IT WEIGHS 4 TONS. IT WILL BE DRAWN BY EIGHT WINDSOR GREY HORSES. THIS ROUTE IS 1.3 MILES COMPARED TO THE QUEEN'S ROUTE WHICH WAS FIVE MILES BACK IN 1953. WHEN WE TAKE THOSE SHOTS, YOU WILL SEE THIS IS AN EXTRAORDINARY DISPLAY OF THE MILITARY MIGHT OF GREAT BRITAIN TODAY. NEARLY 4,000 ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL WILL BE MARCHING IN THE PROCESSION. 1,200 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES LINING THE ROUTE AS WELL. INCREDIBLE DISPLAY OF MILITARY POWER AS KING CHARLES MAKES HIS WAY BACK TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE IN JUST A MOMENT FROM NOW IN THE GOLD STATE COACH. WILFRED FROST, AS I TURN TO YOU REFLECTING ON THE SERVICE. THEY REALLY TRIED TO HAVE A HAND IN TRADITION, BUT ALSO TO GIVE A NOD TO THE MODERN MONARCHY AND BRITAIN IT IS PART OF. >> AT THE END OF THE SERVICE WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NON-CHRISTIAN FAITH LEADERS, THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THE ATTEMPT TO MODERNIZE THINGS. BY LAW, THE MONARCH IS THE DEFENDER OF THE FAITH. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH AND CHURCH OF ENGLAND. HE WANTS TO BE DEFENDER OF THE FAITHS PLURAL. THIS IS THE WAY TO SHOW THAT WITH A STEP FORWARD. THANK YOU TO WILLIAM THE CONQUERER TO HAVE HIS FIRST CORONATION AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN HAVE A MORE SPECIAL PLACE. IN THAT TWO HOURS, ACTION PACKED. WE GOT THE GRANDEUR AND SPLENDOR OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY. >> AND THE KING HIMSELF IS A DEEPLY RELIGIOUS MAN. WE KNOW HE SAYS HIS PRAYERS EVERY NIGHT. PRINCE HARRY SAID THAT IN HIS MEMOIR. HE STUDIED THE KORAN. HE IS INTERESTED IN ISLAM. HE HAD A NOD TOWARD HIS FATHER'S GREEK HERITAGE WITH A GREEK PRAYER. HE IS INTERESTED IN ALL FAITHS AS WILFRED WAS SAYING WHICH WAS REFLECTED IN THE SERVICE. >> LET'S GO TO MOLLY HUNTER ALONG THE PROCESSION ROUTE AND FAITHFUL HAD TO REALLY TEST THEIR METTLE WITH THE DRIVING RAIN AT TIMES. NOW THE PAYOFF. I DARE SAY IT BRIGHTENED A BIT. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ALONG THE ROUTE, MOLLY? >> SAVANNAH, A SERIOUSLY DRIVING RAIN. EVERYONE STUCK BY THE BIG SCREENS SET UP. I HAVE TO COMMENT ON THE UNBELIEVABLE MUSICAL EXPERIENCE OUT HERE. DRIVING RAIN. REALLY GREAT SPEAKERS. IT WAS A 3D EXPERIENCE. PEOPLE WERE MOVED. WE COULD SEE IT ON THEIR FACES DURING THE RAIN. I LOOKED UP DURING THE SERVICE AND LOOKING BACK AT 1953 AND NOW ABOUT HOW WESTMINSTER ABBEY HAS BEEN OUTFITTED FOR THE MASSIVE PRODUCTION. BACK IN 1953, 29 MICROPHONES, SAVANNAH, WERE SET UP ACCORDING TO THE BBC. TODAY, 192. NO WONDER THE MUSIC WAS SO EXTRAORDINARY. WE WERE LOOKING TO PEOPLE DURING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO SEE IF THESE PEOPLE WOULD JOIN IN WITH THAT. WE DIDN'T HEAR THAT MUCH, BUT WE HEARD BOISTEROUS GOD SAVE THE KING AND A LOT OF APPLAUSE AFTER THAT WAS DONE. ONE MORE REALLY INTERESTING BIT ABOUT 1953, SAVANNAH. APPARENTLY IT WAS ALSO A VERY COLD AND RAINY CORONATION DAY FOR QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND IN THAT GOLD STATE COACH, WHICH YOU ALREADY DISCUSSED, VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, A BOTTLE STRAPPED BENEATH HER SEAT. NO WORD IF KING CHARLES HAS THAT. >> IT IS A NOTORIOUS BUMPY RIDE FOR THE ROYAL REAR END, SHALL WE SAY. WE SAW THE OTHER CARRIAGES JOINING IN THE PROCESSION. PRINCE WILLIAM AND PRINCESS KATE AND PRINCE GEORGE AND PRINCESS CHARLOTTE AND PRINCE LOUIS. WE HAVE THE DUKE OF KENT AND PRINCESS ALEXANDRA. THE PRINCESS WILL BE, DAISY, THE GOLD STICK IN WAITING. >> ON HORSE BACK. IN A WAY, SHE IS THERE TO LEAD THE MILITARY PROCESSION AND TO PROTECT HER BROTHER. IT IS, OBVIOUSLY, A CEREMONIAL ROLE, BUT IT IS A HUGE PRIVILEGE AND SHE HAS SPOKEN ABOUT IT IN THE LAST FEW DAYS SAYING SHE TAKES THIS AS IT WAS INTENDED TO BE A SIGN FROM HER BROTHER HOW MUCH HE VALUES HER AND HOW HE HAS ALWAYS SAID SHE LOOKS AFTER HIM AND PROTECTS HIM. HE WANTED THAT TO BE SHOWN IN THE PROCESSIONAL MANNER. THAT IS TOUCHING WITH THE PLUMING HAT BEHIND WHICH YOU COULD HARDLY