen today it is a reflection of modern Britain I think the diversity that we've seen I think the fact that they opened it up to the people they had ordinary people inside the Abbey not just the aristocracy that was really important and now they're going to go out and see all those crowds and a lot of those Crowds Are Watching from all kinds of locations right 57 locations around the UK a hundred thousand people are bearing up under the rain and watching from outside that's gonna be a little Mighty chair and I gotta say we're coming up to the top of the hour but before we do I want to the mood around this coordination it's different than we've seen around the Jubilee and other recent events but this was his moment of Destiny absolutely it's true that Michael um and I think the the issue here now is this has been spectacular this has worked this for me has been exactly what vitilia was saying and reflective of a modern written but the hard work starts here don't be they shouldn't be at the palace of the king should be on any illusion that this is going to be an easy ride from now on Elizabeth II was an iconic figure we've already been an elected president if we had an election the King has got to put in the hard yards now because the people especially the young people need to be convinced that monarchy needs to has a future in this country yeah I absolutely agree and it has been really interesting into the run-up to this event having covered many large-scale Royal events the tone has been a little bit different some of those more critical narratives it feels have come to the four a little bit more in the past few weeks and I think we're reminded that the royal family is still popular but Queen Elizabeth enjoyed a very unique popularity and that gave them a little bit of extra protection from some of those debates and criticisms that have now gone and even though even though we saw a lot of diverse spaces in this audience and it did speak to sort of the new there were a lot of criticisms Michael you know this week we talked to kahindi Andrews who's a professor of black studies at Birmingham City University who had a lot to say about them needing to look back at the past and think about what they've done and if you are tuning in and it's 8 A.M on the East Coast 5 a.m in the west and 1 pm here in London the coordination service inside west Mr Abby has ended where King Charles and queen Camilla were just crowned with the service completed it is time now for the coordination procession the pair would travel in the gold coach not as comfortable as when they earlier but now this procession is a little longer it's going to take about 45 minutes it goes through admiralthy Arch and brings them back to Buckingham Palace and that effort to scale back it would be shorter than Queen Elizabeth which was about five miles in length after a short break the king and queen will make an appearance on the balcony company with family with a fly pass to celebrate let's watch as the king and queen make their way out [Music] yeah and the little boys too and Maggie really want to bring you in the king and queen are about to come outside and I know you have a great bird's eye view of what's going on out there what are you seeing hey Michael we do and I have to tell you right now there's almost a hush over the crowd this anticipation and waiting you can hear the bells This Is It Michael this is the moment we have all been waiting for the chance to see a crowned King Charles outside of Westminster Abbey there he is Michael right there oh it's incredible the moment a crowned King Charles is outside of Westminster Abbey you see beside him there his queen queen Camilla they're heading to the gold State coach right now A notoriously uncomfortable ride we hear but wow guys I have to tell you seeing it in person it is just stunning listen to these bells [Applause] foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] making their way to the coach that is very rarely used basically being used for this very momentous occasion not as quite as comfortable as the Diamond Jubilee coach but I'm sure the ride back to the Palace will be as happy and the Iber coach that they would be in so this is real tradition this has been used a real tradition and a real real moment that will never be forgotten it's a special moment [Music] Las Vegas the coach is absolutely stunning yes [Music] you know it's about so much more than this but it is kind of that fairy tale moment isn't it it really is this has been used in every Carnation since William IV in 1839. you might remember at the Putnam Jubilee celebrations there was a hologram of Queen Elizabeth and the coach she wasn't getting in it at that stage for the reasons we've said he's actually said that it's not meant for traveling at all it's very uncomfortable but clearly so iconic that they wanted to use that coach to put the Hologram in I hope he's got his question because I think they'll be quite relieved now that the pressure of that big ceremony is behind them but that's actually a pretty breathtaking moment to look through the coach all the gold you see the king and queen of England sitting in that coach with their crowns uh what I've noticed maybe it's just the television the colors are so vibrant yeah compared to when we watched the Queen Elizabeth's coronation of those the blue on the horses is just incredible so it just it all seems to be just that little bit more bright and Michael you said king and queen we haven't said that in a long time because you had Queen Elizabeth and you had princess the prince but now you've got a king I've got to stop this England stuff the United Kingdom Island I have to do it because all the Irish people are shouting the Scottish people you're right I've got it sorry but Americans tend to do that but you're absolutely right United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland that's why you're here right we're here to make sure that every everybody who's watching our broadcast gets a better understanding of what we are witnessing in a historic magnitude of it all and to get it right so thank you I'm not going to say anymore [Music] it's no different than being at home with my family so thank you I appreciate that and now you know I want to bring in a guest who has known the king all of her life India Hicks she is a distant cousin of King Charles and one of his God daughters and she has a close relationship with the royal family India we know you spent a lot of time when the King when he when he isn't in an official capacity what did he like in those moments well I think the king that we see publicly is actually very much like uh Charles privately um I've been very lucky to be a second cousin and also to be a goddaughter uh he was there at my christening he was there at my confirmation he wrote me the most wonderful warm letter when I got married which was only last year although I was with my husband for 27 years before that he's an incredibly considerate all of the gifts and it's it's ridiculous to sort of be talking about the gifts that the king gives you but I think that there's such an indication as to who he is as a man when I was seven or eight every Christmas every birthday he would never forget it but sort of a civil right it's quite confusing when you're given a gravy dish or a teacup China grated of course actually what was happening was every single year I was getting part of the set that now I have as an adult it's a complete fine to hide a dining set that I use on very special occasions but imagine the full thought and the thinking ahead to give that instead of some plastic toy that would have been totally meaningless now in my adulthood so brilliant definitely thought out on when I was when I was Christian she gave me a wonderful clock that's got the date engraved on it for my confirmation he designed a piece of jewelry for me that had an i and an H interlocking when he was painting there was a stages like when he was painting gave me a book of his paintings he supports wool he's a big wool supporter he can be a wonderful blanket from a Woolen Mill that he was supporting so just this indicates again the kind of man that we have not just publicly but also privately it's amazing every as close as you are and to hear what you just said about him it seemed like he's very thoughtful very considerate and and so what kind of King do you think he'll be how different and how will he be different than Queen Elizabeth's mother will inevitably we're going to try and compare because when you've had a monarch on the throne for 70 years you can't resist but we really shouldn't because there's such completely different people and Charles has obviously had 74 years of apprenticeship they're probably the longest time in an employment role possible um and the the two coronations that we're looking at now are very very different my mother was actually interestingly in the 1937 coronation of the Queen's father then she was at 1953 one and she said inside the Abbey it was an extraordinary experience because it was one mix with such romance as well as tragedy the king nobody had any idea that the King was going to die and the queen was going to inherit the throne when she was so young such a young young princess so looking at her it felt like she was very alone very fragile what we've seen today of course is a 70 year old four-year-old man who is very um wise he understands himself he knows who he wants to be as a monarch I've had the great privilege of working team for the prince's trust for the past couple of years and the prince's trust was set up by King Charles in 1976 when he came out of the royal Navy and he had a severance pay and he wondered what will I do with this unemployment in England was at an all-time high and he thought you know what it's the use of today that needs supporting since that time until now a million young people have been helped by this trust and in the trust they're always talking about equality inclusion and diversity and I think those are three themes that we're going to see very much brought into this Reign inclusivity diversity and equality and that just shows a king who is ready for this new climate and we're always talking about the modernization of the monarchy we've seen a lot of that today that guest list being slimmed down from 8 000 to 2000 many cross Dukes around England wondering why they weren't invited but in that Abbey we saw people of Merit people have worked so hard and they've earned a seat in that I think it's a wonderful begin into a new reign and you know you brought that up the paring down of the guest list and I know you as you said your mother very close to the queen as you are with with the King you you got the call to say hey we're pairing it down sorry we can't invite you and you two handled that with such incredible Grace and you and you you said hey this is the new way this is reflection of the modern coordination and you understood that but with that being with that being said and all the time the closeness that you have with the world family you also have some time to spend with Queen Camilla so what kind of Monarch and what role do you think she'll play in a monarchy thank you I think very strong I think together they will be a dynamic couple but imagine taking on the biggest career of your life in your mid 70s I mean exhausting but they're both very fit very determined and I think in the 18 years that we've seen Camilla as the wife of the Prince of Wales we've seen her devote herself to a life of service and that was very interesting in today's ceremony those were new words that we haven't heard in any other coronation and this is you know going back a thousand years he said he is dedicating himself to the service of others and that's very important um and I think Camilla the same and that is why the queen before she died she wanted Camilla to be known as Queen consort a very very important moment that and and I think it just again sets the stage for a new kind of monarchy definitely um I I thought it would be interesting to actually bring the little tiny green cape that my mother wore aged eight two Buckingham Palace she stood on that balcony with uh the the coronation party in 1937. um so we can see the little teeny weeny green cape here from 1937 which my mother wore on that balcony behind us and then of course she was very much part as you've said of the uh the Queen's coronation in 1953 and you'll see this little kind of casual group here together there they are just a little family group my mother is over here standing right there and she is without the red urban road so when I showed this to her the other day she said look at me I'm so naked my mother's got a real twinkle in her eye still so naked because she wasn't married to her here it's an honorary courtesy title that she is a lady because she's the daughter of an Earl um let's it's very complicated to get into all of that but so she is without the urban robes and again how interesting that King Charles wanted this ceremony to be without those Urban robes and he wanted people to be dressed in business attire and I think that there was a big big conversation going on before the coronation about whether this was whether we were going to lose our sense of Pom-Pom pageantry because we do that so well here but I don't think I don't think we lost that at all I think what we saw today was incredible and just what we were hoping for well those are some incredible mementos you have from your mom and you we saw the carriage with Prince William and and Catherine and the family leaving Westminster Abbey is now second in line to the throne how do you think he's feeling I think he probably is feeling like his father did he's probably already in his mind working out how he wants to be a modern Monarch I would imagine I I'm holding up this picture here because I think it's interesting to see that the queen has signed it Lila bit and Philip uh she sent it just after her coronation in 1953 and it's fun to see right there in front Princess Anne and Prince Charles so you know he was very young when he had to sit through that last coronation uh and you can tell it's been signed obviously for a family member because it's signed as lillibet otherwise it would be a ER too um but but it's interesting to see that the generations coming into play seeing um Prince Louis in there and seeing Prince George having that role um as a page very important that these are Traditions are carried on down yeah I know Prince William's actually the first in line to the throne and James and Larry do you have any questions for India I know she's sitting there with well yeah I mean Linda you you know these people right you you've been close to them you've been around them and we were watching this coronation when the king came past his own family and they curtied and bowed but what do they like up close you know one-on-one what's it like being in the family just heard Jamie Oliver uh earlier saying you mind your p's and q's that's a very English expression and you do in fact my mother her grandmother was a royal princess so my mother would curse it to her own grandmother every morning they were Incredibly Close she was the most wonderful woman but she would courtesy because that is the formality of the upbringing and that's still happening now I mean the cursing between family members even in private probably less so in private now but obviously today we didn't see people going down into such deep curtsies but now we have him as a king and a queen you would nearly have your knee on the floor I saw a lot of people just doing a sort of half Bob really you should have your knee on the floor the Full Tilt yeah I want to ask you about that spot behind us the balcony where you have been yourself that at Charles and Diana's wedding that's absolutely right yes at Charles and dinosaur and and growing up I was lucky because actually we would watch parades like this but the trooping of the color the extended family would be invited over um and we would always watch a horse guards