♪ KIRSTY: GOOD EVENING FROM BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
WHAT A REMARKABLE DAY.
THANKS FOR JOINING ME AS WE TAKE A LOOK BACK AT THE HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SCENES THAT HAVE UNFOLDED HERE IN LONDON AT WHAT HAS BEEN A TRULY JOYFUL CORONATION.
AS WELL AS SHARING SOME OF THE MAGNIFICENT MOMENTS ARE CAMERAS HAVE CAPTURED, I WILL BE TALKING TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE PART OF IT ALL.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WATCH THE DAYS EVENTS BACK IN FULL, EITHER WITH OR WITHOUT COMMENTARY, PLEASE GO ONLINE.
I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME A DELIGHTFUL FACE, SOMEONE I SPOKE TO THIS MORNING JUST AFTER 7:30 A.M. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SAY I WAS THERE COME BECAUSE YOU WERE IN THE ABBEY.
>> I WAS IN THE ABBEY FOR A DAY THAT WAS MR. THAT'’’S HISTORIC -- A DAY THAT WAS HISTORIC, MAJESTIC, AND MOVING.
TO WITNESS THE CROWNING OF KING CHARLES III AND QUEEN CAMILLA, IT WAS A MAGNIFICENT DAY, BUT A MOVING DAY AS WELL.
THE RANGE OF PEOPLE THERE WERE QUITE EXTRAORDINARY.
I FOUND MYSELF HUMBLED, BECAUSE I WAS SITTING ADJACENT -- THE MAN NEXT TO ME WAS THE OLDEST RECIPIENT OF THE VICTORIA CROSS STILL ALIVE, 89 YEARS OF AGE.
SOMEONE WAS CARRYING THE ORDER OF MERIT -- SHE SAID, I THINK I AM THE FIRST NURSE SINCE BRITISH -- SINCE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE WHEN THE BRITISH MEDAL OF MERIT.
DAME EMMA THOMPSON WAS FUMBLING IN HER BAG AND PRODUCED A COUGH SWEET, WHICH WAS PASSED DOWN THE ROW AND GIVEN TO THE COUGHER, WHICH THEN STOPPED, AND IT WAS MARVELOUS, BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH MUSIC AT THIS EVENT.
IT IS MARVELOUS TO HAVE A KING AND QUEEN FOR WHOM THE ARTS REALLY COUNT, AND THE MUSIC WAS PERSONALLY CREATED BY THE KING.
IT WAS FANTASTIC.
KIRSTY: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT EXTENSIVELY TODAY.
FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE ARE SEEING -- IT IS A STATE EVENT, SO THE GOVERNMENT IS PART OF THE GUEST LIST, BUT THE KING AND QUEEN MAKE UP THE REST OF THE GUEST LIST.
IT WAS WIDE-RANGING AND VERY REPRESENTATIVE, AND THE GREAT AND GOOD TODAY BECAME SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
IT WAS NOT PEOPLE WHO WERE SOCIALLY PLACED, BUT PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY AND SO MUCH AND SO MANY WAYS.
KIRSTY: IT WAS FANTASTIC.
THE KING HAD TOLD US YEARS AGO THAT HE WANTED TO BE THE DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, A TOTALLY CHRISTIAN SERVICE -- BUT HE WAS THE DEFENDER OF THE FATES.
WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU SEE -- THERE WAS A PARADE OF LEADERS OF A RANGE OF FATES.
I THOUGHT GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME, THE HIGH FAITH -- B'’’HAI FAITH IS BEING CELEBRATED HERE, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER FAITHS.
KIRSTY: AND FOR THOSE OF US WATCHING ON THE CAMERA COVERAGE, WHICH WAS SENSATIONAL, I HAVE TO SAY, ALTHOUGH I AM A BIT BIASED, WE SAW ALL THESE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT FAITHS ADDRESSING THE KING BEFORE THEY EXITED.
>> BECAUSE THE WHOLE CEREMONY HAD BEEN SO MUCH A TRADITIONAL CHRISTIAN SERVICE, THEY WERE GATHERED, THE FINAL THING, TO SEND HIM ON HIS WAY.
THE DEFENDER OF FATES, THAT'’’S WHAT HE WANTED AS THE FINAL MOMENT.
IT WAS FANTASTIC.
KIRSTY: AND HOW DID THE REGALIA LOOK WHEN YOU WERE IN THE ABBEY?
>> I DON'’’T KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO GO HOME AND HOW I AM GOING TO FACE MY WIFE.
WE HAVE A 50 IT WAS DURING -- 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY COMING UP.
YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS, BUT YOU WERE CONSCIOUS TO THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWNS.
I SUPPOSE THAT I WAS THERE, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE CHARITY WORK THAT THE QUEEN DOES, PARTICULARLY TO DO WITH LITERACY IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
TO SEE A HUMAN BEING HAVING THIS EXTRAORDINARY CROWN PLACED ON THEIR HEAD, AND YOU FELT THEIR VULNERABILITY.
KIRSTY: I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE A HUMAN BEING THAT YOU KNOW -- BUT IN THE END, THEY ARE PEOPLE.
THEY LIVE AND BREATHE AND HAVE BLOOD PUMPING THROUGH THEIR VEINS, BUT WHEN YOU KNOW THE MASS PROPERLY AS WELL AS YOU KNOW THE KING AND QUEEN, WHAT PATTERN -- >> IT IS STRANGE.
I CAME OUT WITH ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, AND THE QUEENS HAIRDRESSER, WHO HAD BEEN UP -- KIRSTY: SHE DID A GREAT JOB.
>> SHE DID, UP SINCE 6:00 THIS MORNING.
KIRSTY: AND THE QUEEN STARTED TO ADJUST HER HAIR.
>> TO MAKE SURE IT IS BALANCED AS IT SHOULD BE -- IT'’’S A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY THEY HAVE TAKEN ON BUT ACCEPTED IT COMPLETELY.
THE KING -- THIS IS THE REASON WE WERE SO MOVED, YOU COULD SEE THE STILLNESS IN HIM, THE CONCENTRATION.
HE WAS THERE IN THE MOMENT.
FOR HIM, IT WAS A MAJOR SPIRITUAL DAY.
HE BELIEVES IN IT ALL AND WANTS IT TO WORK.
IT WILL WORK BECAUSE OF HIS COMMITMENT.
KIRSTY: AND ANOTHER INTERESTING POINT, YOU SAW THE MAN AND NOT THE KING, WHEN THE GOLDEN ROPE WAS REMOVED AND HE WAS STANDING THERE IN A WHITE LINEN LIKE TUNIC.
THERE WAS A GREAT POWER AND SIMPLICITY IN THAT.
>> POWER AND SIMPLICITY, BUT ALSO A GREAT HUMILITY.