SEE PRINCE HARRY. >> SIMON LEWIS, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK AT THE OLD FOOTAGE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG CHARLES, CHARLES AND ANNE, THE ELDEST OF THE CHILDREN WERE ALWAYS TOGETHER. HERE THEY ARE AGAIN. STILL APPARENTLY CLOSE AND GIVING, DAISY MENTIONED, A REAL ROLE OF HONOR IN THIS PROCESSION. I'LL TURN TO TIM BOUVERIE, OUR HISTORIAN. WE WERE DISCUSSING THE FAMILY TIES. THE PRINCESS ROYALS SPENDING TIME TOGETHER. THE OLDEST CHILDREN BEFORE THE LITTLE ONES COMING ALONG. YOU SEE THE BOND THERE. HE HAS GIVEN HER A ROLE OF HONOR, HAS HE NOT? >> HE CERTAINLY HAS. HE HAS ONE SISTER AND SHE IS IMMENSELY POPULAR. FAMOUSLY THE MOST HARD WORKING ROYAL. THE MOST DUTIES DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR THAN ANY OTHER. HE ALSO INVESTED IN A PRIVATE CEREMONY WITH THE ROLE DEPUTIZING HER WHEN HE IS OUT OF THE COUNTRY. HE MADE A REMARK IN THE RECENT INTERVIEW THAT THE MONARCHY CANNOT BE TRIMMED DOWN TOO MUCH. WHEN THE PRINCE OF WALES MADE THE COMMENTS OF SLIMMING DOWN THE MONARCHY, HE HAD TWO WORKING SONS. THAT IS NO LONGER THE CASE. THE NOW PRINCE OF EDINBOURGH HAVE ROYAL DUTIES. >> YOU SEE PRINCE HARRY WITH THE VANTAGE POINT. WE SEE PRINCE ANDREW THERE. HE WAS WEARING A MORNING SUIT. NOT THE MILITARY UNIFORM. HE MAY HAVE PREFERRED. WE DID SEE ANDREW EARLIER HERE IN SOME KIND OF ORNAMENTAL GARMENT. UNCLEAR WHAT IT WAS EXACTLY. IT IS UNDERSCORING THOSE WHO ARE INSIDE AND WORKING ROYALS AND THOSE ARE THE PER REPRESENTATIVE -- PERIPHERY, NOW WITH PRINCE HARRY. >> YOU HAVE THE DUKE OF SUSSEX WEARING HIS MEDAL, ALTHOUGH HE IS NOT IN MILITARY UNIFORM. HE IS NOT A WORKING ROYAL. WHAT I THINK IS REALLY INTERESTING IS WATCHING HIM JOIN THE OTHER ROYALS IN THE VEHICLES BEHIND THE PROCESSION AS THE GOLD STATE COACH MAKES ITS WAY TOWARD YOU. THE EXTRAORDINARY PROCESSION HEADS TOWARD YOU. SO IS PRINCE HARRY. WE ASSUME HE IS HEADING TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE. THE BIG QUESTION, I THINK, IS GOING TO BE HOW LONG WILL HE STAY IN LONDON? THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS HE WOULD HEAD BACK TO CALIFORNIA. THIS IS, OF COURSE, HIS SON'S BIRTHDAY TODAY. WILL HE STAY? ULTIMATELY, AND WE HAVE NOTHING TO SAY. PERHAPS IT IS UNLIKELY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY HE MAY APPEAR ON THE BUCKINGHAM PALACE BALCONY WITH THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES. >> MANY PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MOMENT AND THAT MOMENT WILL UNFOLD, HOWEVER, IN A FEW MOMENTS FROM NOW. RIGHT NOW, THE 1.5 MILE PROCESSION SOMEWHAT WITH WESTMINSTER ABBEY THE SIGHT OF THE SERVICE AND BACK TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE AT A HORSES' PACE IN THE GOLD STATE COACH. WEIGHING FOUR TONS AND CARRIED BY EIGHT HORSES. MANY ALONG THE WAY OF THE NEWLY CORONATED KING AND QUEEN. MOLLY HUNTER ALONG THE CROWD. WHAT DO YOU SEE? >> SAVANNAH, IT IS STUNNING. MOMENTARILY, YOU WILL SEE THEM TURN THE CORNER AND YOU WILL SEE THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESSION. THEY ARE MAKING THEIR WAY BACK AT A HORSES' PACE AND WALKING PACE. PEOPLE ARE ABSOLUTELY IN AWE. PEOPLE ARE COMPLETELY ENTRANCEN BY THE PRECISION. YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE CAMERA. THE TROOPS FROM THE COMMONWEALTH. YOU SEE THEM IN UNBELIEVABLE PRECISION HERE. 20 DIFFERENT BANDS, SAVANNAH. YOU BELIEVE THEY ARE SEPARATED OUT BY TROOPS SO THEY DON'T COMPETE. WE ARE SEEING THE FIRST OF 20 RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE MAKING THEIR WAY BY, AS YOU SAY, 1,000 PEOPLE LINING THE ROUTE FROM THE ARMED FORCES AND STANDARD BEARERS OF THE LEAGUE AND UNIFORMED SERVICES AND YOUTH SERVICES STANDING AT ATTENTION. THEY ARE GOING BY. WE ARE TALKING THOUSANDS OF AIRMEN AND SEAMEN AND SOLDIERS WALKING BY RIGHT NOW. IT IS A SIGHT TO BEHOLD. THERE ARE A LOT OF FLAGS WAVING IN TUNE WITH THE BAND GOING BY ME RIGHT NOW. IT IS EXTREMELY JUBILANT OUT HERE, SAVANNAH. I'M SURE THE NOISE WILL TRAVEL TO YOU MOMENTARILY. >> I THINK WE ARE CATCHING THE BEGINNING