parade and then we'd be driven back to Buckingham Palace the greatest fun for me was going through the red lights with a police escort that was always exciting of course but standing on that balcony oddly wasn't as exciting as the red lights now I think about it um but it's great fun and behind those doors there will be they'll be serving lemon refresher I always remember the lemon refresher delicious drink and they have bowls of Smarties English Chocolate what's an equivalent like an m m we have balls of Smarties behind there for the kids to eat too so it's wonderful there's parades like this we'll see that will you stick around with us we want to get back to Michael but love talking to you I have so many more questions until then Michael back to you all right thank you Lara and Brit I know that you were there on the mile when the procession was headed to Westminster Abbey now you're there as it is passing headed back to Buckingham Palace so how is the crowd there taking this all in well Michael I can confirm it's still cold and it's still wet and yet the crowds are still here yeah you know very few people have actually left this spot there are old people young people babies and strollers they just want to capture capture this moment you know and it is one of those overplayed uh thoughts but really you have to pinch yourself this is history in the making and we are waiting for that golden coach to make its way down the procession and people you can sense the anticipation ahead of that you know this is what they've been waiting for they want to catch a glimpse of the king and queen and that Diamond Jubilee coach so we're just waiting for it to come past you had 4 000 members of the Armed Forces trickle past as well that includes people from across across the Commonwealth as well so we're just waiting for that moment it's kind of gone a little bit still actually it really is is quite uh quite a moment everyone's kind of hushing each other so we've got to hear any moments and some crowds cheering thing because this is the moment that they have been waiting for [Music] Carriage coming through the mouth [Applause] as well who is a royal biographer and knows a lot about the royal family I meant talk to me about the significance of what is happening right now I think now we sort of entered the stage where this is the sort of people celebration you know we spoke a little bit earlier about the sort of the homage to the people's allegiance that made to the To The King and I think that this is very much about bringing them into the moment you know I think the last time we saw the the introductions king of King Charles the world it was very somber moment this is a moment of Celebration this is the joyous sort of announcement of his the beginning of his Reign and I think as we're seeing members of the Armed Forces and of course all of those different troops from across the Commonwealth flying their different flags it's a real show of I think the kind of unity of the Commonwealth that was the Queen's dream and it's something that King Charles and herits and picks up himself there's clearly a celebration you know a festival like atmosphere in the air but do you think how do people feel in their hearts about this occasion is it about King Charles or is it about this celebration or what it means more broadly it's interesting because of course there's so many polls before this where people were asking how excited are Brits about this moment listen we are never excited about anything until the day of and so I don't think those polls were actually reflective of course of what we see today which is hundreds of thousands of people out in London that may not necessarily be here to support the monarchy or have an invested interest in King Charles but here to be part of this moment in history we just watched two hours of ancient ritual in Westminster Abbey that's something that we will probably may never see again in many people's lives and for many people today 80 of the country it's the first time that we got to witness that so to have this in the streets of our capital is really exciting regardless of how you feel about the royal family let's talk a little bit about the oath it is controversial and they changed it just a few days ago why is that well of course this was something that was sort of introduced as a modernized part of the ceremony a chance for the British public and people across the Commonwealth to pledge their allegiance to King Charles his heirs and his successors now the way in which it was announced was a little bit controversial because it sounded like a call to action as Brits were not used to pledging our allegiance to anything we see you guys do it to the flag but certainly to people that's never happened before and so we saw this sort of like slight reintroduction of that moment this week where we were told we're invited to do so and as we saw people out here the royalists they all did it absolutely and you see that that uh that love and for for what's happening right in front of them can you kind of explain to us you know the significance of the coach and and why people are so in awe of it well I think the the Golden State coach of course means so much we've seen it take part of every single coronation of in in recent history it's going to come past really slowly so this is the moment where people will get to see the king and the queen up close maybe even get away maybe even a moment of eye contact it moves so slow in fact that it walks at sort of walking pace right because it's a bumpy ride so I think that they're taking it easy in there but it's also our chance to really get a glimpse of them okay well why while we wait in anticipation go go back to you Michael for a little bit and uh we'll come come back to us when it when it comes around all right we will Brit thank you and omit for that now we're gonna go to James Larry India Hicks who are outside Buckingham Palace hey guys how Michael yeah I mean it's all getting started behind us here because this is the military masking band of the RAF behind us India is still with us and the rain I mean it hasn't really put a damper on it here no it hasn't and in fact in 1953 again at the Queen's coronation there was a lot of rain and in fact I tell you that my mother again remembers queen celotti of Tonga she won the hearts of the British people and everybody watching because she didn't put up the cover to her carriage of course Noel coward who is watching a great wit was watching an in an in Tonga of course size is a form of Pride and queen philos is quite large and there was a small man in the carriage and someone said to know Khan who's that traveling with her and he said that's her lunch she has a great sense of humor she was the most aggressive Queen and Monarch herself and the queen are Queen Elizabeth and queen solo she had a very close relationship but just looking at that now I was so lucky to have been myself a bridesmaid to Charles and Diana and I rode down the mall in a horse-drawn carriage pretty spectacular but I like this spot here because you feel it so much more you feel the excitement of the nation and the Commonwealth and the world watching history is unfolding in front of us we'll see the family up there yes on the balcony not too long from now as they make their way back down the mall posing on the balcony and then the flyover I'm gonna nip over to BBC to do that thank you very much indeed thank you and then come back we'll talk off camera because your stories are legendary brilliant I will be back pleasure to meet you Michael as you heard India needs to head out we will send it back to you all right thank you so much for layering you heard India say that in that Carriage you can feel all the energy and they can also fill all the bumps on their way back no suspension on that Carriage but I'm pretty sure they just happen to be heading back to Buckingham Palace where once they're back at the palette they will have a moment of privacy to get themselves together to freshen up before they come out onto the balcony those pictures that we are used to seeing we've seen many times before but this will be a special for special Vision to have and it's world famous bombs it's a very expensive coach too by the way 2 million pounds two and a half million dollars maybe it will probably be Priceless yeah yeah exactly so it may be bumpy but it is certainly a very fancy how much is the president's car I think it's pretty expensive you go we're Clinic I know that they're coming by you right now yeah blinking you miss it Michael actually it's you can see the tip of the gold going past there but it really was a great great feeling wasn't it everyone was excited and it really in this uh pretty bleak uh London weather it kind of popped didn't it it did I mean pulled by those eight Windsor Grays it's four tons so it came back really slowly and I think for the people here who have wasted out here for hours it was finally their moment to see their King and their queen of course this is a carriage that we forced or introduced in the 1700s and now of course that history continues today I think for many people will remember that moment during the Queen's Jubilee where we saw the Hologram of her majesty in the back so to see it back out again today in a new chapter the Caroline era it's certainly exciting for the people can hear them all clapping you can and just to see them in that and that coach was quite spectacular you can hear the crowds they're still excited so I guess it was worth that uh six seconds that we saw it pass we have some of the pages of Honor coming by it's again another chance for people to see men members of the royal family I think this is what's brought people out today and it's why they stuck it out in the rain that's right it does have a kind of a union effect right it brings people together thanks Michael all right thank you Brit thank you Omen and we were talking about that carriage and when you see these images just the vibrant colors of everything the red the gold the black hats it's just really amazing amazing spectacle to see you know this procession is um a mile long from start to finish it's got more than 4 000 troops in from 39 Commonwealth nations are represented they've been training for a while using a Military Base outside of London practicing this so they can get it perfect for today what's actually pretty amazing to be able to rehearse all this and make it seem so seamless today when you really can't do it throughout the Streets of London at any time you have to practice in remote locations but to actually move it here it just shows the commitment precision and and that everyone has to make sure that this went off without a hit but who's supposed to get a medal as well but there's been a round about that because the government didn't want to give all the miniature guys and the police is a medal they would certainly should limit the number of medals because there's been so many events lately I mean you know come on give them my medal this guy's been trying for this one I think they deserve a medal I think they do too I think you're right Michael India was talking about little mementos is [Applause] and I have to tell you she really does command that in fact what's your favorite she is in the Washington Post called her the best King that whom that will never reign as King right because she does have that kind of you know presence about her and she really you know she carries on what her mother sort of seemed to convey which is to just move on but Michael I have to show you this little bit because India was talking about little mementos my makeup artist Debbie had this little silver compact from 1977 the Queen's 25th anniversary her Silver Jubilee and I thought this was so amazing people hold on to these little Trinkets and makes you wonder I was told to guard this yeah all of that memorabilia because they've got coronation memorabilia right now we've got film memorabilia still honoring Queen Elizabeth and for a lot of people that's really precious to have a memento been worth another money there's some stance have done and they're the only stamps with Queen Camilla on them 100 years after the first penny black imagine that so in 100 years time if you live that long it's worth something hang on to that well I better give it back or I'm going to be in trouble I thought that was the gift to you I think you have a very generous makeup artist she said borrow it for 30 seconds and give it back please I wonder why she's standing by the difference in your pocket or something like that but this I I gotta say it is so beautiful to see the horses to see just the whole Regal your whole pump is circumstance of it of it all is actually it's kind of overwhelming for an outsider you have to remember who submitted a number of troops but they come from all over the other rooms I saw one of the naval guys marching it was Australian you know you can see so it's not just the Brits who are Marching it's the the because the king is not in the king of Britain United Kingdom Northern Ireland but also of Australia Canada New Zealand although he's the commander-in-chief of all of those um all of those Realms as well in terms of the military I think when we see Princess Anne as well well that's a real reminder of the royal family is about the Monarch but actually the working members of the royal family really support the Monarch publicly and that's what we saw at the end of Queen Elizabeth's Reign other royal family members stepping up and so those people are very important they have very important public roles as well and we we saw Princess Anne give an interview about the royal family the other day and talking about how much she how important she felt it was to do that Duty and to have that continuity and I think we're going to do that a lot with King Charles his family really stepping up and supporting him he also said they shouldn't cut down enough which is slightly contradictory to Charles I wonder what Harry must be thinking now that's what I'm thinking of a naked too because no one's really mentioned it I think that she had so much tougher I went on those trips um I think that studies Victoria to Tonga and all this place Australia and she was brilliant you know and I just think it just takes time to get used to it yeah and I and I I feel that the the royal family had actually had a commitment to the service of the country and to the military yeah absolutely um And in regards to to Megan and Harry and and not Megan not being here and Harry of course showing up to show support for for his father the king um what I've talked to them and he said he felt that with a missed opportunity with Nathan an opportunity to show that diversity is now really entrenched in a royal family and an opportunity that has been missed and hopefully over my Outsider looking in I hope it's an opportunity that could come around again that can be interested in the rain I mean it's a new Reign the queen made that decision last time okay she was advised by the kid by the Prince of Wales then and others but this is his room now and he's the boss so he can decide what he wants and I think it'd be a good idea to get him back by the way it is Archie's birthday today so you know happy birthday exactly exactly so Harry we are cold is going to take off and get right back home after this or Archie could have come and he could say okay this is all for you I think it's over more complicated great celebrations for his grandfather Israel Archie as well who knows what the future well we can help right we can hope we can fail these families will mend but I still think it's important you guys um I think Harry's attendance is is personal of course but I think it's also symbolic I think it's important it's another brunch at least from both sides they're all demanding apologies apparently but that could be media stories but the bottom line is he came it may come and go and go back but that's that's the first step in the right direction I think that is going to be a good thing let's