THIS IS A HUMAN BEING, QUITE A HUMBLE HUMAN BEING, AND THE EMPHASIS ON THE SERVICE -- I HAVE COMPARED THIS SERVICE TO THE ONE IN 1953 -- THIS WAS CLEANER, SHORTER, BRIEFER, MORE CONCISE, BUT MUCH MORE ABOUT SERVICE.
THIS SERVICE WAS ABOUT SERVICE, FROM BEGINNING TO END.
THERE WERE REFERENCES TO THE KING BEING THERE NOT TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE.
I WAS REMINDED OF THE LAST PUBLIC STATEMENT MADE BY THE LATE QUEEN ELIZABETH II, SHE SIGNED IT, AS YOU REMEMBER, ON HER JUBILEE, YOUR SERVANT.
I FELT ALL THE ECHOES OF THATM, THESE PEOPLE ARE SAYING WE ARE THE SERVANTS, AND THE PEOPLE IN THE CONGREGATION, THEY HAVE BEEN CHOSEN -- MOST OF THEM, THERE WERE EXCEPTION, BUT THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO HAD GIVEN SERVICE.
KIRSTY: I AM WONDERING IF THAT'’’S THE GREATEST THING THE LATE QUEEN BEQUEATHED HER SON, A GREAT SENSE OF DUTY.
IT WAS SURELY ALL OF HIS LIFE THAT HE SAW THAT, EVEN AT THE TIMES WHEN HE MISSED HIS MOTHER, WHEN HIS MOTHER WAS NOT THERE, BECAUSE SHE COULD NOT WITH HIM BECAUSE SHE WAS DOING HER DUTY FOR THE COUNTRY.
>> THE COMMITMENT TO THAT IS ABSOLUTE.
THAT'’’S WHAT IT IS GOING TO BE AND IT IS FANTASTIC.
HAS EMMA THOMPSON GIVEN YOU ONE OF HER COUGH SWEETS?
KIRSTY: AND LOOK AT THIS REMARKABLE THING -- THIS IS VERY, VERY BEAUTIFUL.
THE CORONATION OF THEIR MAJESTIES KING CHARLES III AND QUEEN CAMILLA -- THAT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO LEAVE ON THE TUBE THIS EVENING.
THAT IS PRECIOUS.
>> AND THERE IS BOTH THE ANCIENT AND THE MODERN IN THIS, THE HERALDS AND ALL OF THAT, THE ARISTOCRACY, THERE WERE ALL THERE, BUT THE MODERN TOUCHES WERE THERE TOO.
I THOUGHT IT WAS MOVING WHEN THE PRINCE OF WALES MADE HIS HOMAGE.
WE HAVE FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY, AND WE GOT A KING WHO ACTUALLY REALLY MEANS IT.
I THINK HE IS GOING TO SERVE AND SERVE WELL.
A GOOD START.
KIRSTY: CHARLES, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY FOR YOU.
CHARLES: AND I BUMPED INTO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL, BUT HE WAS THERE, AND HE SAID WELL DONE TO YOU.
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
KIRSTY: PROBABLY NOT.
EVERYONE HAS SWITCHED OFF BY NOW.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING, NICE TO SEE YOU.
WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THIS HISTORIC DAY AND ALL ITS CEREMONIAL LORRY, AND WE ARE READY TO GREET THEIR MAJESTIES, THE KING AND QUEEN, AS THEY DEPARTED BUCKINGHAM PALACE FOR THE CORONATION SERVICE.
EARLY THIS MORNING, THOUSANDS OF TROOPS ARRIVED FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO FORM PART IN THIS HUGE CELEBRATION, AND MARCHED IN THROUGH WATERLOO STATION.
♪ KIRSTY: THEY WERE OF COURSE, CHEERED ON BY THE CROWDS, SOME OF WHOM HAD BEEN THERE ALL NIGHT.
THE ROUTE TOOK THEM ACROSS WESTMINSTER BRIDGE TO PARLIAMENT SQUARE, AND TOWARDS THEIR MASTER POINT AT WELLINGTON GROUNDS.
♪ KIRSTY: IT WAS A STIRRING SITE FOR EVERYONE WHO WITNESSED IT.
Q EDWARDS AND CLAIRE BALDING COMMENTED ON THE EXCITEMENT ACROSS THE CAPITAL.
>> FOR 1000 YEARS, KINGS AND QUEENS HAVE BEEN CROWNED AT WESTMINSTER, BUT TODAY, THE PEOPLE IN THE ABBEY AND ALL OF US WATCHING WILL EXPECT A CEREMONY THAT CERTAINLY BLENDS THE ANCIENT WITH THE MODERN.
IT HAS TO REFLECT THE RICH DIVERSITY OF TODAY'’’S KINGDOM AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS.
♪ >> THE ABBEY IS FILLING UP RAPIDLY.
PEOPLE ARE TOLD TO BE IN THEIR SEATS BRIGHT AND EARLY FOR A SERVICE THAT DOES NOT BEGIN FORMALLY UNTIL 11:00.
LOTS OF FAMILIAR FACES JOINING US NOW.
KIRSTY: THE DIAMOND JUBILEE STATE COACH TAKING HIS MAJESTY THE KING AND HER MAJESTY TO QUEEN CONSORT TO WESTMINSTER.
THE STATUE OF CHARLES THE FIRST THERE, THE OLDEST STATUE IN LONDON, LOOKING DOWN AT CHARLES III.
THE BREASTPLATES OF THE NIGHT GUARDS GLEAMING, AND THE SUN IS TRYING TO BREAK THROUGH THE CLOUD.
♪ KIRSTY: MAGNIFICENT SCENES.
WE ARE JOINED LIVE BY TWO MORE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE CONGREGATION AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY THIS MORNING, ANY GREY THOMPSON AND SIR MICHAEL MOORE PAUL.
WE WANT TO ASK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS, FIRST OF YOU, WHAT WERE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY?
ANNIE: WE WERE IN PARLIAMENT BY 6:30, THE ABBEY BY EIGHT, BUT THE HUGE RANGE OF PEOPLE THERE -- THE MOST EMOTIONAL BIT FOR ME WAS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
YOU COULD FEEL THE NOISE, AND IT REVERBERATED THROUGH YOU.
AS AN ATHLETE, I HAVE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A STAGE, BUT THIS WAS LIKE NOTHING ELSE I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED.
IT FELT LIKE A REAL BEGINNING.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE MOMENT.
KIRSTY: THE POWER WAS IN THE SENSE OF GENUINELY A NEW ERA, A NEW MOMENT.
>> AND WE'’’VE HAD SEVERAL GOD SAVE THE KING'’’S, AND IT WAS BUILDING UP TO THAT MOMENT, BUT NOTHING LIKE WHAT I EXPERIENCED WHEN THE QUEEN WAS ALIVE.
IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
KIRSTY: WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO IT IN MORE DEPTH, BUT WHEN YOU THINK OF IT, INSTANTLY, WHAT IS THE MOMENT THAT GIVES YOU THE GUT PUNCH?
3SIR MICHAEL: THE MOMENT I WILL NEVER FORGET IS THE MOMENT I REMEMBER FROM 70 YEARS AGO, WHEN I WAS NEARLY 10 AND IN THE VILLAGE HALL OF A LITTLE VILLAGE COURTS, AND I SAW A BLACK-AND-WHITE TELEVISION FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE WHOLE VILLAGE WAS IN THE VILLAGE HALL, AND WE WATCHED THE CORONATION IN JUNE OF 1953.
THERE WAS THIS MINUTE WOMAN, A PRINCESS -- SHE LOOKED SO FRAGILE.
SHE WAS HAVING THE CROWN PUT ON HER HEAD.
SHE WAS SO VULNERABLE AT THAT MOMENT.
THERE WERE THESE GREAT CLERICS STANDING AROUND IN THEIR CLOAKS.
AN EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT, AND ECHOED TODAY.
THIS IS 70 YEARS LATER AND THIS PERSON IS CONNECTED TO THAT PERSON AND THAT PERSON WAS CONNECTED TO WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, AND EVERYTHING COMES BACK AND BACK AND BACK.
KIRSTY: I MIGHT BE COMPLETELY WRONG HERE, BUT THE IDEA OF HEAVY IS THE HEAD THAT WEARS THE CROWN, IN THIS MOMENT WITH IT, DRENCHED IN PRIVILEGE AND GRANDER IN MANY WAYS, HERE IS A PERSON WHO IS TAKING ON THE WEIGHTY RESPONSIBILITY OF SOMEHOW REPRESENTING ALL OF US.
SIR MICHAEL: UNEASY LIES AHEAD.
IT MUST BE THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY THING TO GROW UP WITH IT, AS KING CHARLES HAS DONE.
HE HAS GROWN UP WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE IN HIS HEAD THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE KING ONE DAY, AND NOW IT HAS HAPPENED.
THE WEIGHT ON HIS SHOULDERS AND MIND MUST BE ENORMOUS, AND I AM SURE HE WILL BE QUITE CAPABLE OF FULFILLING THAT.
ON HIS FACE, THERE WAS AN ENORMOUS INTENSITY AS THIS WAS HAPPENING.
AS TWO OF THE BISHOPS WERE LEAVING HIM ELBOW BY ELBOW, YOU ONLY FELT HE WAS CARRYING -- ALMOST FELT THEY WERE CARRYING HIM.
AND HE IS LIKE THAT.
HE IS NOT A BOISTEROUS PERSON COMING AT YOU, HE IS A HUMAN BEING WHO IS SENSITIVE.
THAT CAME ACROSS, AND THAT IS GREAT NEWS FOR US.
KIRSTY: AND THAT'’’S A DIFFERENT THING -- 70 YEARS AGO, PEOPLE KNEW VERY LITTLE OF THIS YOUNG WOMAN, 25 YEARS OF AGE -- THIS IS NOT THE CASE.
WITH SOCIETY AND EVERYTHING IS MORE EXPOSITIONAL, THIS IS A MAN WHO HAS LIVED A LIFE, AND WE SAW HIM THERE TODAY, LIKE MANY, ALL OF US.
PEOPLE WITH SECOND MARRIAGES IN MIDDLE-AGE WHO TAKE ON CHALLENGES.
THIS TOOK ON A DIFFERENT COMPLEXION.
ANNIE: YOU FELT THAT THROUGH THE PAGES AND THE BLENDED FAMILY.
WHAT MICHAEL WAS SAYING, I THINK EVERYONE BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF WHEN THE CROWN WAS PUT ON THE KING AND QUEEN'’’S HEAD.
WATCHING IT IN REAL LIFE AS OPPOSED THROUGH A SCREEN, YOU FELT MORE CLOSELY CONNECTED TO IT.
THAT SENSE OF WORRY.
I HAVE NOT SPOKEN TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN REHEARSING ON AND OFF QUITE A LOT, A HUGE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE ON A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GET THIS RIGHT, BECAUSE THERE ARE TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD WATCHING THIS.
SIR MICHAEL: WHAT WAS SO UNFORGETTABLE WAS THE MUSIC.
I AM SURE HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CHOOSING A LOT OF THAT, BUT IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
THE WAY THE ABBEY RESOUNDED WITH SOUND, EXTRAORDINARY SOUND, AND WE WERE THERE.
WE LOOKED UP AND YOU SAW THE ARCHITECTURE, AND YOU WERE THERE AND IT ALL GOING ON, THE WHOLE TRADITION.
IT'’’S THE CORE OF WHO WE ARE AND WHY OUR HISTORY IS SO IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF AND A LOT TO BE ASHAMED OF.
THE MORE WE'’’VE GOT TO KNOW OURSELVES AND KNOW WHERE WE HAVE COME FROM, I THINK HE IS GOING TO HELP US DO THAT BECAUSE HE IS A MAN OF GREAT PASSION, GROWN UP KNOWING IT IS A GOOD IDEA THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN ACHIEVE THEIR POTENTIAL IF THEY ARE HELPED ALONG THE WAY.
HE HAS GROWN UP KNOWING THAT THE PLANET NEEDS HELPING, NO ONE PAID ATTENTION AND MOCKED HIM.
LOOK WHERE WE ARE -- WE ARE LUCKY AND THE BOY WHO HAS GROWN UP TO BE OUR KING.
KIRSTY: IN YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, WHAT IS THE MAN YOU SAW TODAY REFLECTED IN THE ABBEY?
ANNIE: HIS CONNECTION TO THE PEOPLE.
HE HAS AN INCREDIBLE MEMORY FOR THE PEOPLE HE HAS MET, WHAT HE HAS DONE, AND HE IS INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT PEOPLE HE IS SAYING HE IS INTERESTED IN OTHERS.
HE IS VERY INTERESTED AND GENUINE ABOUT IT.
KIRSTY: WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF THE CONGREGATION AND HOW AGAIN, THAT WAS VERY MUCH OF THE MOMENT, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A MAN OF 75 AND A QUEEN SLIGHTLY OLDER THAN THAT, SOMETHING ABOUT TODAY, THE DEFINITION OF THE GRACE AND THE GOOD CHANGED TODAY.
PEOPLE WHO WERE KNOWN AND SO BUSY, DAZZLING STARS, BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING -- THAT IS A NEW THING IN BRITISH SOCIETY IN SOMETHING AS EXTRAORDINARILY FANCY AS A CORONATION.
SIR MICHAEL: AND IT'’’S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THIS COUNTRY TICK, THERE ARE GOOD PEOPLE WHO MAKE THIS COUNTRY TICK.