OF THE PROPROCESSION. THERE IS THE GOLD STATE COACH DOWN BUCKINGHAM PALACE. YOU SEE THE FLAGS OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND REALMS HERE. 4,000 MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY IS PART OF THE PROCESSION. THE LARGEST MILITARY OPERATION IN 70 YEARS SINCE THE QUEEN'S CORONATION 70 YEARS AGO. TALK ABOUT THE SOURCE OF THE MILITARY PARADE AND PROCESSION HAS TO LITERALLY SQUEEZE THROUGH THE GATES OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE. A 12-FILE LINE HAS TO BE A 6-FILE LINE BECAUSE OF THE SALUTE INSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE SHORTLY, WILFRED. >> THAT WAS A KEY DECISION MADE BECAUSE THE MANY THOUSANDS OF TROOPS WHICH HAVE COME FROM CANADA AND AUSTRALIA, WOULD HAVE ENDED AND DISAPPEARED AND NEVER CAUGHT SIGHT OF THE KING. THEY WANTED TO GATHER OUT OF THE BACK OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE TO SALUTE THE KING. THE TIMING IS KEY. THEY WILL SUDDENLY HAVE TO SPEED UP AND FILE DOWN AS THEY GO THROUGH THE GATES OF THE PALACE. >> EVERY TIME THEY GO AROUND A CORNER OR THROUGH A NARROW GAP, THEY HAVE TO DO THE MOVEMENT WHERE THEY CHANGE THE PACE WHICH THEY ARE MARCHING BY A NANOSECOND TO COME TOGETHER AND FAN OUT WITHOUT CAUSING LOGJAMS OR TRAFFIC JAMS. YOU SEE ON A MOTORWAY WHEN THE SPEED GOES UP AND DOWN. EXACTLY THE SAME THING HAPPENS IN THE MILITARY PROCESSIONS. THEY ARE AMENDING THE GAIT AND LENGTH OF THEIR STEP TO STAY IN LINE. THERE IS SO MUCH YOU CAN'T SEE WITH THE NAKED EYE THAT IS GOING ON. >> THEY CAN'T SEE IT BECAUSE THERE ARE 4,000 OF THEM. ROUGHLY 1.3 MILES LONG ON A ROUTE THAT IS 1.4 MILES LONG. REMARKABLE TO KEEP THIS IN TIME. >> WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THEM FILE IN BEHIND US WITH THE MAGIC TRICK OF SQUEEZING IN THE GATES OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE. WE AWAIT THE ARRIVAL OF THE GOLD COACH HERE. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO THE CEREMONY AND APPLAUSE AT KEY MOMENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WITH THE KING WAS CROWNED AT THE MOMENT. THAT MOMENT, PRESIDENT BIDEN CONGRATULATED KING CHARLES AND QUEEN CAMILLA. WE ARE HOPING THAT PERHAPS THE SKIES WILL PART FOR THE MILITARY FLYOVER THAT IS PLANNED FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON. AS I TURN TO TIM BOUVERIE, OUR BRITISH HISTORIAN. YOU REFLECT ON A DAY LIKE THIS AND IT SPEAKS TO THE FACETS OF THE KING'S REIGN AS CEREMONIAL HEAD OF STATE AND HEAD OF THE ARMED FORCES AND HEAD OF THE CHURCH. >> YES, CERTAINLY. WE HAD THE RELIGIOUS PART. THIS IS NOW THE POMP AND PAGEANTRY. THIS PROCESSION BACK TO THE PALACE, WHICH WAS BROUGHT INTO THE REALM OF EDWARD VII. IT WAS A SMALL ISLAND AND YET RULING OVER A VAST SWATH OF THE WORLD. THAT NO LONGER HAPPENS, OF COURSE. THE PAGEANTRY STILL HAPPENS. THE COMMONWEALTH FLAGS IN THE PROCESSION. YOU CAN SEE THE PRE-TELEVISION AGE AND SOMEHOW EXPORTS THE BRITISH ISLE. >> WE WILL BRING IN SIMON LEWIS INTO THE CONVERSATION, FORMER PAGE OF THE QUEEN. THIS SERVICE WENT OFF WITHOUT A HITCH. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY JUSTIN WELBY SAID HE HAD BEEN PRACTICING WITH A CROWN, REPLICA CROWN. TO PLACE THE CROWN ON CHARLES HEAD, ANYTHING TO STANDSTILL LONG ENOUGH WITH THE CROWN AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE NOTHING WENT WRONG IN THE MOMENT. I ASSUME THE PALACE WILL BE HAPPY WITH HOW THE SERVICE UNFOLDED TODAY. >> IT WAS BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED. I WAS TALKING TO PEOPLE AROUND THE PALACE EARLIER IN THE WEEK. THEY WERE CONFIDENT. THAT IS THE BEST YOU CAN GET FROM PALACE OFFICIALS IN TERMS OF OPTIMISM. THE GREAT THING ABOUT THE MONARCHY AND ROYAL FAMILY IS THEY MANAGE EXPECTATIONS. ALL THESE GREAT EVENTS, IN MY EXPERIENCE, ARE BETTER THAN PEOPLE EXPECT. NEVER A SENSE OF TRYING TO OVERSELL THINGS. THIS WAS JUST ABSOLUTE SUPERB. METICULOUSLY PLANNED. THE FACT IS THESE ARE THE EVENTS THAT REALLY MATTER ON THE WORLD STAGE AS WELL. EVEN FOR ME, THAT WONDERFUL MOMENT PRINCE WILLIAM, PAYING HOMAGE TO HIS FATHER, THE KING. IT'S