hope nobody likes family squabbles you know sometimes the image can perceive the reality and this could be a united front that eventually turns into a more full-blown reconciliation I'm not so sure that Williams says [Music] people will pick it apart no question about it but it was really nice to see him there he looked comfortable and uh he wanted to come and support his father so let's apply them let's applaud him for that shall we he definitely hadn't done that you know there's just so much going on here today so much to see so much to enjoy so much to celebrate and it seems that the entire country has turned out to do just that for King Charles and what is a pair down coordination compared to his late mother the queen but nonetheless still as stunning in so many ways in spite of the rain in spite of the rain which does not turn anybody away now that said at this top of the broadcast if it weren't raining it would not be English oh wow so what do you think they're thinking in that coach right now what do you think the conversation is between what's for lunches I think they'll be careful about the conversation as well because we've seen many times when the royal family are having Chats on balance will be the lip readers get involved so how are they going to do the wave you know is it a light bulb turning moment like the old King yeah or is it this I don't know Robert you said you asked what's for lunch Ken Holmes coronation roast rack of lamb with Asian style marinade Nadia Hussein's coronation aubergine and Adam handling strawberry and ginger trifle so once they make it there they actually get a very nice lunch we won't hear anything about that but you know what's interesting the other day I had a chance to to go to Buckingham Palace and have a tour and to go into the gardens in the back where you see it will be full of troops and also where they have it set up for the garden parties that they've done here to include up to everyone yeah in the community feeling really special to see yeah you're going next week on Tuesday I'm supposed to take my mouth but she says she can't go she's going to work she's got the invitation I thought it was very interesting because at the garden party I was at last week kind of into many before as a working dentist I was there as a guest this time but um Charles talked to people for a long time he it was you know we walked all around the garden and came back and he barely moved he was really really getting to know people and I think that's the message that they have been trying to send home a lot ahead of this coronation is to get out into communities and meet right now because the carriage of the right back at Buckingham Palace take away you guys thank you so much Michael yes it is happening just behind us we're seeing we just saw the king and queen arrive and the other characters you can see it right there there it is between us in fact exactly going into Buckingham Palace and when you see it up close guys I mean it just shines it's a kind of pure gold in front of us it is vast as well I mean truly enormous carriage and then behind it we saw other members of the royal family including the page boys in the carriage yes and they're willing cave with the kids and that was super cute I mean they are stealing the show down here uh Prince Louis uh retired from the uh from the ceremony back out in full force in the carriage waving to the crowd look at him he is just precious okay yeah yeah he certainly does not disappoint his mother was asked yesterday if she thought he would behave I think he's done a terrific job I think he's done exactly what he wanted him to do right behave just enough but also make faces there he is he's looking at I mean what an experience for these young kids and of course I mean he's going to have a brother who's King one day and that's what's extraordinary about this whole thing it's a family event as well as one for the nation so as you saw they were heading back into Buckingham Palace they will take a moment a private moment perhaps get a quick bite or a drink oh one hopes uh yes it's the least we could do let's give them a quick moment and then we will see them all on the balcony and then have that incredible moment hopefully this guys will clear and we will have a great shot of the flyover so much happening right here now at Buckingham Palace yeah and uh eventually the whole family will come out for that shot and I think that's what all the people on the mile have been really waiting for braving this weather it is clearing a bit so hopefully it stays clear Michael back to you all right thank you guys hopefully it does clear up for everyone's return to the balcony for historic phono and joining us now is ABC News contributor and UK TV presenter Ria hebden and Ria how can King Charles connect with this younger generation oh good question Michael well I think he's done a fantastic job today in making the ceremony very inclusive you know we've seen lots of different people from different face take part in the service as well as women as female Bishops take Partnerships that's the first ever time they've ever done something like that in a ceremony of this kind it's also been wonderful to see how inclusive the hymns that have been sang today have been you know not only have we listened to them in English but we've also listened to them in Welsh and Scottish and Irish Gaelic so again just really helping to make the ceremony itself more inclusive and and really to show his commitment to how he's going to be as a king you know making everyone feel part of it and Ria as you said there are so many firsts in this coordination and you've been watching all this history unfold from outside Buckingham Palace so how was today for you personally oh it's been extraordinary Michael honestly a once in a lifetime experience that I and like everybody else here will experience and remember for the rest of our lives right you know it's and to have a front row seat here at Buckingham Palace I mean it's iconic and I know that we'll all be talking about it for generations to come I mean I was very lucky to speak to different people here on the mail throughout this week and I've met people from all over the world that have camped for a week before today's event so I just you know feel really special to be part of it I'm very thankful yeah it's wonderful how do you think the king and queen performed today I think we did a very good job actually I thought it was quite refreshing none of us really knew what to expect it was a shorter ceremony I think they look naturally a little bit nervous but I think they came across really well and I mean it just looked so magnificent didn't it the pageantry look at look at what we're seeing here I mean it's just the Grandeur of it all is is just quintessentially British and I had the pleasure of speaking to some of the servicemen actually on my way here this morning and I stopped to ask a few of them how they felt about being part of today's event and they said a real sense of Pride and you really do feel that actually by everybody here it's you know it's a day to be British and to be proud of what we're watching and witnessing well you can definitely um understand them being a little nervous I can definitely understand it's Deborah Roberts here and I want to ask you what it was like for you being there because you know we're looking at Robert and I were talking about looking out at the crowd in the Abbey and you're seeing all the black and brown faces and people participating in this ceremony I mean it was not lost on me that it was clearly clearly an attempt to try to include a lot of people here did you feel that even in the midst of all this criticism about the monarchy I did I definitely think there's been an improvement I think there's been a conscious effort to be more inclusive we saw that by seeing the diversity within the ceremony it was wonderful to see one of our National Treasures baroness fluella Benjamin be part of that ceremony you know we saw her walking down uh The Abbey holding the Royal scepter you know that represents power Justice and mercy you know she's a British icon so to see her be part of that ceremony was really really special also the Ascension choir they were absolutely fantastic so I do I think there's been a real conscious effort which really illustrates their commitment to how he will lead as the new king you know Ria thank you so much we really really appreciate you sharing your thoughts and uh about the ceremony today we really really appreciate thank you so much thank you it's an absolute privilege thank you the pleasure and privilege is ours and we have another great guest with us and he was actually inside Westminster Abbey Lord Lieutenant of greater London Kenneth oh Lisa and and Kenneth you you left the coordination service and I gotta hear how was the atmosphere at the start of the service when the king and queen first walked in guess what I guess my outfit gives it away that I wasn't actually at the coronation ceremony and it was wonderful like to understand it you have to understand who the congregation was because when Queen Elizabeth had it was crowned the colonies the the audience is mainly made up of aristocrats so Lords and Ladies and so on today most of the audience were people who had done something for their Community were acting acting positively in following the values that the king spoke about so you've got people there who've never been to Western Serbia before never thought they would go to Western Sabi to service so there was a there was a combination of excitement and humility at the beginning we said honestly just all transformed into joy as we got more and more deep into the service and so Kenneth for you how was it to to be in such an inclusive coordination to be there inside the Abbey and to see so many diverse and different people represented well so I'm as you just heard left turn into greater London that makes me the king's representative here in what is a county of greater London eight million people live here there's one of us for every County in the UK so there are 98 law lieutenants most of my colleagues were there in their capacity as Lord Lieutenant I was near my capacity with the robes as they show as high bailiff of Westminster Abbey so I I had to put in two different camps there as I looked around and I saw two things I saw people old and young black and white Native immigrants Etc all bonded by one big thing which is a concept of service which obviously the king made a great deal of in his remarks and this idea that societies and communities work not by division but by being together is a fundamental British value and I think his majesty went really overboard in making sure that we saw the point of diversity and inclusion but across Spectrum not just color not just race but AIDS occupation volunteering and so on it was my nation displayed when you said you saw so many different people represented there young old and we did have the younger Royals inside of Abby as well Prince George he had a starring role how do you think he did look I was I was sitting up in this aquarium which is where all the action happened and I watched him picking up the the train making sure everything worked properly he's knackeredly dressed no he's clearly going to be a star well sir Kenneth thank you so much we really appreciate you taking the time to talk to us you're very welcome well as we say in my country God Save the King yes sir thank you very much we appreciate your time and now we're going to check in with llama Hassan she's at Hyde Park we're so Spectators and llama I know you've been out there in the rain braving it how's it going out there [Music] well Michael what a brilliant crowd we are getting dreads here right now and everyone is still here and you know during the ceremony everyone was on that big screen behind me not wanting to miss any of those special moments it was calm it was quiet every now and again it was punctuated with cheers and spontaneous outbursts of Applause they were really happy to be here watching the ceremony unfold and you know when the Archbishop said that we are here to Crown the king they loved it they stood up and started clapping it was absolutely brilliant actually it was quite overwhelming to witness for me and you know this is what I love about boil events like this one a happy Royal occasion it brings together people for all sorts of backgrounds and beliefs age groups you name it they are all here here they set aside their differences and they're all United they all want to celebrate they all want to have a right old knees up and speaking of a knees up did you know that they are they think that they are going to pour some 62 million points over the coronation weekend and after spending some time out here in the cold and in the rain they could probably do in one or two Michael don't you think well I tell you what if you wanted you deserve something as well that's me llama you've done a great job out there braving the elements and bring us this report we really really really really appreciate it thank you so much and and you know hey Mama what what is the I guess I know you're talking about the scene in the mood out there but but overall what were the overall feeling from the crowd where their cheers where they're quiet whether can you tell can you feel the energy oh it's absolutely amazing I mean as we were walking here we came here quite early everyone was buzzing it was unbelievable you know everywhere I looked there was a Union Flag they put bunting in between the trees I saw people walking around with crowds it was just unbelievable to witness so like I was saying you know this is such a momentous occasion and it really felt like this over here you know people came prepared they didn't care that it was raining and I saw when it started raining people just very calm me put off their heads put up their umbrellas they weren't going anywhere they wanted to make the most of this day because we are witnessing history and they wanted to be part of it and this is the next best day right if you don't have a seat in Westminster Abbey come join us you can watch it live on the screen and I think that's why people came here they could have stayed at home but instead they chose to come out to Brave the weather to Brave the elements to enjoy themselves and come together for this one historic day Michael well that said earlier llama thank you I'm happy that you're braving it for us as well we appreciate your reporting as always you know we we see Buckingham Palace where their royal family is now back at their residence there Buckingham Palace but you see the military in the gardens in the back everyone is getting ready for the ceremonies later in this afternoon what are you how do you what do you guys feel um when you just look at all these forces as you said Robert you have different branches of military from different countries that have all come together to celebrate the king what's amazing is that a lot of these These are young men and young women you know they're not they're not particularly experienced necessarily you've got a few sergeant majors honoring a few messages but you know these are young people that are out there as well and they've got to go through all that rehearsal that training and the polishing of the boots and everything they must be pretty exhausted and know none of them want to let the side down let the regiment down let the subject you down and I think that so look they're just Immaculate and and I think that everyone's got their best Bib and Tucker on everyone's trying to do their best not only for the king the queen but for their own families and for their country and for themselves so what the king and queen I think in this moment has achieved is that everyone's trying to do their very best and not to mess it up and I don't think they are either I mean I noticed a lot of them when I was walking over here today just a lot of the troops spilling out over the sidewalks getting into place and you could see the