THE PEOPLE HE WANTS TO TALK TO, THE YOUNG PEOPLE, BECAUSE THESE ARE THE FUTURE, IT IS MY GRANDCHILDREN AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN.
THEY'’’RE GOING TO INHERIT WHATEVER IS THOUGH WE DO AND I FEEL IT WILL BE A HEAVY LOAD FOR HIM TO BUS ON AND TO CHANGE, AND WE HAVE TO BECOME MORE OPTIMISTIC AND ENGAGE WITH EACH OTHER.
IT WAS FULL OF THE BEST OF BRITAIN AND WE ARE REMARKABLE THAT WAY.
WE HAVE TO LOOK WITH MORE OPEN EYES ABROAD AND HE IS WONDERFUL THAT WAY.
WHEN HE WENT TO GERMANY, HE IS JUST TERRIFIC.
THERE IS NO NOTION OF -- HE KNOWS HIS CONNECTION, HE KNOWS HIS HISTORY.
KIRSTY: WE COULD HAVE ANOTHER HALF-HOUR ON THAT, BUT I WILL SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED.
IT WAS CERTAINLY A DAZZLING SITE WITH THE L ELABORATE SERVICE.
HERE ARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS.
♪[CHOIR SINGING] ♪ ♪ >> WE APPROACH THE MOST SACRED PART OF THIS SERVICE OF CORONATION -- THE ANOINTING WITH HOLY OIL, WHERE THE KING IS DISROBED.
ROBES OF STATE TAKEN AWAY.
THEN, HE SHIELDED FROM PUBLIC VIEW, THE SCREENS BEING BROUGHT TO THE THEATERS.
THE ARCHBISHOP WILL BE ANOINTED ON HIS HANDS, BREAST AND HEAD, JUST AS SOLOMON WAS ANOINTED.
♪ [CHOIR SINGING] >> ♪ GOD SAVE THE KING GOD SAVE THE KING GOD SAVE THE KING ♪ ♪ >> ♪ GOD SAVE THE KING LAW- -LONG LIVE THE KING ♪ MAY THE KING LIVE MAY THE KING LIVE MAY THE KING LIVE FOREVER AMEN ♪ ♪ >> ♪ GOD SAVE THE KING GOD SAVE THE KING LONG LIVE THE KING MAY THE KING LIVE MAY THE KING LIVE FOREVER FOREVER AMEN AMEN HALLELUJAH AMEN ♪ ♪ >> RECEIVED THE ROYAL SCEPTER, THE SIGN OF KINGLY POWER AND JUSTICE.
AND THE SYMBOL FOR COVENANT AND USE.
THE SACRED ANOINTING IS DONE.
THE PRESENTATION OF REGALIA COMPLETE.
THE MOMENT OF CROWNING HAS ARRIVED.
IN THE CHAIR OF SAINT EDWARD, WITH THE CROWN OF SAINT EDWARD.
KING CHARLES THE --KING CHARLES III IS ACCLAIMED, >> WE SO SANCTIFY YOUR SERVANT CHARLES, UPON HIS HEAD REPLACE IT AS A SIGN OF ROYAL MAJESTY THAT HE MAY BE CROWNED WITH A SIGN OF GRACIOUS FAVOR AND FILLED WITH ABUNDANT RACE AND ALL PRINCELY VERSE --VIRTUES.
ONE GOD, WORLD WITHOUT END.
AMEN.
>> AMEN.
>> GOD SAVE THE KING!
>> GOD SAVE THE KING!
[CHOIR SINGING] ♪ >> THE SERVICE MOVES TO THE CROWNING OF THE KING'’’S CONSORT.
HIS WIFE OF 18 YEARS, QUEEN CAMILLA.
♪ >> ♪ BE STRONG ♪ >> ♪ BE STRONG ♪ >> AND SHOW THY WORTH ♪ >> ♪ AND SHOW, AND SHOW THY WORTH ♪ ♪ >> ♪ KEEP THE COMMANDER FAST AND WALK IN HIS WAKE ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THE KING AND QUEEN WILL RETIRE TO PREPARE FOR THE GRAND PROCESSION TO LEAVE THE ABBEY.
♪ ♪ >> KINGS OUTWARD PROCESSION, AS IT IS CALLED.
THIS JOYFUL CELEBRATION IN WORDS AND MUSIC TO MARK A NEW REIGN.
BEHIND THE KING, ONE OF THE FOUR PAGES, HIS GRANDSON.
QUEEN CAMILLA TOO, MEMBERS OF HER FAMILY ACTING IN THE SAME CAPACITY.
♪ >> BISHOPS CHOSEN TO ASSIST THE QUEEN DURING THIS CEREMONY.
AND HER TWO COMPANIONS, HER SISTER AND CLOSE FRIEND.
♪ >> KING CHARLES III EMERGES FROM WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
HIS WHOLE LIFE HAS BEEN SPENT IN READINESS FOR THIS DAY.
KIRSTY: OUR NEXT GUEST HAD AN ESSENTIAL ROLE FOR THIS CORONATION.
LADY LEN STEIN WAS ONE OF TWO PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED HER MAJESTY THROUGHOUT THE SERVICE.
YOU HAD NOTHING STARRING ROLE, BUT A CENTRAL ROLE IN WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
>> DEFINITELY NOT A STARRING ROLE, BUT IT WAS A CENTRAL ROLE.
I WAS HONORED TO BE ASKED.
KIRSTY: ARE YOU HAPPY WITH HOW IT WENT?
>> I THINK SO.
I NEED TO WATCH IT.
FROM WITHIN, YOU SEE WHAT'’’S AROUND YOU.
IT'’’S MORE THAN THE WHOLE PAGEANT.
PARTICULARLY BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE MY GLASSES ON -- A LOVELY BLUR, A BIT OF A HAZE AROUND IT, BUT IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY TO DO.
KIRSTY: IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE YOU WATCHING THE PICTURES THERE, BECAUSE QUITE INTENTLY -- INEVITABLY OF COURSE, YOU MUST HAVE BEEN HYPER FOCUSED ON YOUR FRIEND.
>> COMPLETELY FOCUSED ON THE QUEEN, THAT SHE WAS COMFORTABLE AND HER ROBE WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
WE ALL KNEW WHEN TO STAND AND SIT DOWN, INFORMED BY THE LOVELY BISHOP STANDING BESIDE US, BECAUSE THAT WAS MY ROLE.
TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE FELT SUPPORTED AND WE GOT IT RIGHT, AND I WAS SUPPORTING HER SISTER AS WELL.
IT'’’S AN EXTRAORDINARY THING TO DO.
KIRSTY: WHEN YOU ARE WATCHING THE FOLDING, HOW DID YOU PRACTICE THAT?
>> THE FOLDING, THE FOLDING!
THOSE ARE PRECIOUS, THOSE AMAZING TRAINS.