A POWERFUL SYMBOL. I SUSPECT THE PALACE WILL BE FEELING PRETTY PLEASED ABOUT HOW THIS WENT, I HAVE TO SAY. >> AND THE BAND IS GROWING LOUDER AS MORE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY FILE PAST US. THERE IS THE SHOT, THE GOLD STATE COACH. THE SHOWSTOPPER OF BRITISH COACHES. >> IT LOOKED SO GOLDEN, IT'S ALMOST FAKE. I ASSURE YOU, IT IS NOT. SEVEN LAYERS OF GOLD LEAF IN RE-GILTED AND COMMISSIONED BY GEORGE III. AT THE TIME, THAT GOLD SHINE, THE SPLENDOR OF IT, WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM. IT WAS THE TALLEST COACH AT 3.6 METERS TALL WHEN IT WAS BUILT. BACK THEN, THOSE WERE CRITICAL TO SHOWCASING YOUR MAJESTY AND STATUS WITHOUT, OF COURSE, ALL OF THE MODERN PROMOTIONAL TOOLS TODAY. IT IS ALSO LOOKING A LITTLE BIT RICKETY. >> THE REASON IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE IS THE SUSPENSION IS ON STRAPS OF LEATHER. VERY ANCIENT WAY OF SUSPENDING IT. THE REASON IT IS SO TALL WAS SO THAT THE MONARCH COULD BE SEEN BY THE PEOPLE. YOU COULD LOOK UP AND SEE THE MONARCH OVER THE HEADS OF THE SOLDIERS AND OVER THE HEADS OF THE CROWDS. >> THE SUSPENSION WAS THE BEST IN 1831. THAT WAS THE BEST TO OFFER. >> FAIR ENOUGH. >> STATE OF THE ART THEN AND NOW A BUMPY RIDE FOR THE ROYALS. I BELIEVE THAT IS THE DIAMOND STATE JUBILEE RIDE FOR THE PRINCE. >> THE THREE CHILDREN THERE. THEY DID A CLEVER TRICK WITH LOUIS IN THE SERVICE. SOME VIEWERS WOULDN'T HAVE NOTICED. HE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN THERE THE WHOLE OF THE SERVICE. HE SNUCK OFF FOR A BIT IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH I THINK WAS VERY WISE, SO HE COULD COME BACK AND BE ON FORM. >> I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SHE SLIPPED HIM AN iPAD WHICH MANY PARENTS WOULD HAVE DONE IF THEY HAD THAT. LET'S GO TO MOLLY HUNTER IN THE CROWD. SHE IS GETTING A GLIMPSE OF WHAT HER PART OF THE CROWD IS WAITING FOR. >> WE ARE ABOUT TO, SAVANNAH. I THINK I OVERESTIMATE HOW QUICKLY THE GOLD STATE COACH IS MOVING. IT HAS COME TO THE TOP OF THE MOUNT. IT IS PROBABLY A MINUTE AWAY. EVERYONE WITH NECKS CRANED AND iPHONES UP AND UMBRELLAS DOWN TO SEE. PEOPLE ARE WAVING FLAGS AND WAITING THE MOMENT. ONE MOMENT PEOPLE CAME OUT TO SEE. SAVANNAH, KING CHARLES WILL WOULD BE ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET WE ARE ON. ON THE WAY OUT, QUEEN CAMILLA WAS ON MY SIDE. WE GOT TO WAVE TO HER. WE WERE EYE-TO-EYE WITH HER IN THE DIAMOND JUBILEE COACH WHICH IS A FEW FEET UP. SAVANNAH, WE ARE STILL PROBABLY 30 OR 40 SECONDS AWAY. HE IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF US. >> WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON IT. KATIE, OUR ROYAL CORRESPONDENT. I WAS LOOKING AT IMAGES OF WILLIAM AND PRINCE GEORGE AND YOU HAVE PRINCE CHARLES AT HIS MOTHER'S CORONATION. HE KNOWS ONE DAY THIS IS THEIR DESTINY AS WELL. >> ABSOLUTELY. SAVANNAH, YOU SAID THE WORD. DESTINY AND SUCCESSION. WE HAVE SEEN THE POMP AND PAGEANTRY NOW. WE HAVE SEEN THE ANCIENT RITUAL. YOU LOOK AT WILLIAM AND GEORGE AS A PAGE. LOOKING AFTER THE KING. BOTH THOSE MEN, THAT REALIZATION PARTICULARLY FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES, I'M GOING TO BE NEXT. THIS IS ABOUT SUCCESSION. WHAT WE WILL SEE IN A FEW MOMENTS TIME, I THINK, IS THAT PROJECTION OF THE FUTURE OF THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR. I THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD AGREE THAT BECAUSE OF HIS AGE ALONE, CHARLES WILL BE A TRANSITIONAL KING. REAL FUTURE OF THE HOUSE OF WINDSOR LIES IN THE WALES FAMILY. NO MISTAKEN THAT. IT WAS DELIBERATE AND ALL ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF THE FUTURE. >> WE SAW THOSE MOMENTS WHERE IT WAS WILLIAM WHO TOOK AN OATH AS LEIGE MAN FOR LIFE. WILLIAM KNELT AT HIS FATHER AT A STRIKING MOMENT. YOU SEE THAT TRADITION AND TRAJECTORY AND THREAD THAT THE MONARCHY IS MEANT TO REPRESENT. >> YOU HAVE TO PAUSE AND ADMIRE THE WAY THIS ROYAL FAMILY HAS ENDURED THROUGH TIME. WHEN THE QUEEN WAS CROWNED 70 YEARS AGO, THERE WERE 100 MONARCHYS. TODAY, THERE ARE 25. ONE IS