immense Pride faces some of them are veterans there are thousands of veterans here who were invited Hospital workers we saw a lot of them out there so they've done a great job and the King has done a great job I think in trying to make sure he curated all these people to have an experience that really reached out to people who really you know contribute to this country you're right it's very important because veterans were given a position to watch outside Buckingham Palace alongside NHS workers really emphasizing the importance there of their involvement and I also thought some nice touches within the service with the military obviously the sovereigners head of the Armed Forces and we're reminded of that link here but we had a female naval officer carrying that dual sort of offering for the first time rep chosen to represent the fact that Charles did have some active service in the Navy but really nice at a young people the naval officer was able to perform that role and it's also Michael that you know a little out to the media too because there's sure my gut mates are in the front with that courtyard and they're responsible to get that one money shot and they've got a combined age I just went out of 145. Arthur Edwards MB is 83 and Robin and his is 62. so if they mess it up there's a problem because the whole of the media I'm not going to get that shot a death message of these and they said well fingers of course we'll get it and we're going to bring it in Panama it's been stressed how the king of the servant of his people so how much of a guiding principle is that for him yeah I mean I think this is absolutely key I mean of course he's had to wait a very long time to have uh the crown on his head and sit in the throne but on the other hand he's also had a lifetime of experience in the real world really something that I don't think his mother ever had I mean I was lucky enough to spend a day with Prince Charles in Afghanistan flying around helmond where a lot of the fighting was at its heaviest during the war there and you've got a real sense of a man who was absolutely plugged into the world as it is rather than the world in an idealized way and yes of course there are challenges especially the relationship between the monarchy and younger people here in Britain were in the middle of a cost of living crisis their appearance here in London who struggle to feed and clothe their families but I don't think we have a monarch who's unaware of that I think he's very cognizant of that and I think his experience will be brought to Ben has to be brought to bear to try and keep the monarchy as relevant as possible all right thank you so much for for that in and we see King Charles coming out of Buckingham Palace being accompanied by his Pages including his grandson go ahead [Music] no ugh that's right [Music] remove address 10. three chairs for his majesty the king and her majesty the queen heaven [Applause] the parade will replace that dress replace [Music] [Music] [Applause] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] who's outside Buckingham Palace with a front row seat for when the royal family finds their way onto the balcony again James hi Michael yeah we've been looking at that balcony oh there it is behind us all morning and you know this is just the spot where the working rules the working members of the royal family will be for that famous photograph Laura and I have been taking a look back at ruin appearances over the years since Queen Victoria first appeared there in the late 19th century the balcony at Buckingham Palace is where the royal family has publicly marked celebrations like birthdays jubilees weddings and of course coronations in 1935 young princess Elizabeth appeared for her grandfather's Silver Jubilee and she waved alongside her mother sister grandmother a newly crowned father King George VI I am greater proud surge around the palace railings as onto the balcony come the royal family accompanied by our prime minister himself Winston Churchill joining the family on the balcony to celebrate the end of World War II in Europe Queen Elizabeth would later Mark the 50th anniversary with her mother and sister Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother singing Rule Britannia along with the crowd Elizabeth and Prince Philip celebrated their wedding on the balcony in 1947. young Charles appeared for his mother's coronation in 1953 offering this salute a few days later during the trooping of the color and annual celebrations of the Queen's birthday here in military regalia with newborn Prince Edward inner arms appearance in 2019 would be the last time before the covid pandemic the tradition has yielded unscripted moments showing the royal family as maybe a bit like our own families when William and Kate meet their balcony appearance following their wedding the crowd roared for the couple to kiss and the World War II Jets thundering overhead was too much for this three-year-old flower girl consoled by The Duchess of Cambridge now the Princess of Wales later that day William surprising us all driving to Clarence House in Prince Charles's blue Aston Martin convertible the license plate reading just way on the Queen's 90th birthday she seems to correct William as he crouched next to Young Prince George telling the Future King to stand up that was a throwback to this clip from an earlier trooping of the color birthday celebration in 1988. her majesty may have stopped in the BET by last summer when great grandson Prince Louis covered his ears during the fly pass or her Platinum Jubilee celebrating 70 years on the throne a few days later she made this surprise appearance to close out the Jubilee festivities it would be her last time on the balcony at her side sun and longtime air Charles we will soon make his first battle of appearance as the newly crowned King [Music] and we are lucky to have a front row seat awaiting that moment when King Charles Queen Camilla and the royal family make their appearance on the balcony everybody wondering perhaps hoping whether or not little Louie will do his thing let's see we'll see if you make some appearance I mean we're gonna have essentially we've got to have the king of United Kingdom up there but then two future kings William and George up on Mount balcony we still don't know if we're going to get the fly Parts we'll find out about that in the next few minutes because of the weather but it it looks like it might be drying up I don't know maybe that I don't think so well thank you anyway let's write back to you Michael all right way to be optimistic James but I don't think it's drying up my friend you know many iconic moments on the balcony at Buckingham Palace you guys are there any that stand out in your mind the one that stands out in my mind love over history I've got a picture of it at home is um not that I was there I stress was when Churchill emerged on the balcony with the king and queen and little baby little princesses Elizabeth and Margaret and took the salute of the people after the end of World War II and I think that probably was a moment of total joy and celebration um and that's an incredible picture up there I never had an opportunity Beyond last year for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee but just to have that perch and to be able to see the queen step out on that balcony that was really remarkable and we knew that was her last appearance yeah that was that that moment of total bravery that she had to go there and she she'd been flown in and she'd been on a wheelchair which we never saw that she got a stick and she made it I think that says it all about the importance of the balcony there was so much that she couldn't do around that time she really wanted to make that appearance and those appearances now are so iconic it was Prince Albert Queen Victoria's husband who thought up the idea of the balcony and I wonder what he would think now if he could see just how iconic and Central they've become to our image of our family our nation well that was her final salute as well yeah but I also when when you see the world family on the balcony it just gives a sense of strength a sense of pride togetherness because you see that family together and there's something powerful about and there's crowds on the mail as well yeah were the crowds the crowds are lined up out there right now excited some are filing in to get a closer look as you can see there the flag flying a lot of Pride kids with the iPhone modernizing this occasion something that they will never forget upload it to the cloud and have it forever Robert talked about the money shot being the crowning of the king and that was I think now the next money shot for everybody is going to be that balcony appearance they said it's in the bag my guys we have a very special guest we're going to bring in Reverend Dr Ian Greenfield he was there in Westminster Abbey participating in this ceremony at the moderator Church of Scotland and Reverend you took part in history you had the King Charles the Bible that he used to swear an oath to his people and how did that feel for you felt remarkably easy to do I thought I would be really nervous but it was fine I felt uh really taken up by the whole occasion he smiled at me as I I offered him the Bible that relaxed me quite considerably anyway did you did the king sing did the king seem relax to you when you handed him the Bible I don't know it's very difficult to read people in a situation like that I mean it doesn't seem as if they smile very often during those uh big state occasions but that's just perhaps protocol uh I I the answer is I don't know and you know they did a good job of representing all different faiths in the ceremony at Westminster Abbey what do you think of that decision I think that's a healthy scene it's a sign of a multicultural United Kingdom that we belong to a multi-faith society as well and it's only right that people from all fees and none should be represented [Applause] right I tell you what Dr Ian greenfields great job today and um thank you for joining us right after taking part in a big piece of History thank you so much for your time it was a momentous occasion thank you absolutely we appreciate you joining us and join us now is the leading expert on the history of Coronation ABC News royalty consultant in an officer of arms to the king Aleister Bruce and Aleister you were Consulting with the palace on all the events of the day tell us about that well Michael you know everybody else at school was interested in sport but I was fascinated by Byzantine coronation ritual and that's pretty much what you've seen enacted remarkably in a modern setting carrying on Traditions that were begun by our ancestors so long ago almost 3 000 years ago that it doesn't bear thinking about but I loved trying to advise and support the artificial Canterbury in his team in the preparation of the service and wherever else I was of any use well I know this must be very special for you to know that you had a hand in making all of this this happen and having having a part in it you've been studying coordination pretty much your whole life in your opinion how did this one go oh I think it was perfect it really went well there was a great line by the previous Earl Marshall Duke of Norfolk who said no foot shall slide and no foot did slide and if you look at the history of the English and the Scots coronations it's always when things go wrong that people see a portent of something bad in it nothing went wrong there and I think for both the king and the queen it was wonderful for them to come in and I expect they were very nervous and to go through this ancient ceremony with its many different stages which must to many people look almost extraordinary and yet all of it's got this most wonderful story in it and we've watched that we've witnessed it and the king is now anointed crowned and enthroned Alistair I love seeing your excitement through that fist up there you're really really excited about it I love seeing that you know when we're waiting for the king and queen and World family to come out on the balcony for that historic um Vision that we've seen many times before and outside of that moment because maybe that will be your favorite moment outside of that what stood out most of you today I think it was watching the expression on the king's face as the Archbishop of Canterbury brought Saint Edward's crying dying onto his head it's always nerve-wracking when you're at the center of anything but that immensely heavy crime being placed on his head and I could see the Archbishop just trying to make sure it was absolutely stable because for the king he had both his hands full of of power and mercy so there was nothing he could do to adjust it I thought that was really beautiful and then we saw Young Prince George who had been at page throughout watching his grandfather anointed and crowned I mean what an extraordinary thing for a young boy who must somewhere deep in his thinking wonder whether fate will bring him to that chair one day and one thing that would have made them to watch with the military and they were in absolutely incredible so precise and I know you were Soldier you performed at other occasions so how do you think these soldiers feel having having been involved as such a historic event a soldier myself because I still serve as governor of Edinburgh Castle but the fact that every service man and woman is dedicated to serve the king here and there was that Union in the work that they provided him in that great procession the coronation procession but also in that fabulous moment when they gave him three cheers now soldiers are soldiers and they're probably longing to go out to the pub tonight but at the same time know they've delivered excellence Excellence that works out here that is also required not just by the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom and The Commonwealth but also the Armed Forces of all our allies particularly the United States when delivering violence against our enemies and that's what we require our Armed Forces to do and it's a challenge and it's just that here their loyalty is based in the person of the king well I would tell you what those soldiers deserve a few pints tonight Aleister I know that we have James and Lara there who want to ask you a few questions as well I cannot tell you thank you Michael how thrilled I am to have you here I mean Alistair is the most extraordinary person to be asking questions about these things look today was about monarchy and the church and some would argue there are two institutions that are increasingly losing relevance today how can people watching this around the world Find meaning in what they saw today well I think that if you have faith it's just as powerful today as it was for anyone in the Middle Ages but if you don't I mean I expect that you need a bit of a map but then watching how people who are faithful are moved by what it is that they're doing and I think the King was deeply moved by what he was doing and I know we didn't see him anointed but the idea that behind that screen with the soldiers bowing their heads which I thought was really moving I almost wet them that he was being Anointed with oil as they Dr priest and Nathan the prophet anointed Solomon and that's about one and a half thousand years you know before we even started crowning Kings here perhaps it must move people a bit and you know even if you love going to Disneyland and everything's a bit bizarre and there's a lovely narrative there The Narrative here is also poignantly powerful and yet it's vested in history and it has its prominence so I don't know if people didn't like it hey ho we can't put on anything else but I think that the monarchy is that the British don't get very worked up about stuff well I do but the most most people in Britain just don't and they're a bit embarrassed about about nationhood and being clearly patriotic I think the Americans are much more relaxed about that we're a bit we're a bit sort of uptight about it I want