THE ONE THE QUEEN COMES IN IN IS AN INCREDIBLE SILK VELVET, AND IT NEEDS TO BE INCREDIBLY CAREFULLY FOLDED.
WE PRACTICED AND PRACTICED WITH THE PERSON WHO WAS TAKING THE WEIGHT OF IT, BECAUSE IT WAS QUITE HEAVY.
HE DID NOT DO IT QUITE AS PERFECT TODAY AS IT DID YESTERDAY, BUT IT DID NOT GO ON THE FLOOR.
KIRSTY: AND YOU SAID A SPECIAL MENTION TO PENNY MORTON.
>> YOU LOOKED MARVELOUS, AND IN THE SPARKLY HEELS, SHE DID NOT MOVE A MUSCLE HOLDING THAT SWORD.
SHE WAS MAGNIFICENT.
KIRSTY: CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FOR YOU OF SEEING THE QUEEN, WHO IS ALSO THE PERSON YOU CHAT ABOUT STRICTLY CAN DANCING WITH OR WALKING THE DOGS WITH, YOU HAVE BEEN CLOSE FRIENDS FOR FOUR DECADES.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO SEE HER IN A VERY PUBLIC AND EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE?
>> IT'’’S QUITE SURREAL.
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, WE OFTEN LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND THOUGHT, IT'’’S NOT -- HOW IS THIS REAL?
IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY, PRACTICING HELPING HER GET IN AND OUT OF THE CARRIAGE.
WE HAD A LOT OF LAUGHS OVER THE WEEK, AND THAT'’’S WHAT I TREASURE MOST ABOUT HER FRIENDSHIP.
SHE'’’S GOT A WONDERFUL TOUCHING SENSE OF HUMOR, AND WE NEEDED THAT DURING THE REHEARSAL.
THERE WERE MOMENTS WHEN NONE OF US KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING, BUT WE NEEDED TO GIVE HER CONFIDENCE.
SHE GAVE US CONFIDENCE BY LIGHTENING THE MOOD.
WE HAD THE WONDERFUL AQUARIAS IN THE PAGEBOY'’’S -- THEY WERE SO WELL -- AND THE PAGEBOYS.
THEY WERE SO WELL BEHAVED.
BECAUSE THE AQUARIAS WAS SO GOOD FOR THEM, TREATING THEM LIKE THEY WERE SOLDIERS, AND THEY ARE YOUNG BOYS, BETWEEN NINE AND 13.
THEY FEEL THE WEIGHT OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT THEY HAD AND UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WERE WEARING RIFLEMAN'’’S UNIFORMS, OR GRENADIER'’’S UNIFORMS.
THE SAME RED THAT WAS WARM IN THE BATTLE OF BLEND HIM, I BELIEVE.
WE HARDLY HAD TO NUDGE THEM AT ALL.
COME THE DAY, THEY ROSE TO IT IN THE MOST MAGNIFICENT WAY AND ARE ADORABLE.
KIRSTY: AND THERE WERE RAMROD STREETS.
>> WE KNEW WE WERE GOING ON THE BALCONY ONLY ONE MOMENT BEFORE.
THEY DID NOT TELL US OR THE BOYS.
THEY REALIZED WITHOUT THE BOYS HOLDING THE TRAINS, THE QUEEN WOULD HAVE BEEN DRAGGED BACK, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT SLIDE VERY EASILY ON THE CARPETS.
THE BOYS NEEDED TO BE THERE, AND THAT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY THING.
KIRSTY: CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME?
WE SEE IT ALL FROM THIS POINT OF VIEW, TO LOOK UP AND SEE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE -- >> NEVER DID I THINK I WOULD BE ON A BALCONY.
I CANNOT BELIEVE I WAS THERE NOW , BUT YOU COULD FEEL THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE CROWD, ALL OF THOSE WONDERFUL PEOPLE IN THE RAIN WILLING THEM ON.
IT WAS THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIENCE.
THE SWELL OF SINGING AND CHANTING AND SHOUTING AND CLAPPING -- IT WAS ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY.
I THINK THOSE BOYS, IT IS SOMETHING THEY WILL NEVER FORGET.
I MIGHT FORGET IT, BUT IF YOU ARE NINE OR 10, THAT WILL STAY WITH YOU FOREVER.
KIRSTY: AND THE QUEEN HERSELF THIS EVENING, HOW IS SHE LOOKING UPON TODAY?
>> WELL, SHE IS VERY TIRED.
I THINK THEY BOTH ARE.
SHE IS SO PROUD OF HOW IT WENT.
SHE WAS EXTRAORDINARY.
SHE REALLY HELD IT TOGETHER IN THE MOST MARVELOUS WAY, BECAUSE IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARY THING TO SUDDENLY DO AND BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS AMAZING, MEDIEVAL YET MODERN SERVICE AND KEEP RAMROD STRAIGHT -- SHE NEVER SLOUCHED, KEPT PERFECTLY STRAIGHT IN HER CHAIR, AND WAS ABSORBING IT, AS WE ALL WERE.
KIRSTY: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
HAPPY TO HAVE YOU.
MUSIC PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE TODAY, ONE OF THE KINGS GREAT PASSIONS.
LET'’’S LISTEN BACK TO SOME OF THOSE GOOSE BUMP INDUCING MOMENTS IN THE ABBEY TODAY.
♪ [CHOIR SINGING] ♪ >> ♪ YOU KEEP YOUR SILENCE IN THE DESERT BLAZE AND SPEAKER SECRETS IN THE LIGHTNING STORM AND SEND THE STABLE --STAFF TO KEEP THE STABLE WARM.
AND FEED OUR HEARTS THE BLESSING OF THE -- WITH SACRED FIRE WITH SACRED FIRE ♪ >> [SOLOIST SINGING] ♪ ♪ >> ♪ HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH ALL SING PRAISING SING PRAISES UNTO OUR GOD ALL SING PRAISES SING PRAISES UNTO OUR KING HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH ♪ ♪ >> ♪ BE STRONG ♪ >> ♪ BE STRONG ♪ >> ♪ AND SHOWED I WORTH -- SHOW THY WORTH ♪ >> ♪ AND SHOW THY WORTH ♪ [CHOIR SINGING] >> ♪ AND WALK IN HIS PRAISE KEEP THE COMMANDER SAFE AND WALK IN HIS WAYS ♪ ♪ [CHHOIROIR SINGIN] -- [CHOIR SINGING] ♪ KIRSTY: AMAZING.
THREE PEOPLE WHO PLAYED A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE MAGNIFICENT MUSIC TODAY WERE GOSPER SING ERS AND COMPOSER -- WAS A GOSPEL SINGER, A COMPOSER, AND ONE OF THE WORLD'’’S FINEST CONDUCTORS.
JOHN, YOU HAVE CONDUCTED THE GREATEST ORCHESTRAS IN SOME OF THE FINEST CONCERT HALLS AROUND THE GLOBE.