RELEVANT. THROUGH TIME, MONARCHYS HAVE BEEN THROWN OUT OR BECOME IRRELEVANT. NO POWER, BUT RELEVANCE. THE ONLY WHICH STILL HAS A CORONATION RITUAL OR SERVICE. WE ARE WITNESSING THAT TODAY. WE MOVE AHEAD OF THE CURVE SO THEY NEVER FACE THAT FINAL MOMENT. THAT IS NOW CHARLES DUTY TO MOVE AHEAD OF THE CURVE SO THEY DON'T FACE THE RIP THE BAND-AID MOMENT OFF WITH THE BRITISH PEOPLE. >> AS I TURN TO TIM BOUVERIE, OUR BRITISH HISHISTORIAN, I WON IF YOU THOUGHT THE MONARCHY WOULD BE WEAKENED BY VIRTUE OF THE QUEEN'S PASSING? >> I THINK IT WAS A VERY AND IS A VERY HARD ACT TO FOLLOW. YET, THE FACT THAT THE QUEEN WAS ABLE TO REIGN FOR SO LONG HAS BEEN AN ADVANTAGE THROUGH THE PRESENT KING WHO WENT THROUGH SOME PERIOD OF UNPOPULARITY FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF HIS MARRIAGE AND DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE PRINCESS DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES. I THINK THE MONARCHY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A RICK ETY STATE OVER NOW. THAT LONGEVITY HELPED HIM. THE KING, IN MANY WAYS, IS AHEAD OF HIS TIME. WE SPOKEN ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES HE PARTICULARLY CARES ABOUT SUCH AS THE ENVIRONMENT. I THINK THAT ELEMENT OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN THAT HE HAS DEDICATED SO MUCH OF TIME AS PRINCE OF WALES TO MAKES THE MONARCHY RELEVANT AND REVITALIZING. HE WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I THINK IT WAS SOME OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERTS WHO SAID THE MONARCHY IS ABOUT MYSTERY. TAKE AWAY THE MYSTERY AND YOU TAKE AWAY ITS POWER. IN THE DIGITAL AGE OF SNAPCHAT AND EVERY PERSON YOU MEET VIDEOING YOU, YOU CANNOT HAVE MUCH MYSTERY. IT IS A DIFFICULT THING. WE SAW THAT WITH THE PEN EARLIER FOLLOWING THE SUCCESSION OF HIS MOTHER. EVERY MOMENT IS CAPTURED IN A MOMENT THAT WASN'T FOR THE LATE QUEEN. I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN THE KING WILL BE ABLE TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE AND HIS POPULARITY HAS INCREASED MARKETEDLY OVER THE LAST DECADE. >> IF YOU ARE JUST TUNING IN THIS MORNING IN THE U.S., WE ARE WATCHING THE NEWLY COORDINATED KING AND QUEEN AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND BACK TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE IN THE HISTORIC GOLD STATE COACH. THIRD OLDEST COACH IN THE BRITISH COLLECTION. THEY ARE BEING FOLLOWED BY SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS, SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. PROCESSION THAT IS LEADING TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE WHERE THERE WILL BE A SALUTE OF THE TROOPS. 4,000 TROOPS WALKING ON THE STREETS OF LONDON. FANS AS WELL. AN ABSOLUTE FEAT OF PRECISION AND FORTITUDE IN THIS WEATHER AT CERTAIN MOMENTS. PEOPLE ALONG THE STREETS HAVE LINED UP HOPING TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF KING CHARLES AND QUEEN CAMILLA. IT IS SLOW GOING BECAUSE IT IS A HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE WEIGHING SEVERAL TONS. TAKES EIGHT HORSES TO CARRY IT. AT THAT POINT, IT IS STILL GOING AT A SLOW PACE INDEED. IT GIVES THE CROWD A GOOD CHANCE TO HAVE A GOOD LOOK AT THEIR KING. >> PICKING UP ON WILFRED'S POINT A FEW MOMENTS AGO ABOUT THE RELEVANCE OF THE MONARCHY AND HOW THEY ARE TRYING TO TREAD A FINE LINE OF RELEVANT AND HISTORICAL. >> LET'S GO TO MOLLY HUNTER WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE. MOLLY. >> KING CHARLES IS RIGHT THERE. I KNOW. NOT BAD. A COUPLE OF FEET. I WILL LET ME CAMERAMAN ZOOM IN. GOLD STATE COACH JUST WENT BY. NEAR FEET AWAY. YOU HEAR THE DEAFENING CHEERS AROUND ME. THAT WAS PRETTY EXCITING. I THINK I JUST MADE CONTACT WITH KING CHARLES. HE WAS ABOUT OUR LEVEL. >> WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO MAKE EYE CONTACT. I THINK THAT IS THE QUEEN AND ONE OF HER FAVORITE LINES. THE QUEEN HAS TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED. THE PERCH IS A GOOD VIEW FOR THOSE ASSEMBLED HERE. >> THE WEATHER HAS BEEN DISAPPOINTING, BUT IT IS BRIGHTENING