to tell you that Americans are at least my friends I've gotten several notes a bit envious I have notes from two friends who said I wish I could live there I what I'm seeing is so magical it's so beautiful the the tradition of it all is the Pomp and Circumstance we've said it many times this week Nobody Does it like you guys and and that is the truth today I wonder because we've talked about the bigger question the question of the relevancy of the monarchy and of Prince Charles and will he be as popular as his mother do you think today and what we've witnessed and the family affair of it all and the blended family that we've seen does that change the minds I think that the role of the king is to just be there we as a nation will either be fond of or not fond of him or the institution that's a democratic process but his job is to serve as he as he deliberately went through promising he'd do in the service I don't think Elizabeth II was particularly popular when she came to the throne in 1952 everyone thought she wouldn't be up to the task she was 25 and then crowned at 26. listen it's very difficult to have a change of Reigns to have our head of state change once every 70 years and of course the country is questioning do we want this should we be is he going to be the same and I think that's all really healthy and I don't know the only monarch who was ever popular coming to the throne in this country since 1714 was King Edward VII and in the end he had to abdicate because many people didn't want him to carry on so you never quite know that's the great thing about this yeah I mean your enthusiasm is just so infectious like sit here I can listen to him today the rest of the family you know the rest people talk about William and Kate that's the future of the monarchy and you you talk about end of the eighth I mean he has something of that something of the kind of debonair Kate is beloved in this country she for a lot of people she is the future right don't you think well I inevitably they are the next step and you know they will I think in every way they can support the king and queen in what they're going to be but with I mean you know it all looks very glorious gold carriages and stuff like that but I remember having my conversation with the queen about her coronation the late queen and I asked her what it was like to be in that character she just said horrible and I said were you in as long as I've said four hours so she went all the way around London in this thing you know and it's terribly uncomfortable but it looks So Glamorous doesn't it big palaces but you know it's a gilded cage and the king is now a servant to the Constitutional settlement that we as a nation have chosen and Parliament is Sovereign here and if Parliament wants something different and if people who are demonstrating want to persuade the nation to do something different well it will and if Australia decides it no longer wants to have the king as its head of state it can do that the king's not going to hang on you know it's up to Australia I just wanted to ask you a little bit about the moment we've talked about it's coming the the I'm looking at the balcony it's pouring rain out 3 800 guests are here in these grandstands These are veterans these are representatives of charities near and dear to the king and queen's Hearts they haven't moved for hours and we have this cover they have not how symbolic is this shot that we're about to get that they're probably from Scotland so they'll be fine in the weather um oh they're not going to love you for saying that no I'm from Scotland I love that weather that's fair enough and all I can say is that you know this front of the palace was was redesigned in in 1913 but uh Queen Victoria appeared the first time we're going to see the royal family restaurant's going to be marvelous it is going to be marvelous thank you so much Alistair absolutely such a pleasure talking to you both yesterday and today as you said James and I know you two are friends your Your Enthusiasm your wisdom is we're so lucky to have you not at all love being here heading back to you Michael all right thank you so much Lara James allister time to bring in our next guest joining us now is the Lord Lieutenant of Bristol peaches Golding and peaches you were right in the Abbey during the service tell us what that was like it was absolutely electric one of the great things is of course we had to arise before the service so we got to meet the people that were sitting beside us whether they were peers from the House of Lords or individuals who had just received British Empire medals or other people it was just really lovely to get to meet them and then of course when the service started the music was absolutely a heartwarming there were pieces that had been made especially for the coronation as well as older pieces of music that many of us have known and then when the procession started oh it just got better and better and better and you can you can feel the Emoji from those pieces that were composed just for the coronation peaches and we've been talking this morning about the diversity mixture inside the Abbey how do you how you had people of color taking so many leading roles what do you think the king is trying to tell us there well I think I've worked with the King since the 1990s on the racial diversity issue he is very well versed not just about people of different colors but also people about different faiths and religions and you've heard that reflected in the service today the fact that Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs and Jewish people of Faith all took part in that service so it is just our King writing large what we know he has been interested in concerned about talking about trying to encourage people to do better to do more to do quicker so it's not something that's new for him at all well you as you said you've worked with the king for a long time and and what is the introduce institution doing and in Practical terms to promote diversity and then how had that changed over the years well we see in today's service for example not just women and people of color but people of different faces we've discussed and again if you look across the members of us that support our King and what he is trying to achieve and also supported her late Majesty we also see diversity increasing so Among Us Lord lieutenants who in each of our counties represent the king you see diversity yes I might have been the first black female ever to hold the role since it was established in the 1540s we also have three or four men that are also now Lord lieutenants as well so you're seeing out of the hundred of us we are reflecting the communities across the United Kingdom when you look a level deeper to our deputies again you see that diversity increasing significantly when you look in the households those people that serve the working members of the royal family again you're seeing diversity you see it in the military that serve the king so it's coming very very quickly and you said you were the first but I know you will not be the last peaches and and judge you from your comment there I I could tell you are hopeful for the future of the monarchy with King Charles in Charge oh yes and that was very much part of today's service hope hope for the future hope that we in serving each other in that Christian way in that way actually all of the world's religions talk about they talk about hope they talk about um living a better life through service through commitment to other people and yes our King has been doing that his entire life and we see it with young people the prince's trust you know every year he has raised tens of millions of pounds and he's used that money to encourage young people to raise their career Horizons to to become employed to set up new businesses we have seen his interest in art he's a beautiful watercolor painter himself we have seen that interest across all of the Fine Arts and Performing Arts we have seen our King talking about the environment back the year 2000 I worked with him to help bring businesses in the United Kingdom together to talk about environmental issues recycling reuse reducing the amount of natural resources that we use he was well ahead of the time again organic farming so many things our King has been able to be at the Forefront of very important issues of course the monarchy is relevance to our time [Music] Michael that's very interesting peaches thank you so much for your comments there because it's so interesting it's Deborah Roberts here and I've done some reporting this week about so many and particularly people of color looking to the Past right the colonialist past of of the British Empire but you represent a different Viewpoint rather than looking back into the past and trying to make up for what has happened you seem to be looking forward in the snack of losing my earpiece no worries I hope you can hear me now do you hear me now I don't think she hears me right now but Michael I thought it was very interesting that peaches talked about moving forward and she represents a Viewpoint that I think even a lot of britons just in general seem to have the 18 to 24 year old folks don't seem to be as interested in the monarchy but the majority still seem to have some reluctance and peaches I understand you're back now and I find your Viewpoint very interesting because we have heard a lot of people looking into the past talking about uh you know Britain's Colonials colonialist history but you were talking about looking forward you're not focused on the past so much and I find that actually very interesting well let's let's go to the past let us reflect back in the 1960s when many of the commonwealth countries achieved Independence what was one of the first things they did they joined the Commonwealth they changed from colony to Commonwealth whereas our late Queen and our current King who has spent a lot of time across the Commonwealth a lot of the interest in the Commonwealth the first thing they do is join up as free and equal Nations and that is really important whether it's a large Nation or a small nation it doesn't matter they come together they talk about a range of issues not just those environmental ones but about legal systems and democracy and how we increase the rule of law they talk about sports and Athletics and come together with the commonwealth games there are commonwealth Scholars that are here in the UK I meet with 10 or 12 or 15 every year that have come to study their master's degrees their doctorates degrees to learn better how to integrate what is going on in their country and to be forward-facing so the Commonwealth is very forward-facing we know that the King has acknowledged the past he stopped short of apologizing do you think this conversation is going to get bigger do you think he's ready for it I think there are a number of things that I would say I would say first of all the king is the king of 14 countries there are 56 countries in the Commonwealth so he is not the king of all of those Realms and territories but he is a 14 and that includes Canada and Australia New Zealand Jamaica and many of the other Island States whether they're in the Pacific or in the Atlantic um now I lost your question when I was explaining I just I just wondered if you thought he's ready for this conversation the bigger conversation that's probably going to be had they didn't have it during Queen Elizabeth's reign as much but now people are talking very full-throated about this and I'm wondering if you think he's ready for this conversation I think he's more than ready for the conversation I think he will handle it extremely well over the past couple of years um the royal family have been opening their archives to certain historians to try to understand a little bit better about history and let's face it we're all on both sides of the Atlantic and in the Pacific we're all trying to understand a little bit more about history and the more different voices that we hear telling the stories of History the more we're able to understand the things that go on our King has a very good listening ear is very interested he's very switched on he's very human and he will handle that conversation in fact he will lead that conversation peaches Golding we appreciate you taking so much of your time to share your your your thoughts so you know you have a very intimate relationship with the king so thank you thank you for that and now we're going to go back to Peter Westfield uh absolutely absolutely our pleasure we're gonna go back to Peter West mccot and Peter we heard peaches talk about the king the conversation um the inclusion what he hoped to change in the future how do you think that King Charles reign will differ from Queen Elizabeth but one of the things that struck me during the service was a reminder that not very many years ago Prince Charles as he then was caused some controversy by talking about wanting to be the defender of the faiths in the plural not just the defender of the faith which was traditionally the role of the British monarch and there we were in the prayers today hearing that the prayer talked about the children and I read of every faith and belief which is a change from the traditional coronation kind of prayer so there we have a very clear message about the new king wishes to be inclusive wishes to be the king of a country where everybody of every faith and religion has an equal part in the Society of this country and I think that's an important signal I know it's personal from his point of view he's talked about this in the past so that'll be one element I think another element where he's going to be a different sort of Monarch is in the way in which he reaches out to people in such an informal way as we saw yesterday that he was doing with his son and daughter in is doing that he loves engaging with people he's interested in what they've got to say and I think we will see more of that more of that informality more of that engaging with Ordinary People whether it's here in Britain or whether it's traveling around the Realms and the other countries I think we will see a king who wants to travel regularly to other important countries not just the Realms if you remember he was going to go to both France and Germany even before his coronation the visit to France was postponed because of social unrest in France but he went ahead with a very successful trip to Germany and I'm sure that their visit to France will take place later in the year and then there will be visits I'm sure to Canada and and other parts of the world so I think he will be actively traveling to countries that matter to Britain but also of which he's the head of state and of course the queen in her latter years didn't do any long before travel when I was Ambassador in Washington we we couldn't get her to come back for a return visit which President Obama wanted her to undertake so I think that will feel different and we're going to have a younger more active more traveling Monarch and my last point I think is I would say that he's going to be somebody who is not reticent about speaking up on the things that he cares about that'll be partly climate change and partly young people and volunteering and young offenders but we saw for example even in the political domain that he was happy to go along with something called The Windsor framework which was part of solving the Northern Ireland protocol problem of our brexit departure from the European Union and there he was actually engaged in the politics of it Peter Peter I have to cut you off because it's a big moment happening right now the king and queen are out on the balcony greeted by the crowd that has filled the streets in front of Buckingham Palace let's just take it in [Applause] see the the king and queen there on the balcony joined by their family there is Prince William and Catherine and and we seem to be a little amazed about who is on the balcony because it seemed to set a new precedent here well if it doesn't it doesn't so when Queen