HOW DID TODAY COMPARE?
JOHN: IT WAS DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW?
LAST NIGHT, I WAS AT THE AMSTERDAM CONCERT HALL TO CONDUCT BRAHMS, AND HAD TO RUSH OVER HERE.
I WOULDN'’’T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.
THERE WAS SUCH AN AMAZING ATMOSPHERE, A SENSE OF MUSIC BEING CELEBRATED IN A WAY THAT HAS NOT BEEN THAT WAY IN MY LIFETIME, ANYWAY, NOT BY A HEAD OF STATE.
SO MUCH LOVE AND THOUGHT HAD GONE INTO THE PLANNING OF IT.
HIS MAJESTY HAS REALLY SPEARHEADED THE WHOLE OPERATION IN SUCH A CONSCIENTIOUS AND IMAGINATIVE WAY.
IT WAS JUST SO OVERWHELMING, ACTUALLY, TO BE A PART OF IT.
AND TO INITIATE THE WHOLE MUSICAL PROCEEDINGS WITH JS BACHER, WHO HAD NEVER BEEN PERFORMED, NONE OF HIS CHORAL WORKS, AT A CORONATION BEFORE.
KIRSTY: AND YOU ARE WATCHING -- YOU ARE SCRUTINIZING YOUR PERFORMANCE AND SAYING, THAT WAS OK.
GIVEN THAT YOU ARE INEVITABLY A PERFECTIONIST, BECAUSE YOU ARE ALL AT THE TOP OF YOUR GAME, WERE YOU VERY HAPPY?
>> I WAS PROUD OF MY LOSS.
THEY WERE TERRIFIC.
THEY SANG WITH ABSOLUTE FULL HEARTS AND COMMITMENT, AND WERE DEEPLY PRIVILEGED.
HE HAS BEEN OUR PATRON FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND ON HIS SUCCESSION, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS HE DID MUSICALLY WAS CONFIRM HIS PATRONAGE OF THE CHOIR.
THAT MEANT A HUGE AMOUNT.
THE FACT THAT HE INSISTED ON COMING TO OUR REHEARSAL IN WESTMINSTER HALL, WESTMINSTER SCHOOL HALL, HE WAS ONLY GOING TO COME FOR A QUARTER OF AN HOUR, BUT HE STAYED NEARLY AN HOUR AND WAS ABSOLUTELY FOCUSED ON WHAT WE WERE DOING AND FOCUSED AND INTERESTED, AND WAS VERY SERIOUS -- BUT THERE IS ALSO THE LIGHTHEARTED.
HE HAS THIS BRILLIANT SORT OF COMEDIAN TECHNIQUE OF BEING ABLE TO SWITCH FROM DEEPLY SERIOUS TO COMEDIC, AND LOVELY BANTER.
HE IS SO QUICK OF THE MARKS, BRILLIANT.
KIRSTY: WHEN YOU WERE ORIGINALLY ASKED, I AM AGILE AND THERE MUST BE A GREAT RUSH OF PRIDE AND EXCITEMENT, AND THEN PROBABLY THE TERROR OF ACTUALLY HAVING TO DO IT?
>> PEOPLE KEEP ON SAYING THAT, BEING NERVOUS AND BEING TERRIFIED.
I DON'’’T APPROACH IT LIKE THAT.
KIRSTY: YOU DIDN'’’T LOOK THAT WAY AT ALL.
YOU DIDN'’’T LOOK IN ANY WAY TERRIFIED, YOU ARE COMPLETELY IN THE MOMENT AND COMPLETELY RELAXED.
>> I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
IT IS AN APPROACH OF, WE HAVE A JOB TO DO.
WHAT DO YOU NEED US TO DO?
ONCE YOU KNOW THAT, THAT IS WHERE ALL OF YOUR ENERGY, TIME, AND LOVE GOES INTO MAKING THAT, AS BEAUTIFUL AS POSSIBLE.
KIRSTY: HOW MUCH TIME, ENERGY, AND REHEARSAL WENT INTO THAT?
>> WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING AND REHEARSING SINCE MARCH, SO WE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER AND SING TOGETHER IN OTHER WAYS AS WELL, SO WE KNOW EACH OTHER'’’S VOICES VERY WELL.
FOR MARCH, WE HAD TO HAVE CONCENTRATED REHEARSALS, BUT WE HAD A GOOD TIME.
KIRSTY: AND DEBBIE WISEMAN, YOU ARE A BUSY COMPOSER.
PEOPLE KNOW A LOT OF YOUR WORK FROM FILM AND TELEVISION.
THIS IS A PARTICULAR REQUIREMENT AND GOES DOWN IN HISTORY, AND PEOPLE WILL WATCH THIS IN THE YEARS AND DECADES TO COME.
>> IT HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY DAY.
IT REALLY HAS.
AS JOHN SAID, KING CHARLES VERY MUCH CHOSE THE MUSIC AND CURATED THE PROGRAM OF MUSIC HIMSELF.
TO HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO HAVE WRITTEN, COMPOSED TWO PIECES FOR THE CORONATION IS EXTRAORDINARY AND HAVE TO WRITE IN TWO SUCH DIFFERENT STYLES, ACROSS THE BOARD.
THERE IS MUSIC PERFORMED TODAY THAT IS SO EXCELLENT ACROSS-THE-BOARD, FROM CLASSICAL CONTEMPORARY TO LOTS OF DIFFERENT COMPOSERS FROM FILM, TELEVISION AND THEATER.
THE MIX OF MUSIC WAS ASTONISHING.
I HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO WRITE FOR THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY CHOIR, AND FOR MS. BOLIN AND HER AMAZING SINGERS.
SHE WAS AMAZING WITH HER SINGERS.
SHE DID A BRILLIANT JOB, COMPLETELY UNACCOMPANIED, EIGHT VOICES THERE ON A GLOBAL STAGE, UNACCOMPANIED.
THEY DID THE MOST AMAZING JOB AND EVERYBODY DID.
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO RISE TO THE CHALLENGE, AND IT HAS TO BE SAID, WE ARE GOOD IN THIS COUNTRY AT MUSIC.
WE HAVE WONDERFUL PERFORMERS, SINGERS, CONDUCTORS, ORCHESTRAS -- KIRSTY: IT'’’S INTERESTING, BUT WE ARE.
WE ARE PRETTY GOOD.
>> WE CAN SAY THAT NOW, SAY THAT TODAY.
KIRSTY: I WONDER, KNOWING THE KING AS YOU DO AND HAVING WORKED ON THIS PREPARATION WITH HIM AS YOU DID, TO PEOPLE IN THE MUSICAL COMMUNITY -- IT'’’S NOT THE BRITISH COMMUNITY, BUT INEVITABLY AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY -- TO HAVE A CHAMPION WHO IS THE MONARCH AND A VERY HIGH-PROFILE PERSON MUST REALLY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WELCOME GREATLY?