UP. WE HEARD PRINCE WILLIAM AT THE WALK ABOUT YESTERDAY SAYING THEY WERE ALL PRAYING FOR FINE WEATHER. THEIR PRAYERS WEREN'T ANSWERED, BUT IT IS ASTONISHING HOW MANY HAVE COME OUT TO BRAVE THE WET WEATHER. >> THAT IS GREAT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS PART WHERE IT IS NOT POURING DOWN AS MUCH AS IT HAS BEEN. MORE IMPORTANTLY TO COME, ONCE THE PROCESSION IS FINISHED, THEY WILL OPEN UP THE MILE AND THIS AREA BEHIND US WHERE THE PROCESSION IS TAKING PLACE, WILL FILL WITH PEOPLE. THAT PART WE HOPE THE WEATHER HOLDS. FOR ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE AND THEIR MAJESTY. WE HOPE THEY COME OUT AND SPEND TIME ON THE BALCONY AND GET TO SEE THE APPRECIATION OF THE PEOPLE. >> THE BALCONY IS A BIT OF A MYSTERY. SO MUCH HAS BEEN CHOREOGRAPHED DOWN TO THE SECOND. KATIE NICHOLS THE BALCONY SHOT OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE. WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHO IS EXPECTED TO BE A PART OF IT. WHETHER JUST THE KING AND QUEEN OR JUST THE WORKING ROYALS. SOME HAVE HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE A GLIMPSE OF HARRY AND WILLIAM. RIGHT BEHIND US, YOU TAKE OUR CAMERA, YOU CAN SEE KING CHARLES' COACH. >> THE PALACE HAS TOLD US. >> KATIE, FORGIVE US. WE WERE MESMERIZED BY THE GOLD OF THE GOLD STATE COACH. CARRY ON. >> OF COURSE. OF COURSE, YOU WERE. IT IS A WONDERFUL MOMENT. I DON'T BLAME YOU. THE PALACE HAS PLAYED THEIR CARDS CLOSE TO THE CHEST OVER THE BALCONY. THAT WILL BE A TELLING MOMENT OF THE DAY. IF YOU THINK BACK TO 2012 TO THE DIAMOND JUBILEE WHICH WAS A TOTAL WASHOUT. CHARLES USED THAT MOMENT TO PROJECT THAT IMAGE OF THE FUTURE OF THE MONARCHY. HIM, CAMILLA, WILLIAM, KATE AND HARRY AND THE QUEEN. THEN THE DUKE WAS IN HOSPITAL. HE STOOD OUT IN THE RAIN ON THE BARGE FOR TWO HOURS AND GOT A TERRIBLE CHILL. WHAT WE WILL SEE TODAY? WILL WE SEE THE KING PROJECT WHAT HE WANTS TO BE WITH THE IMAGE OF THE FUTURE OF THE ROYAL FAMILY? WILL WE SEE IT AS WORKING MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY? THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF EDINBOROUGH. THEY ARE WITH THE LATE QUEEN WHO REFERRED TO AS MY SUBSTITUTES. CHARLES USED THEM AS HIS SUBSTITUTES. THE COMMENTS MADE THAT HOW WISE IT WOULD BE TO SLIM DOWN THE MONARCHY AND IT IS SLIM ALREADY. THAT RAISES THE QUESTION OF HOW THE MONARCHY WILL WORK IN THE FUTURE. HOW MANY ENGAGEMENTS IT WILL CARRY OUT IN THE FUTURE OR HAVE TO COMPLETELY REMODEL ITSELF? >> WE ARE WATCHING AS THE GOLD STATE COACH MAKES ITS WAY INSIDE THE PALACE GATES FOLLOWED IN THE PROCESSION BY SENIOR MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. THEY WILL HAVE A MOMENT TO PAUSE INSIDE BEFORE A SALUTE AND WE HAVE THE BALCONY WAVE UNFOLDING IN THE NEXT 90 MINUTES HERE IN LONDON. INCREDIBLE TO WITNESS HISTORY. DAISY, TAKING A STEP BACK. WHAT DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS MEAN TO THE BRITISH PEOPLE? >> I THINK THE INTEREST IN THE CORONATION WILL HAVE SURPRISED PEOPLE. THERE IS SIGNIFICANCE AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS. A DEMOGRAPHIC AND GENERATIONAL FLIP HERE. THE OLDER YOU ARE, THE MORE LIKELY YOU ARE TO BE A GREAT FAN OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. THAT IS A CHALLENGE. THEY HAVE TO BE RELEVANT, BUT THEY HAVE TO REACH PARTS OF BRITAIN THEY HAVEN'T MANAGED TO REACH IN THE PAST. I THINK PART OF THAT WILL BE USING KATE AND WILLIAM AND THE CHILDREN AS WE CAN SEE THEM THERE TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY WHICH IS WHY CHARLES AND CAMILLA ARE KEEN TO SHARE THE STAGE WITH KATE AND WILLIAM. >> THEY CAN TAKE MORE CLOSEUPS OF PRINCE GEORGE AND PRINCESS CHARLOTTE AND PRINCE LOUIS. >> WE HAVE HAD TWO MASSIVE ROY ROYAL EVENTS IN THE LAST YEAR. THE JUBILEE AND QUEEN'S FUNERAL. IF THE KING WAITED LONGER, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SEEN AS MAKING IT ABOUT HIM. TRYING TO STEAL THE LIMELIGHT FOCUSED ON HIM. IT WAS A PURPOSEFUL DECISION TO PIGGYBACK ON THE POPULARITY OF THE QUEEN AND GET THIS DONE QUICKLY AND DON'T SCREW IT UP AS OPPOSED