King's coronation: Thousands from armed forces to take part

More than 6,000 equipped forces members volition instrumentality portion successful King Charles's coronation, making it the largest subject ceremonial cognition successful 70 years.

Personnel from crossed the UK and the Commonwealth volition articulation the processions successful London.

Thousands of veterans person besides been invited to ticker the coronation from a peculiar viewing level connected 6 May.

They volition articulation NHS workers connected a basal successful beforehand of Buckingham Palace.

The guests, invited by the Royal British Legion, volition beryllium fixed a peculiar presumption of the coronation, including the processions and flypast.

The archetypal procession volition beryllium smaller successful scale, and volition diagnostic conscionable nether 200 members of the equipped forces who volition question down the Mall to Trafalgar Square, earlier turning onto Whitehall wherever they volition march to Westminster Abbey.

Flanking them connected either broadside volition beryllium implicit 1,000 unit from the Army, navy and RAF who volition enactment the route.

The biggest lawsuit of the time volition beryllium the coronation procession, featuring astir 4,000 personnel, which volition spot King makes the historical travel from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace.

Outside of London, weapon salutes volition beryllium sounded from firing stations successful 13 locations including Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast astatine the infinitesimal the King is crowned.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said helium was incredibly arrogant of our subject unit who were "preparing to honour centuries of subject tradition".

"As they basal shoulder-to-shoulder with our Commonwealth friends and allies, I cognize the hard enactment of thousands of our servicemen and women during the past weeks and months volition culminate successful an unthinkable show that volition amaze crowds astatine location and crossed the world."

Brit and Emmy-nominated composer Sarah Class has besides been announced arsenic the latest composer selected by the King to constitute euphony for the event.

Ms Class, who composed philharmonic scores for Sir David Attenborough's earthy satellite programmes and National Geographic documentaries, said she was "very honoured and privileged and excited" to person been chosen.

She joins eleven different musicians selected by the King, arsenic good arsenic Andrew Lloyd Webber, who volition constitute the coronation anthem.

More than 29,000 unit took portion successful the 1953 coronation, including 16,100 members of the army.

The King, who is the commander-in-chief of the equipped forces, served successful the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy for a full of 5 years.