>> HUGELY.
IT'’’S INTERNATIONALLY ADMIRED.
HE IS INTERNATIONALLY ADMIRED AND RECOGNIZED.
TO HAVE A HEAD OF STATE WITH THAT DEGREE OF PASSION FOR MUSIC IS AMAZING.
YOU KNOW, SORRY TO INTRODUCE A BUM NOTE, BUT AT THE TIME, WHEN THE WHOLE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS , PARTICULARLY CLASSICAL MUSIC, IS SO MUCH UNDER THREAT -- OF COURSE, WE UNDERSTAND THE AUSTERITY THAT IS BEING FORCED ON US AGAIN IN ALL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AS IT WERE, BUT THE CLASSICAL MUSIC SHOULD BE KNOCKED IN A WAY AS IT HAS RECENTLY BEEN KNOCKED BY THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE ARTS COUNCIL HAS BEEN A HUGE WOUND ON THE BODY POLITIC OF CLASSICAL MUSIC.
THE BBC FOLLOWING IT UP WITH PROPOSED OCONEE AND CUTS -- IT HAS BEEN A SHOCK TO THE ENTIRE PROFESSION IN THIS COUNTRY.
HE IS THE ONE WHO IS INSISTENT PATRONAGE, ENTHUSIASM, AND UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS FOR THE NEXT TWO GENERATIONS, AS IT WERE, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD NOT EXPERIENCE IT.
KIRSTY:KIRSTY: I WONDER HOW MANY MY PHONE IS SO FULL THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT THE MESSAGES.
IT IS SAYING HAVE TO GET RID OF SOME TO SEE THEM.
MESSAGES UPON MESSAGES UPON MESSAGES.
KIRSTY: CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
SOMETHING MAGNIFICENT HAPPENED TODAY IN THE ABBEY WITH YOUR MUSIC.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.
FOLLOWING THE WESTMINSTER ABBEY SERVICE, ALL THE ATTENTION TURNED TO THE SPECTACULAR MILITARY DISPLAY THAT WAS THE CORONATION PROCESSION.
THEY WERE OUR COMMENTATORS.
>> ♪ >> OVER 4000 PERSONNEL FROM THREE MILITARY SERVICES AND THE COMMONWEALTH AS WELL AS A MARCHING BAND AND FOOT AND MOUNTED WILL MAKE THIS A FEAST FOR THE EYES AND EARS.
IT IS ALREADY IN POSITION AND STRETCHES A MILE ALL THE WAY TO WESTMINSTER.
>> ♪ >> AND SO BEGINS THE CORONATION PROCESSION, THE ROUTE THAT FROM WITH MYSTERY ABBEY TO BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
THIS IS WHERE THE FUN BEGINS.
EVERYTHING SO FAR HAS GONE LIKE CLOCKWORK.
AT GOLDEN COACH -- THAT GOLDEN COACH, ALTHOUGH IT HAS POOR SUSPENSION AND MAY NOT BE THE MOST COMFORTABLE RIDE, IT LOOKS IMMACULATE.
IT IS GLISTENING.
IT IS GLEAMING.
IT IS MADE OF GILT WOOD, A THIN LAYER OF GOLDLEAF OVER WOOD.
INTERIOR IS SATIN AND VELVET.
>> IT ALSO ENSURES THE KING AND QUEEN ARE THE DRIEST PEOPLE ON THE PARADE.
>> HERE WE HAVE THE FIRST OF THE CARRIAGES FOLLOWING THE GOLD STATE COACH.
YOU CAN SEE THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN.
PRINCE GEORGE PLAYED A GOOD WHALE AS THE PAGE OF HONOR AND PRINCESS CHARLOTTE WHO IS JUST CELEBRATING HER EIGHTH BIRTHDAY, AND PRINCE LOUIS AS WELL WHO WAS FIVE LAST MONTH.
VERY EXCITING FOR THEM.
VERY QUICK CHANGE FOR HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
IN A MATTER OF MINUTES, SHE IS NOW MOUNTED AND NOT FAR BEHIND HER BROTHER, THE KING.
WE WILL HAVE A LOOK FURTHER AHEAD IN THE PARADE BECAUSE THEY ARE AN IMPRESSIVE SIGHT WITH THEIR WHITE GLOVES.
YOU CAN SEE THE ARMS MARCHING IN TIME.
YOU CAN FEEL THE ENERGY COMING BACK TO THE CROWDS.
THEY HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE SERVICE ON THE BIG SCREEN.
THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.
THIS IS WHY THEY SLEPT OVERNIGHT TO GET A POSITION SO THAT AS THE PROCESSION CAME BY, THEY WOULD FEEL IT AS WELL AS SEE IT, AND CATCH A SIGHT MAYBE OF THE YOUNG PRINCES WAVING AT THEM.
THE REAL NAVY HERE MAKING THE TURN IN FRONT OF THE STATUE OF CHARLES I THROUGH ADMIRALTY ARCH.
>> THEY COMMANED BY THE MARINE ENGINEER WHO SERVED WITH GREAT DISTINCTION IN THE ROYAL NAVY, BOSNIA, THE GULF, AMONGST OTHER PLACES.
THIS IS HER LAST DUTY IN UNIFORM AT THE CORONATION.
>> THE ROYAL MARINES WITH THEIR WHITE HELMETS.
>> ♪ >> ALL FIVE REGIMENTS OF THE FOOT GUARDS NOW MAKING THAT TURN.
THEY WILL HAVE TO FILE THEMSELVES THROUGH THOSE THREE ARCHES, SO QUITE A FEAT OF ORGANIZATION.
>> IT CERTAINLY IS.
IT WILL GET EVEN MORE CHALLENGING WHEN THEY COME TO THE GATES OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
WE SEE BEHIND THE FOOT GUARDS WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
THE KING'’’S BODYGUARD, THE REAL COMPANY OF ARCHES, AND THE HONORABLE COMPANY OF GENTLEMEN AT ARMS.
ALL FIVE REGIMENTS OF FOOT GUARDS WITH THE KING'’’S COLOR AHEAD OF THEM AND OFFICERS ON PARADE.
YOU SEE THIS MOUNTED REGIMENT OF THE HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY AND LIFEGUARDS.
>> COMMONWEALTH TROOPS IN THE OVERSEAS TERRITORIES.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO KNOW THE REACH TODAY IS HAVING AROUND THE WORLD.
>> 447 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH ARMED FORCES ON PARADE.
OF COURSE, THE KING IS THE HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
VERY INTERESTED TO LEARN HE HAS MANAGED TO VISIT 45 OF THE 56 COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES, WHICH IS QUITE A FEAT.