Elizabeth came on the balcony we did see the people who've been involved in the ceremony and so we see the pages up there which is not new but actually the fact that Camilla's family is on the balcony is new because they're very private individuals and we don't see them making public appearances like this very often so this is really exciting to see yeah this is a Charles's coronation but it's Camilla's coronation as well and the fact that her side of the family and her pages are on the balcony as well reminds us of that and and I was watching that they first walked out and I looked to my right and Robert I saw you and you literally took a big deep breath and then you were just hit with the moment yeah at the moment yeah it was wow it was a well moment you know they're I didn't see my king and my queen walked out on the balcony for the first time it's something special and you know I just think that all of those people there must be looking out of those incredible crowds they must be taking their breath away and look at the king he's overwhelmed but yeah it's a new royal family this is a new broom has come in and you know it's his Reign and it's different you know you have committers children grandchildren there a family and you also have a new royal family the focus of the royal family the working roles which includes the future the Prince of Wales Prince with him and his children and um you know we're missing Harry I'd like to see Harry on the balcony myself just that's because I would like to see it of course we were all hoping for that but to see these young faces though Michael the prominence right there this is the new evolving face of the monarchy I think and it's pretty remarkable and here is the fly past 60 aircraft coming into coordination of King Charles and queen Camilla due to the weather though this will be shorter than usual with only helicopters and red arrows not quite as bright as that red white and blue we saw with the queen last year huh and then the Battle of Britain planes which is a shame but hey maybe I guess the flight passes is weather permitting and we saw them open the barriers there because obviously the procession has come down the mail and when they open the barriers and suddenly the public can fill that space and that was really impressive to see if you were just rushing it and there was something you said which which struck me at the young faces that are on that balcony now to be involved in a coordination where it was such almost a solemn quiet formal occasion to come out unto the balcony and have these crowds of thousands cheering loudly and you saw some of the youngsters look at each other and mouth a few words I think Louis looks like he's getting into the moment you never know with Louis the rest of them look pretty serious but it looks like he's walking his fist I think he's a little bit excited yeah as I said you never know what you're going to get with them you never know what you're going to get with him we want to bring in James and Lara who are right there in the middle of it all hey guys the flyby is due to the weather but I don't know if you can hear it it is directly above us right now yeah I mean look I have sliding is this and just police allowed all these guys to rush forward so these crowds have been waiting for days and days this is the reason why they're intense for days of sleeping on the mile they got the front row seat they're right on the front there and every time Charles raised his hand up went the cries and I have to tell you a similarly loud cries for William and Kate they came out of the side door on the balcony there people really do love to see them and over these are more helicopters are going above us now it is just it extraordinary to be here look even if it is a reduced flyover it's still the atmosphere is extraordinary Kingdom on Mount balcony with The Fosters quite as basically we're a very very lucky to have such a front row seat just behind us the entire world only as you said Camilla side as well as the royal family and above us we understand these are the red arrows and helicopters only we were expecting a much bigger flyover I can actually hear myself talk now as they move past us but Pinch Me moment guys yeah yeah a nice like uh like Robert said to have seen Harry up on that balcony it would have been I think people here would have liked to have seen that a little bit of a moment of family Unity but it's still nice to see them oh he's kind of figuring out whether or not he might cause trouble he's thinking about it yes playing an imaginary piano it seems and George has seen something that's the Future King he's buying something down the mile three generations of King all just behind us yeah on the balcony and there's us wiping the rain away here we go good job Louie you've come through for us and these are the Red Arrows now they'll have the red white and blue of the United Kingdom [Music] what a moment past the newly restored Big Ben and the crowd here is screaming and they can hear the planes coming overhead and here they come [Music] we do this thing right that is amazing you really do wow it's been brilliant here guys right thank you for James and I to be speechless and we are so we shall send it back to you Michael all right thank you so much Lara and James um great job there for for us at Buckingham Palace describing the sensations the feeling the emotions that are there with everyone that is out on that balcony everyone there who's in the crowd watching and want to bring in Ian panel and Ian what are your emotions like how are you feeling watching us all transpired I mean you know Michael lived in the states for 11 years I always used to think you guys do the best shows right with a sports game whether it's a school uh whether it's on the military parade ground but this this is incredible I mean I've certainly never seen anything like this my father was 16 years old during the last coronation he sat on the black and white TV watching with the rest of the extended family but to see the Red Arrows to see the Chinook helicopters and the others fly across the big wheel over the houses of Parliament and over to Buckingham Palace we have just watched history in his many days that you can say that yes it was a very different kind of Coronation for the one that his mother had of course it was it was much more diverse it was much more inclusive and it was much smaller but nevertheless we still got the show we still got the ceremony we've got the solemnity of it all but also the importance yes there are challenges are going to face Charles challenges that I think his mother didn't really have to face and certainly wasn't aware of but I also think that he's very well placed to do that if anyone can there are many problems out here in London across the country today is one of Celebration tomorrow is going to be one of getting back to the office getting back to the grindstone and addressing some of the many needs in the country Michael all right thank you so much for that Ian and as you said today is the day of Celebration and we're going to go back to Lama Hassan who is amongst the people in Hyde Park how are they going out there llama wow Michael what a moment and I hope you can hear me over the war of the crowd you know during the actual ceremony itself the people here were listening intently they were sitting down and then they they got off so when the king and queen left the Abbey and they made their way to Buckingham Palace I couldn't understand why they were still standing they were waiting for that balcony moment they've never seen anything like it when the king and queen came out and they started waving people here were actually waving to the screen it was incredible you know we knew that it was gonna rain so we weren't sure about how many people would turn out well let me tell you they did not disappoint there are so many people here in Hyde Park watching who were here watching the ceremony on the screen it was absolutely remarkable and you know what the government knew this because they allocated some 1.2 million dollars to put out these screens up and down the country and I have to tell you about a moment that's really surreal moment I looked to my right and all of a sudden there was a man who had his scones his clotted cream and his Jam um you know it was such a British moment but it's just a real moment and instead of having tea he had a glass of champagne but let me tell you everyone here is celebrating and raising their gloss and when the king and queen came out on the balcony everyone's phone was up wanting to witness this moment and capture it on their phones and they were all smiling it was unbelievable to see Michael we know it's a lot of Happiness out there in Hyde Park next to you llama thank you so much for that now we're going to go to Brett who is on the mile she is also hanging out with the crowd how's it going yeah with the the crowd stretching all the way back to me here and you know I have to say the excitement the Roar of the crowd today it is a stark contrast to the muted celebrations back home in Australia and in other commonwealth countries too you know this is a big moment for commonwealth countries they're in a kind of historical historic juncture you know whether they weigh up whether it's time to get rid of the monarchy as head of state many people feel it's just a matter of time God Save the Queen was once Australia's Anthem the king won't even be on banknotes you know big names like Kylie Minogue usually take part in Royal events they declined to you know the Australian prime minister is in favor of a republic and hasn't ruled out holding a referendum in the near future so it's very important moment to reflect and another important moment thank you so much Brett is that the king and queen have come back onto the balcony like an encore swords for themselves leave the family inside and come out and let the people see the king and queen together anyone else around Michael you know they've got to be feeling such a relief you know this they practice this thing they practiced and practiced it didn't seem like anything went awry I don't know maybe something didn't we didn't know about it but you know they've got to feel great relief that this all went off without a hitch they they they have to feel very good about today and just have been incredible and I love seeing them both come out on the balcony without anyone else except for each other until now the pages are coming out to help them back in but it was kind of a to me to say hey we're in This Together We Are The King and the Queen and we are here for you they're quite a journey they've had Michael you know what a journey and I think everybody will acknowledge that they've served us well and this has been their moment of Destiny well I think they've carried out with a plum personally I think that they're going to emerge from this experience different people and um I I for one wish them well and I really hope that they achieve what they want to and we're going to go to Maggie ruli and Maggie is at Westminster Abbey where the coordination ceremony took place hey Maggie hey Michael well all the guests have left the Abbey now but you can still hear the bells are still going strong you can still feel the energy here Michael you can feel the weight of History because I think it Bears repeating just the history that we all witnessed here today once again every coronation since 1066 has taken place right here at Westminster Abbey and now King Charles is a part of that history forever and now we know that he wants to modernize the monarchy we saw today during the ceremony some of the steps he's taking to do just that you know Michael one moment that really stood out for me you mentioned it earlier this was a family affair the moment when Prince William heir to the throne kissed his father on those cheek and the look on King Charles's face was just a look that I think all parents can feel we know there was so much emotion today so much weight in this moment and for me that stands out as something that I will remember that and these bells and all the pop and circumstances I have to tell you Michael no matter how many events like this we'd cover gosh the Royals they know how to bring a party don't they they know how to celebrate in style I gotta say they do it right and you are you're right about that I mean to watch them all together family Affairs just you could tell that there was a lot of Pride there Maggie and and I gotta say we're right above you those bells they have been rigging for quite a long time I think he'll be bringing in my head for quite a long time as well even after this is all done and if you're just joining us now it's the coordination of King Charles and queen Camilla and right after 9 30 a.m on the East Coast 6 30 a.m in the west and 2 30 p.m here in London in the king and queen crowned in a historic service at West Mr Abby let's take a look at that moment and now you have the entrance of King Charles it's listening [Music] I hear present unto you King Charles your undarted king wherefore all you who I'll come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same God save King Charles foreign [Music] wherefore all you are come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same [Music] [Applause] I hear presents unto you King Charles your undoubted king where for all you who are come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same [Music] I hear present unto you King Charles your undoubted king wherefore all you who are come this day to do your homage and service are you willing to do the same [Applause] the coronation oath has stood for centuries and is enshrined in law are you willing to take the oath I am willing will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the peoples of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland your other Realms and the territories to any of them belonging or pertaining according to their respective laws and customs I solemnly promise 32. will you to your power cause Law And Justice in Mercy to be executed in all your judgments I will [Music] you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel with you to the utmost of your power maintained in the United Kingdom the Protestant reformed religion established by law will you maintain and preserve invaluably the settlement of the Church of England and the doctrine worship discipline and government thereof as by law established in England and will you preserve unto the Bishops and clergy of England and to the churches they're committed to their charge all such rights and privileges as by Lord do or shall appertain to them or any of them all this I promise to do the things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep so healthy God [Music] we see them come in with the screen that is made especially for this coronation it is the one part of the ceremony that will not be seen by cameras and Robert can you explain this to us what happens behind that screen well this is the most sacred moment when he's Anointed with the out of the oil that's coming from the Mount of Olives the what happens is the the dean of Westminster passes the ampulla palsy the oil for the ampulla which means essentially derives from chug in Latin they pours it into the spoon with his fingers the spoon the oldest part of the jewels he then anoints the King on his on his forehead on his wrists and on his chest and that is the moment that he is Anointed by God that is [Music] what is the symbolism of him removing that robe and being exposed to the yeah essentially it is that but he comes to the church he comes to the Royal as a Pulpit that's what that's supposed to be and he leaves as a king and that's why he's in that that woven shirt and that is a significance of it it's a humbleness isn't it sleeveless tunic is representative this is made from his shirt makers it's been there's been Craftsman on every single piece of this regalia but the fact is that's the symbolism of it and for history lovers I think this is where it's all so