TO DO IT HIMSELF. >> WE HEAR SPONTANEOUS APPLAUSE FROM THE CROWD AS THEY MOVE INTO THE GATES. WE WILL CHECK IN WITH KRISTEN WELKER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. OUR CORRESPONDENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE DURING THE MOMENT. THE WHITE HOUSE WAS READY WITH A TWEET CONGRATULAING KING CHARLES AND QUEEN CAMILLA. >> THAT IS RIGHT, SAVANNAH, PRESIDENT BIDEN WATCHING THIS HISTORIC DAY UNFOLD. TWEETING CONGRATULATIONS TO KING CHARLES III AND QUEEN CAMILLA ON THEIR CORONATION. THE ENDUING FRIENDSHIP WITH THE U.S. AND UK IS A SOURCE FOR OUR PEOPLE. AS WE HAVE BEEN SAYING, THE PRESIDENT IS ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY HE IS NOT THERE. HE TALKED ABOUT THE FACT HE IS HERE DEALING WITH CHALLENGES HERE ON THE HOMEFRONT. HE HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH KING CHARLES, SAVANNAH, THAT REALLY GOES BACK DECADES. HE WAS AT QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FUNERAL. THE TWO WERE TOGETHER AT A CLIMATE SUMMIT IN 2021. THEY, OF COURSE, MET WHEN HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT AND GOING BACK TO HIS DAYS REALLY AS A SENATOR. THEY HAVE THIS SHARED DEDICATION FOR FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE. I THINK MOVING FORWARD, I THINK WE ANTICIPATE PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL BE WELCOMED AT A STATE VISIT IN THE UK IN THE COMING MONTHS. WORTH NOTING, SAVANNAH, KING CHARLES HAS A LONG HISTORY OF MEETING U.S. PRESIDENTS. HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD MEETING PRESIDENT EISENHOWER. HE WAS 20 WHEN HE VISITED THE NIXON WHITE HOUSE. HE EQUIPPED THEY WERE TRYING TO MARRY ME OFF TO TRICIA NIXON. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. HE IS MET WITH FORMER PRESIDENT BUSH AND OBAMA AND DONALD TRUMP. AS KING, HE WILL TAKE A STEP BACK FROM THAT CLIMATE AGENDA. SAVANNAH, ONE INTERESTING NOTE HERE. FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN IS THE FIRST FIRST LADY TO ATTEND A CORONATION. A 23-YEAR-OLD JACQUELINE BOUVIER WAS A FREELANCE REPORTER AS THE TIME. SHE WROTE IN 1953, LONDONERS SEEMED AMAZED AT THE HOARDS OF AMERICANS THERE FOR THE EVENT. NOT UNLIKE WHAT WE ARE SEEING TODAY, SAVANNAH. >> COLORFUL HISTORICAL FACT. DAISY, YOU HAVE BEEN TELLING ME THIS FOR DAYS. YOU ARE TELLING ME PERHAPS WE HAVE A FUTURE FIRST LADY AMONG THE MEDIA RANGES HERE? >> EXACTLY. DID YOU KNOW THAT IT WASN'T JUST RICHARD NIXON WHO WAS TRYING TO MARRY THE KING OFF TO TRICIA NIXON. THERE WAS THE OCCASION WHEN GEORGE W. BUSH AND PRINCE CHARLES MET AND JOKED ABOUT THE BUSH DAUGHTERS, TWINS, MARRYING WILLIAM AND HARRY. THERE IS A LOT OF MATCH MAKING GOING ON ACROSS THE POND OVER THE YEARS. >> I KNOW THE BUSH DAUGHTERS WELL. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPLOSIVE. PUT IT THAT WAY. >> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT. >> PRINCE LOUIS WAS WELL BEHAVED. JENNA BUSH STUCK HER TONGUE OUT AT THE PRESS. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXCITING. IF YOU WONDER WHERE WE ARE IN THE CEREMONY TODAY, WE HAD THE CORONATION SERVICE AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY. YOU ARE WATCHING THE LAST VESTIGES OF THE MILITARY ARMED FORCES FILE INTO BUCKINGHAM PALACE. IN A FEW MOMENTS FROM NOW, WE WILL SEE THEM REEMERGE ON THE WEST TERRACE OF THE GARDEN OF THE PALACE WHERE THERE WILL BE A SALUTE TO KING CHARLES. IT SHOULD BE QUITE A MOMENT. AN OPPORTUNITY, AS WELL, FOR THE ARMED FORCES WHO COME FROM FAR AND WIDE TO CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THEIR KING, WILFRED. >> I WANT TO FOLLOW-UP AND WE UNDERSTAND WHY THE PRESIDENT IS NOT HERE AND THERE IS NO PRECEDENT FOR PRESIDENTS TO BE HERE. HOW GREAT IS IT FOR THE FIRST LADY TO BE HERE? IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL TO SEE HIM HERE FROM HEAD OF STATE TO HEAD OF STATE INVINVITING. MOST IMPORTANT DAY OF KING CHARLES' LIFE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO SEE. >> THE PRESIDENT DID SAY HE WAS PLANNING TO MAKE A VISIT IN THE COMING