What to look out for in the processions

Thousands of radical are expected to enactment the streets hoping to drawback a glimpse of King Charles III arsenic helium travels betwixt Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey earlier and aft his coronation connected 6 May.

Soldiers and royal footmen, marching bands and ornate coaches, magnificent horses and an Irish wolfhound called Seamus volition each beryllium taking portion successful the UK military's largest ceremonial cognition for 70 years - and it volition each extremity with a spectacular fly-past. Here is what to look retired for.

The time volition statesman astatine 10:20 BST with the comparatively humble King's Procession - the archetypal of 2 processions connected Saturday - successful which the King and Queen Consort Camilla volition question from Buckingham Palace to the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey.

They volition question successful the horse-drawn Diamond Jubilee State Coach, created successful 2012 to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's 60th twelvemonth connected the throne.

The coach, accompanied by the Sovereign's Escort of the Household Cavalry, volition caput down The Mall to Trafalgar Square, past on Whitehall and Parliament Street earlier turning into Parliament Square and Broad Sanctuary.

The 1.42-mile way volition beryllium flanked by 1,000 members of the subject from the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force.

Almost 4,000 equipped forces veterans and NHS and societal attraction workers person been invited to ticker from specially built grandstands successful beforehand of Buckingham Palace.

The 200-strong procession is expected to get astatine the abbey astatine 11:00 for the service.

The work and some processions volition beryllium broadcast online, connected TV and vigor but you tin besides travel events connected large screens successful London's Hyde Park, Green Park, St James's Park and sites astir the country.

If you are readying to ticker the processions up adjacent on The Mall and Whitehall, viewing areas volition beryllium unfastened from 06:00 connected Saturday 6 May and are expected to get precise busy. The large surface areas successful Hyde Park unfastened astatine 05:00.

About halfway done the two-hour coronation ceremony, weapon salutes involving 400 unit volition people the infinitesimal St Edward's Crown is placed connected the King's head.

Twenty-one rounds volition beryllium fired astatine 11 locations astir the UK - including Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast - and connected Royal Navy ships astatine sea.

And successful London, a 62-round salute volition occurrence astatine the Tower of London, on with a six-gun salvo connected Horse Guards Parade.

After the ceremony, successful the 2nd procession of the day, the King and Queen Consort volition question backmost to the palace successful the ornate Gold State Coach arsenic portion of the Coronation Procession - a overmuch larger ceremonial show than the morning's procession.

At the caput of the procession volition beryllium Brigade Major Lieutenant Colonel James Shaw riding Sovereign's Shadow, astir a mile successful beforehand of the coach.

The Gold State Coach, which is covered successful golden leafage and carved decorations, was archetypal utilized by King George III to question to the State Opening of Parliament successful 1762 and has been utilized astatine each coronation successful the past 200 years.

The panels diagnostic Roman gods, and sculptures of cherubs and tritons thrust connected the extortion and implicit the wheels.

Queen Elizabeth II, who utilized the manager for her coronation arsenic good arsenic jubilee celebrations, said it mightiness look luxurious but it was a horrible, uncomfortable thrust due to the fact that of the deficiency of suspension.

It weighs 4 tonnes and is pulled astatine walking gait by eight grey horses, with a mounted rider oregon postilion for each pair.

Alongside the coach, walk 8 grooms, six footmen and four Yeomen of the Guard.

Also contiguous volition beryllium members of the Royal Watermen, who traditionally rowed the Royal Barges up and down the River Thames betwixt the royal palaces, but present person ceremonial duties.

Reports suggest the Prince of Wales' 3 children, princes George and Louis and Princess Charlotte, volition beryllium successful a carriage with their parents down the Gold State Coach.

And much than 4,000 members of the equipped forces from the UK and crossed the Commonwealth, 19 bands and flag-bearers volition articulation them.

Among those taking portion volition beryllium members of the Blues and Royals and Life Guards of the Household Cavalry, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and the Irish Guards with their mascot Seamus, the Irish wolfhound.

The Ministry of Defence says Saturday's lawsuit volition beryllium the largest subject procession successful London since much than 16,000 radical took portion successful Queen Elizabeth II's coronation procession successful 1953.

Some soldiers progressive person returned to correspond their regiments from operational duties oregon grooming exercises abroad, successful places similar Cyprus, Iraq, Kenya and Estonia.

And the Royal British Legion is providing a 100-strong defender of honour to enactment the procession way successful Parliament Square.

The standard-bearers volition correspond the legion and 7 different associated equipped forces charities: the Royal Naval Association; Royal Marines Association; Army Benevolent Fund; Air Forces Association; Royal Commonwealth and Ex Services League; Merchant Navy Association; and SSAFA, the Armed Forces Charity.

The procession volition permission the abbey and question on Whitehall, past the statue of King Charles I astatine Trafalgar Square, done Admiralty Arch and up The Mall to the palace.

The manager is expected to marque the 1.42 mile travel successful astir 30 minutes.

Once the procession has passed, members of the nationalist volition beryllium allowed to determination up The Mall to capable the country astir the Queen Victoria Memorial successful beforehand of Buckingham Palace.

The marching bands volition support a bushed of 108 paces a minute, which is somewhat slower than a modular speedy march of 116 paces a minute, due to the fact that of the velocity of the dense Gold State Coach.

The unit connected parade volition besides person to negociate a tricky drill manoeuvre aft marching down The Mall 12 abreast to walk done the gates of Buckingham Palace six abreast, without dropping their pace.

In a coronation first, each those marching volition signifier up successful the palace gardens wherever they volition springiness a Royal Salute and 3 cheers to the King and Queen Consort.

The King and different members of the Royal Family volition past proceed to the beforehand balcony of Buckingham Palace to greet the nationalist crowds assembled successful The Mall.

They volition past determination to the palace balcony, with different household members for a fly-past astatine astir 14:30 BST.

The six-minute fly-past volition see much than 60 craft from the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. Among the craft connected show volition beryllium helicopters, Spitfires, the caller P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, F-35B Lightning II jets, the caller Envoy IV CC1 and transport aircraft.

They volition beryllium followed by the Red Arrows show team.

If you are not successful London, you mightiness drawback a glimpse of immoderate of the craft arsenic they attack from Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex - oregon aft the fly-past arsenic they disperse implicit Surrey, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

Written and produced by Dominic Bailey and Chris Clayton, plan by Lilly Huynh and Zoe Bartholomew, illustration by Jenny Law.

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