fascinating because a lot of this stuff is you said the regalia dates back to the 12th century and now he's been fitted with a gold super Tunica and this one was actually made for King George V it was also worn by King George VI and Elizabeth the second this is designed based on Priestly clothes you can kind of see that design there and this is ready for him to be invested now with the different pieces of regalia with all their different symbolisms and I can only imagine it must have been altered to go through so many uh it must have been altered at some point but we're going to take you back inside the church to the ceremony to watch your son participate in something like this to have your son participate to have your grandson participate this is truly a family coordination it really emphasizes the significance of William as the air the fact that he has two formal roles within the coronation we'll see him later on paying homage foreign of kings and Lord of lords bless we beseech thee this crown and so sanctify thy servant Charles upon whose head this day thou Dost place it for a sign of Royal Majesty that he may be crowned with thy gracious favor and filled with abundant grace and all princely virtues through him who liveth and reigneth Supreme Over All Things One God World Without End amen here's the moment that we have all been waiting for the crowning King Charles God saved the king [Music] [Applause] [Music] crowning of King Charles we heard the gun salute rise outside of the studio here you hear the church bells ringing what do you guys think how are you feeling right now you are from the UK this is a big moment for this country for the world how are you feeling right now Mr jobson deep Pride um and the king and everybody that's carried out this incredible historic service I think part of my country and we're all family and the clergy we're particularly a bit of relief for the king because I thought when the the architecture was trying to get that crown on his head he was trying a little too hard I noticed that too he wanted to make sure he got it on just right it is five pounds he just wanted to make sure he got it right he could not have that fall off of his head Victoria how are you feeling through this is that kind of release there that kind of explosion of sound almost we heard the gun salutes we heard the Abbey Bells behind us and the mood really shifted because it was very solemn it was quite tense it felt very serious and then suddenly it actually feels quite joyous now it feels like a moment of Celebration definitely a moment of Celebration and as we wrap up we're going to go back to James and Lara outside of a Buckingham Palace to get their final thoughts hey YouTube hello thank you for this incredible see talk about a front row seat uh as an American I just I'm in awe of the pageantry the pump and the circumstance and it's been such a joy having James fill me in behind the scenes and what it means to you as well look it's been so much fun it's been an important day it's been a day of gravity of pomp of circumstance but let's face it it's also been kind of ridiculous we've been celebrating a man with a crown in a gold horse and carriage trotting around London but England Britain we are kind of ridiculous this is a bit of an eccentric country we leave room for that in our society and that's what I'm proud of I'm proud to be British today because we celebrated everything that it means to be British and thank you for being here thank you guys as well all right James Lara thank you and James thank you for letting us be a part of the Ridiculousness of this entire fair so thank you so much really appreciate you too you brought so much to the broadcast and I want to bring it back into the studio because I wanna I wanna hear all your favorite your final thoughts and your favorite moments that happen um during this coordination because the overall theme was inclusion it was family it was the modern monarchy how do you think they did in establishing that well it was just a coronation like no other in its thousand year history it was totally different to 1953 we saw completely different makeup of people inside the Abbey playing prominent roles and it really was a showcase to Modern Britain today I loved the fact that they didn't have any Tiaras it was much more scaled down instead these really nice headpieces and I just felt that what we saw was a great show there are lots of debates about the monarchy but they put on a great show that that is well said you put on a great show Mr jobson how about you uh it was my Super Bowl really I tell you it was um tremendously proud to have been had and I'm honored to have had this seat to to witness it I mean it was a crown and glory of the king crowning glory of the people and and at his moment of Destiny but more important that it was a moment of true celebration when the King was acclaimed by these people and the bells just kept ringing well it's funny you see the Super Bowl not the first thing is you know I know football very well American football I'm the Super Bowl which except for this case you had to wait 70 years for the game and then you already knew who the winner was before he even started well the big thing was going to happen now though this was a fantastic Showcase in monarchy yes and a fantastic Showcase with our system of government but let's be real you know this is just the beginning um we've got a new generation and they've got a lot of people are apathetic this is a great moment and I'm not saying trying to write it what I'm saying is that the hard work the hard yards start now and I think it's going to be for this King but for the one that follows with William and for George to make sure that this system works because otherwise we're gonna have to have a different look at it and I actually believe in monarchy because when you have a diverse society when you have polarized Society we've seen around the world not least even in America it's good to have a system of government ahead of a head of state who is not political who can unite people around their country whilst not having a political divide and I know you talked a lot about that I did talk a lot about that and I loved hearing from peaches Golding who talked about looking forward because I think for a lot of people that's what this is about it is a reset I mean there's a lot of tough conversations that will be ahead probably for the monarchy but it is sort of a reset to look at those faces in the Abbey today to think about where we go from here because as you said Robert that's what it's all about but Michael I have to tell you when you talked about no Tiaras today and they the hats and all I couldn't help but notice all that of course so you know since we're ending uh you know maybe I will have to bring out my hat I couldn't resist I couldn't resist you know a little little homage to ABC News here you know oh wow I did not notice it away of course thanks to my friend Christine Moore back at uh yeah definitely my customer you have your crown now for Michael it was such a um it was such it's a historic moment and so interesting to sit here with a bird's eye view of Westminster Abbey to see all the pomp all the circumstances all the the pageantry that Vivid colors and the Vivid colors yeah and then and then to see everyone come back on the balcony and you can see a lot of ways some relief right as if now it is time to move on to this modern new monarchy to see if they can live up to all the things that are being promised at this point in this country with this with this monarchy and absolutely what what that was saying it's about time to move forward as a country I mean this is the first Monarch that wasn't serving in the second world war and I think it's been a lot of reference to the the past it's really time to move forward as a country together and look we're in a very different world now to you know 50 100 years ago a thousand years ago we saw all that continuity of what we did best the pageantry but it's now about where is Britain now in the world and I think that's what the king and all those politicians are going to sort out who were there today because you know we're a very different country well I'm pretty sure we're going to be many conversations with the both of you as we go forward thank you so much for joining us we appreciate you being here helping us cover this historic coordination of King Charles and queen Camilla and it's been such an honor to be a part 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a whodunit is boiling underneath this investigation takes cops down a very unusual road that involves God and David and Bathsheba and murder a monster took a Robert's life [Music] so as you're coming down Route 66 and you turn into the Silver Lakes Community it is hard to not compare this place to a Desert Oasis Silver Lakes is a small community it's about 99 miles from Los Angeles halfway between Victorville and Barstow there are two lakes here it is a family orientated place and there's so many opportunities for families to have a very affordable living in a beautiful neighborhood some people move to Silver Lakes to either retire or to have more of a private like less City Life and it's in Silver Lakes where Robert and Sabrina Limon live with their two children and just to put the icing on the cake of this picture of Domesticity this street they lived on was Strawberry Lane Sabrina is my baby sister [Music] she was born when I was 15 years old and we've just had a bond ever since she was born we grew up in Barstow and I got married to Randy so I moved out at 18 and Randy and I had this little home and so Sabrina would come and she would stay with us she was always trying to entertain she has such a talent just to be an amazing funny person even when she was little and every time we'd take a picture we'd do let's do a Brina picture and we would all do our hands so it was just something that she took on when she was little and it stuck with her all this time she was just so sweet she um just had just a heart for people just sweet she was just so loving my dad had decided that he was going to retire and his dream was to retire in Prescott Arizona so Sabrina was I want to say 13 and she made a lot of wonderful friends there and that's where she met Robert was in Prescott at the age of 18 Sabrina meets Robert Limon and it's an instant attraction here he was with the big tattoo Lamont you know tatted on the back of his head but he was a big teddy bear he wanted us to meet his girlfriend we were all sitting in the kitchen and Robert pulls up in his truck and Sabrina gets out and I looked out the window and I I told Mom Robert's going to marry her Robert and Sabrina had a total connection and they started to go to church and then when they were going to get married they were baptized together Sabrina and Robert got married in 2000. the wedding was in Arizona and it was just a beautiful wedding I was the maid of honor and Sabrina was just a beautiful bride not long after their wedding Sabrina and Rob moved to Silver Lakes a low-key desert community in California and with the help of Julie's husband Randy Rob gets a job working at BNSF railroad in Barstow when they moved to Silver Lakes they went to church for a few years but Sabrina's faith never wavered she always always had her Bible the family life for the lemons was brilliant it was loving Sabrina devoted her life to her children that was her number one priority and she was by choice to stay at home mom Robert was really hard working reliable they were also a family that liked to have fun they had a lot of friends when we lived in Silver Lakes I was a stay-at-home mom we had two children and I was married to a fireman Nicolette asked us not to use her last name I met Rob and Sabrina on our son's t-ball team Sabrina and Robert lamon were really kind of an IT couple and all the photos you see of them all the stories you hear about them they seem so bubbly so vivacious Robin Serena would have people come to their house you know to have Gatherings or they would be drinking Rob and Sabrina they seem very happy they were always calling each other sweet little names always kissing each other laughing a lot a lot of people wanted their husbands to be like Rob just because he was very in tuned with Sabrina like he gave her everything they weren't just a tight family they also had a core group of friends other couples they call themselves The Wolf Pack and there was a lot of boating and partying there was a group of friends that hung out with them and they would go a lot of places together I wasn't friends with anybody that was a part of it it was after me among this wolf pack is a couple Jason and Kelly bernatine they were particularly close to Sabrina and Robert Jason was a firefighter and Cali was a hair stylist in fact that's how she met Sabrina Kelly bernatine is the one that started the wolf pack you know Sabrina would tell me when she first met Kelly Kelly was just the greatest thing ever so between 2000 and 2008 it's a pretty steady marriage a great family life great social life everything going well but in 2008 something starts happening in this relationship Sabrina would invite everyone over to their house sometimes he couldn't even fit into the house we all lived within a mile retailer or less so Robin smear come to our house we'd go to their house but it was pretty much like eating and drinking Sabrina was drinking so much all the time that um she was pretty numb I think to a lot of things but she didn't share with me what was going on I always stuck in my head of um It's Five O'Clock Somewhere is always what she said because she just always wanted to drink Sabrina did not ask for help I would talk to her about it and she'd be like oh Julie I'm fine it was the same thing with me if we didn't admit it it wasn't real and that may be one of the first indications that things aren't as happy and nice as they appear it was during this time of heavy partying that the couple decided to shake up their marriage and this beautiful family portrait would be shattered for good steak such on the line Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David Muir America's number one most watched newscast across all of television what's better than starting your Saturday morning with GMA yes starting it with an awesome extra great hour of GMA awesome I like that with it yeah so start your weekends off with us and we'll see 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show absolutely absolutely that's what people don't see during the commercial break right they don't what happened I had no idea really what I was getting myself in that day that we walked out I I treasure that day I'm just I couldn't sit there I'm doing good enjoy you're doing good oh yeah baby it was crazy behind the table listen wherever you get your podcast foreign good evening everyone I'm Lindsey Davis We Begin tonight here in Buffalo London in Alaska Uvalde Kentucky according in from Poland Ukrainian refugees here in Warsaw do you think you'll ever be able to go back home did you ever have a conversation about an abortion is she live yes he's alive arguably the most controversial Supreme Court ruling in history what's the impact on you now do you have a future political aspiration absolutely you ready for this go he ran for Senate President now running for governor I take a light to him this is the calling card a show that will be remembered forever the pressure on me finish this sentence I want young girls to know I mean you are just a tough bad [Applause] [Music] the attached B Loop was engineered to assist trains in not going too fast as they're coming down the mountains from Mojave into tachby Robert was known as a rapid responder he would fill in for other people who needed some time off at the last second Robert would have to go to wherever the problem was on the train so if the train broke down then he would go out and he would fix it when they're stopped it's not uncommon for someone to break into the trains and steal the contents of