DAYS. WILFRED, THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. >> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT. >> THE TRADITIONAL REASON WITH THE PLANNING OF THE CORONATION HERE IN BRITAIN WOULD NOT HAVE INVITED ANY HEADS OF STATE. THEY DIDN'T WANT THE KING OR QUEEN TO BE OUT-RANG RANKED BY ANY FOREIGN HEAD OF STATE. IT WAS A HIERARCHY TRADITIONALLY. THAT WAS THE REASON GOING BACK. >> AND MANY HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO, ANNIVERSARIES, INCLUDING THE U.S. AND UK. I WONDER FOR THE VISITING EUROPEAN ROYALS THERE AND IF THERE WAS A ELEMENT OF ENVY. THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH RELEVANCE. THEY DON'T HAVE CORONATIONS. >> THEY DON'T GET A CORONATION OF THEIR OWN. THAT IS RIGHT. IT IS REALLY THE JAPANESE ROYAL FAMILY WHICH CAN TRACE HERITAGE BACK AS FAR AS THE BRITS GO. WE KNOW AMONG ROYAL CIRCLES, THERE IS COMPETITION. MY FAMILY IS OLDER THAN YOURS. IT IS A PUTDOWN. >> MY JEWELS ARE BIGGER THAN YOUR JEWELS? ROYALS ARE JUST LIKE US. >> JUST AS COMPETITIVE. TALKING OF JEWELS. ANOTHER TOUCHING THING THAT HAS COME OUT DURING THE SERVICE. THE CROWN THE QUEEN AS QUEEN CAMILLA IS WEARING, WHICH WE WERE JOKING EARLIER. THE FIRST TIME A QUEEN CONSORT HAS HAD A HAND-ME-DOWN CROWN RATHER THAN ONE MADE FOR HER. SHE HAS TWO QUEEN ELIZABETH II'S BROOCHES INCORPORATED INTO THE CROWN. >> THE PALACE WAS POINTING OUT IT WAS A RECYCLED CROWN. IT HAS QUITE A GLOW UP OF DIAMONDS FROM QUEEN ELIZABETH II'S COLLECTION. >> IT HAD A GLOW UP. CAMILLA CAN'T WEAR ANY OF THE QUEEN'S EARRINGS. THE QUEEN HAD PIERCED EARS AND CAMILLA DOESN'T. SHE CANNOT TAKE ADVANTAGES OF THAT. >> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE TAKING A MOMENT WITH THE CROWNS OFF? AS WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AND THEY ARE HEAVY. >> A MARTINI FOR THE KING AND GLASS OF RED FOR THE QUEEN. THAT'S HER'S. >> A MOMENT TO PAUSE AND HAVE A FAMILY MOMENT. WE HOPE THAT -- WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE THE SALUTE. >> THE GARDEN OF THE WEST TERRACE OF THE PALACE. THEY WILL SQUEEZE 4,000 TROOPS. >> THE BACK END OF THE PROCESSION IS STILL GOING PAST US. WE ARE WAITING TO SEE, AS YOU SEE SOME OF THEM COMING IN. ONCE THAT IS FINISHED BEHIND US, THE MALL WILL OPEN AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD FOR THE BALCONY WAVE. A FEW BITS GOING ON BEFORE WE GET THE BACK OF THE PALACE. >> ARE YOU METEOROLOGISTS? THE REAL QUESTION THIS AFTERNOON IS WHETHER THIS MILITARY FLYOVER OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE JETS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE BALCONY? >> I AM NOT. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER. HE HAS JUST BEEN TEXTING ME SAYING HE DOESN'T THINK IT LOOKS GOOD. HE SAYS THE CLOUDS ARE LOW AT800 FEET. HE IS NOT SURE THAT FLYPAST CAN HAPPEN. WE KNOW PARTICULARLY THIS TIME OF YEAR, THE WEATHER HERE CAN CHANGE IN A NANOSECOND. IF THE CLOUDS LIFT AND WEATHER CHANGES, THE FLY PAST WILL OBVIOUSLY HAPPEN. >> BY THE WAY, A SILVER LINING WE ARE NOT IN THE MIDST OF RAIN FOR THIS KEY PART WHERE SO MUCH IS OUTDOORS AND SO MANY PEOPLE GET INVOLVED. I THINK THE BALCONY WAVE AND PEOPLE IN FRONT OF HIM IS IMPORTANT. THERE ARE POLLS THAT JUDGE PUBLIC OPINION. ONE IS ON THE VERY WEEKEND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COME OUT IN SUPPORT VERSUS THOSE THAT COME OUT TO PROTEST. THE TONE OF THAT. WHEN WE HAD THE LAST BIG GATHERING AND THE KING BECAME KING, THE FOCUS WAS ON SAYING GOOD-BYE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH II. WITH THE CORONATION, WE CAN BRING THE FOCUS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT THE ROYAL FAMILY TO LAST AND WHAT THEY THINK OF THE JOB KING CHARLES IS DOING. >> AND MOLLY WAS SAYING EARLIER, IT MIGHT NOT BE A BALCONY APPEARANCE HERE. IT MIGHT BE MULTIPLE. THE QUEEN DID SIX IN THE LAST ONE AS LATE AS MIDNIGHT. THAT IS BECAUSE THEY WERE CALLING AND CALLING AND CALLING FOR THE NEW, YOUNG QUEEN TO COME OUT ON TO THE BALCONY. PERHAPS WE'LL GET MORE THAN ONE. >> THERE WILL BE PEOPLE HERE WAITING FOR THAT MOMENT IF IT COMES.