its cargo Robert came across a bear one time it was a very dangerous job for one person to work that job is just unreal to me [Music] by all accounts Rob loved the railroad they worked in Tehachapi on a part-time basis but he also worked in the rail yard in Barstow that fascination with the railroad came from his dad Miguel started with the Railroad working with a group in the in the railroad called the Tai gang just a day in day out all they did was change railroad tracks because of that job Rob's father had to move a lot that's how the family wound up in small rural towns throughout Arizona shortly after my parents divorce in 86 they moved to Mojave Arizona where my brother finished off his last couple of years of high school I really loved playing football he played a defensive end or a defensive tackle well Robert mimone was one of my special kids personally coached him in football I paid more attention to him because I could tell that he needed somebody to guide him along we needed that person that would Pat him on the back Rob stood out to a lot of people because to make ends meet Rob would bring homemade burritos as family would make which were delicious and he would sell him at school and the money he raised helped support his family my dad when he was home on weekends him and Robert would go out my dad would sell burritos to people along the railroad I think that's where Robert got a lot of his social behavior from is just hanging out with Dad and going out and meeting people by 2000 Rob is happily married to Sabrina living in Silver Lakes and working that dream job with BNSF railroad their lives seemed to be pretty good but the reality was much darker with what was going on behind closed doors in 2008 Rob and Sabrina decided mutually that they wanted to have a little bit more excitement in their relationship I saw a difference in Robert and Sabrina's marriage not so much their marriage but their way of living and their lifestyle they started to have relations with other couples thank you her house in her driveway and she propositioned me for her and Rob and I told her no I'm married like I was kind of like shocked and then she was like okay well let me talk to Rob and I'm like what so it just caught me off guard and I'm thinking this is what they do and then eventually I don't even know a couple weeks later something ended up where it happened my husband and I at the time had agreements that like we were gonna kiss you know we knew that we would talk about it only happened a couple times and that was it a lot of the community already knew that like Robin Sabrina had an open marriage in a roundabout way [Music] another couple also involved with Rob and Sabrina at the time were friends from the wolf pack Jason and Kelly bernatine they went on adult vacations they went out boating they partied a lot at the North Lake it was usually Sabrina and I and then we would because our husband [Music] s tired of being in an open marriage I remember her saying rob would kind of insinuate her to change certain things about her he did tell her something that he must have liked about me to change on her and she had brought my attention and I just thought that was wrong I just told him I wouldn't want my husband telling me something about another woman we opened our marriage bed and it changed the Dynamics of our sacred Bond as soon as we made that choice together some say it was Sabrina's idea others say Rob was into it unless we were flies on the wall in the bedroom we won't know for sure the only thing she complained about is that she wanted to go back to church and she wanted Robert to go back to church Robert he felt like they would be Hypocrites if they went back to church Robert didn't want to change back he wanted to continue with the fun and all that they were doing by the by the on August 17 2014 Rob is filling in for a co-worker and that morning like he's done so many other times he drives the 85 miles to Tehachapi when Rob isn't on call fixing broken down trains he is typically in the BNSF office which is a non-descript industrial Warehouse on the outskirts of town it's on Goodrich Drive which is a one-way in and one way out street so if you're going to go there that's going to either be you have a destination or you're lost Robert was due to get off at seven in the evening and return home to his wife and kids I talked to Sabrina a few times later on that evening and she's like I keep trying to get a hold of Rob I can't get a hold of him her daughter was waiting up for him because it was going to be her first day of school and she wanted to give her daddy a kiss good night and I said oh Brianna he'll call you maybe he's out on a train or something around 7 PM Rob's replacement shows up to take over the shift immediately he sees things don't seem right [Music] their daughter wanted to talk to him on the phone desperately and they just kept calling and calling and calling and there was no answer Julie called me I asked her what happened where's my brother and I could hear the phone drop [Music] this is ABC News live Mr crushing families here in Poland at Refugee centers on the ground in Ukraine close to the front line from the capitol destructive Cat four stores America's number one streaming news anytime anywhere streaming 24 7 straight to you for free thank you for making ABC News live America's number one 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number one streaming news this is ABC News live Prime hey there I'm Lizzy Davis thanks so much for streaming with us live reporting breaking news exclusives award-winning powerful eye-opening how lucky are we ABC News live Prime with Lindsey Davis all new streaming weeknights outside the federal courthouse in Worcester Massachusetts I'm Trevor alt wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live [Music] on August 17 2014 it's a Sunday Robert Limon is working at the rail yard in Tehachapi he's covering a shift for someone else it's about 7 P.M when his co-worker walks into the office and finds Robert limone bleeding on the ground he calls 9-1-1 there's a call that comes in there is a man has been shot what happens on that type of a call is the homicide unit gets a call the guys come up here from the unit as well as our technical investigators railroad tracks here yes so this is the train yes this is the train that comes through Tehachapi and we're pulling onto a good work drive now which is the one way in and one way out and as we're coming to the industrial complex this is way back off the beaten path it is it absolutely is that's why I believe that someone who has purposely had to come here or they were lost body is found inside this Warehouse used by the BNSF Railway what do the detectives find once they get here as they arrive here this roll-up door this large rope door is open inside there is a large work truck next to the truck near the driver's door there is Robert lamone and he's sort of propped up against the truck and what kind of condition was Robert lemon in he had been shot once twice twice yes he's been shot in the upper torso area and in the hit when I arrived during the walk through I observed he was laying next to a refrigerator this Photograph here is significant we found that there was blood spatter on the side of the refrigerator door there was blood starting to pull underneath his body we did find an extended bullet that was on the ground just above Rob's head and they also found the office inside had been sort of ransacked and they found drawers pulled from a desk they found binders and Shop manuals and things on the floor are you thinking robbery a robbery gone bad initially yes it did look that way what leads you to think that that's not the case so as we begin looking at the crime scene itself and you're finding shot manuals pulled out onto the ground it's very odd that you can't steal those and trade them and generally people who commit crimes of murder and things like that are looking for fast money and we sort of determined that you know this looked as though maybe it had been staged so your hunch was that this wasn't a legitimate robbery that somebody tried to make it look like it was a robbery yes [Music] when detectives contacted Sabrina lamon and informed her that her husband had been in fact murdered her actions and her demeanor was appropriate I mean she was crying I got a phone call and it was Sabrina and she was just screaming and asking me to go over to her house and I know that I kept saying are you sure it was Robert because Robert was so strong we couldn't believe it we just couldn't believe it I got the call August the 17th Julie called me and told me that there had been a terrible accident at the railroad and my brother was no longer with us and I asked her what happened where's my brother what happened brother and I could hear the phone drop or and then I'm yelling in the phone what's wrong with my brother Randy got on the phone told us that my brother did the shop I was called the very next morning by a friend of mine that lived in Silver Lakes telling me that Rob had been killed and I felt so bad for the kids with detectives sorting out the crime scene and processing evidence Rob's family is coming together to make funeral arrangements when my brother passed away we were at Sabrina's house and Julie took me in the back bedroom and Sabrina didn't want to talk about the services arrangements and the funeral and all that she just wasn't dealing with it [Music] there were people everywhere I mean it was overwhelming Sabrina stayed in her room most of the time she just had a hard time it was unbelievable so a few days following Robert lamon's death there was a memorial held at a local Helendale Church where hundreds of people gathered he was somebody who was beloved by many in that community so they gathered to pay their respects foreign what were you learning about this guy Robert Limon as you began to ask people about him we began interviewing his family and friends and they said that he was a great guy everyone that we spoke with said that he was just a fantastic person he was sort of the husband that every woman would want I think we got nothing but praise about him from family and friends I was shocked that Rob got killed I mean that was the last person you would think it killed Rob was just such a good person I mean he was a great dad detectives didn't really know who might have committed this murder Robert didn't have any enemies nobody seemed to have any animosity toward him no eyewitnesses no apparent evidence here at the scene so you just have to just start looking the following day during daylight hours we came out and began canvassing the area and upon doing so we found this video surveillance camera right here and this is the camera that actually captures the only footage we had for that entire day of anyone within this complex this is the camera that captured the person walking through the complex with an exaggerated limp walking towards the BNSF location where Rod was found dead you were just hoping that this would show you something we thought this would be great there's the potential this is going to actually have footage of the person who committed this crime thank you with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David Muir 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to find out how to enter to share your mom's story and honor her the GMA way reporting from LaGuardia Airport I'm Gio Benitez wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live Robert was a rapid responder for the railway and was returning to the shop after work when he was attacked Rob lemon is dead after being shot twice now detectives are asking the same question that's being asked from Tehachapi all the way to Silver Lakes why no one had any reason to suspect or know of anyone that wanted Robert lamon killed or dead he was well liked by everyone and no one could imagine any reason why someone would want to kill Robert when police found Robert lamon on the ground suffering from the the gunshots they started to look around the office they found the place really ransacked and disheveled but what was really interesting as they thought about could this have been a robbery was there was no money really being held at the rail yard each and every single one of us had the overwhelming uh opinion that the office within this BNSF railroad complex appears that the crime scene had been staged so the Kern County Sheriff's department and the investigators were spending a lot of time with Sabrina limone trying to gather information about who might have had a motive to harm Robert lamon they asked her about her marriage with Rob she said everything was great she said there was no extramarital relationships that she was involved in or she was aware that Rob was involved in and so at that point in time she wasn't able to provide us any information with respect to who may have killed Rob the expended bullet that investigators find that the crime scene is fragmented and is of no evidentiary value and there are no shell casings at the scene either but during the autopsy investigators catch a break we discovered that the gun used in this case was a larger caliber probably a 44 Magnum or a 45 or possibly larger so we were looking for it all likelihood a handgun of larger caliber investigators now know what kind of weapon they're looking for and they soon get a promising lead from a local gunsmith we received a tip that someone went into a local gun store in tachby and requested that their firing pin be replaced detectives were hopeful that this was possibly a great lead and this could possibly be the gun that was actually used in Rob's murder but any hope for a quick resolution is short-lived we seized the gun in question had it examined and had it compared to the bullet that was found at the scene and we found that the two did not match [Music] this is soon a tireless investigation with detectives searching the crime scene looking at surveillance cameras hoping they might have captured a possible suspect foreign the first camera they check is actually in the garage where the murder happened [Music] the truck that Rob was driving that evening during a shift we were hopeful initially that we might be able to get some some video surveillance from being that many of the trucks are equipped with cameras but unfortunately the cameras are running 24 7 and they're they're only recording when they're actually being operated we began campus in the area and upon doing so we found this video surveillance camera right here and once you begin to look at the surveillance video from this camera what did you see exactly we saw a subject you couldn't really tell his age the quality of the video is not the best and you can see him walking with a lamp through the complex and then towards uh once again we're down this way correct where the BNSF uh rail business is located was it clear enough that you could make out whether it's a man or a woman or you could tell it it was a man I think we that fair to say it was a man but anything other than that age ethnicity no and when you saw that person walking over here did you think that could be your suspect it's a very high potential that it could have been you see a guy on security footage you're gonna get excited who else could it be it seems so promising did people recognize the person to be able to get a good look at this person the only video we released was the person in the industrial complex some of the tips we got led us to a local transient that people believed could have been potentially involved and we were able to locate that person and ultimately eliminate them as the suspect we were back to square one without a whole lot of leads to follow up on Sabrina and her family and the detectives aren't the only people desperate for answers the people at BNSF railroad also want to help the NSF Railway is now offering a 100 000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the murder of one of its employees

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