>> AND THERE, WE FIND THE ROYAL HIGHNESS IS, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
LOUISE IS 19 NOW AND STUDYING ENGLISH AT SAINT ANDREWS UNIVERSITY.
THE CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE.
THE MOUNTIES HAVE A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CROWN.
OVER THE YEARS, THEY HAVE GIFTED MANY HORSES TO THE LATE QUEEN AND ARE GIVING A HORSE TO THE KING THAT HE WILL RIDE FOR THE KING'’’S BIRTHDAY PARADE, TROOPING THE COLOUR, IN FUTURE YEARS.
OH, GOOD MOVE THERE FROM THE ROYAL NAVY.
>> THIS IS A NEW MILITARY MANEUVER DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PARADE TO REDUCE THE FRONTAGE OF 12 INTO A FRONTAGE OF SIX.
>> ♪ >> ♪ >> THE PRINCE OF WALES IS WEARING UNDERNEATH THE ROBES UNIFORM OF THE WELSH GUARDS.
>> HE IS THEIR COLONEL.
OF COURSE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES IS THE COLONEL OF THE IRISH GUARDS, AS THE GUARD OF HONOR.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE GUARDS, ONLY EVER CARRIED IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MONARCH.
ONE OF TWO COLORS.
>> ♪ >> AND AS THE GOLD STATE COACH DISAPPEARS, WE WILL NEXT SEE ALL OF THOSE INVOLVED MARCHING ON PROCESSION.
WE WILL SEE THEM FORMED UP IN THE GARDENS.
A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE GARDENS OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
ALL THOSE ON FOOT FOR THE CORONATION PROCESSION HAVE FORMED UP.
THEY WILL SHORTLY BE SALUTING THE KING.
39 ACRES IN TOTAL IN THE LARGEST PRIVATE GARDENS IN LONDON.
THEY HAVE OVER 1000 TREES.
HIS MAJESTY KING CHARLES III STEPPING OUT NOW ON TO THE WEST TERRACE OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE.
QUEEN CAMILLA FOLLOWING HIM.
YOU SEE PRINCE GEORGE AT THE BACK OF THE TRAIN STILL PLAYING A ROLE AS THE PAGE OF HONOR.
>> SALUTE!
PRESENT ARMS!
>> ♪ >> [SHOUTING ORDERS] HIS MAJESTY THE KING AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN!
HIP HIP -- >> HOORAY!
>> [SHOUTING ORDERS] >> [BAGPIPES] >> THE BAGPIPES AND DRUMS ARE NOW PLAYING A TUNE CALLED "KING CHARLES III."
>> ♪ KIRSTY: SPECTACULAR SCENES.
I AM JOINED BY TWO KEY PLAYERS IN THE CORONATION PROCESSION, THE MAJOR GENERAL OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND LT. COL..
THINK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US AND CONGRATULATIONS.
PRECISION PERFECT IN EVERY SINGLE WAY.
YOU MUST SURELY BE DELIGHTED.
>> YEAH, I AM VERY PLEASED.
IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING DAY, MEMORABLE IN SO MANY WAYS.
IT IS ALSO THE COMBINATION OF A LOT OF WORK FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE.
IT HAS BEEN AN ENORMOUS TEAM EFFORT.
KIRSTY: I BET.
GIVE US SOME INSIGHT INTO THAT.
THIS IS THE GREATEST MILITARY PROCESSION THE STREETS OF THIS COUNTRY, THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS SEEN FROM BRITAIN IN 70 YEARS.
GIVEN INSIGHT INTO HOW MUCH WORK THAT TAKES.
>> A LOT.
IT STARTED SIX MONTH AGO.
YOU START TO BUILD UP DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND YOU TAKE IT AROUND THE GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS AND GET DIFFERENT VIEWS.
AND THEN YOU GET TRACTION FROM THE PALACE.
INCREMENTALLY, IT BUILDS AND BUILDS.
YOU START ADDING THE VARIOUS TROOPS AND TELLING PEOPLE WHAT THEY WILL BE DOING.
YOU BRING ALL THE REHEARSALS TOGETHER.
THE RESULT IS WHAT YOU SAW TODAY.
FOUR THOUSAND OR 5000 PEOPLE OUT THERE TODAY FROM ALL THE SERVICES AND ALL DOING THE VERY BEST THEY COULD TO DELIVER A SPECTACULAR PERFORMANCE FOR THE KING.
KIRSTY: TO MY EYE, IT LOOKED SPECTACULAR AND PERFECT.
WAS IT PERFECT?
>> I THINK IT WAS.
I HAVE NOT WATCHED IT BACK ON TELEVISION.
I NOTICED NOTHING ARRIVED -- AWRY.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE.
KIRSTY: WHAT WAS YOUR HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY?
>> FOR ME, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING SO GRAND AND SO UNIQUE WHERE YOU ARE AMONGST AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF NATIONS AND YOU HAVE THIS UNIQUE CONNECTION TO HIS MAJESTY.
AND BEING ABLE TO GO DOWN THE MALL WITH YOUR CONTINGENT AND ALSO THE REMAINDER OF THE COMMONWEALTH, THE TERRITORIES, AND THE REALMS, AND TO BE UNIFIED IN PURPOSE AND IN CELEBRATION, I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING I WILL NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN TO EXPERIENCE, AT LEAST I DO NOT THINK SO.
I'’’M INCREDIBLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE GONE THROUGH IT.
KIRSTY: WE SAW THE LOVELY SNIPPET OF THE MOUNTIES.
HOW BIG WAS YOUR CONTINGENT?
HOW MANY CANADIAN TROOPS PARTICIPATED?
>> IT WAS 46 SOLDIERS FROM ACROSS THE FOUR MAJOR SERVICES.
I BELIEVE IT WAS THE LARGEST COMMONWEALTH CONTINGENT HERE.
KIRSTY: HOW DID YOU GET THE CHANCE TO PRACTICE AS PART OF THIS GROUP?
I'’’M SURE YOU ARE VERY BUSY PEOPLE WITH ALL OF YOUR COMMITMENTS AND HAVING TO FIT IN THE REGULAR STUFF YOU DO.
WHEN DID YOU GET TIME TO REHEARSE?
>> THANKFULLY, WE HAVE PROFESSIONAL AND PATIENT AND STRUCTURES -- INSTRUCTORS THAT BROUGHT US IN, NOT JUST THE CANADIANS, BUT ALL THE NATIONS.
WE STARTED FRESH.
IT TOOK AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF DAYS AND DISCIPLINE TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE WERE TODAY WHERE, AS THE COMMANDER SAID, I BELIEVE WE REACHED PERFECTION FOR HIS MAJESTY.
KIRSTY: TELL ME ABOUT HOW WELL BEHAVED OR NOT ATTICUS WAS TODAY.
>> HE IS CALM BUT SPOOKS EASILY.
IT WAS A VERY THREATENING ENVIRONMENT WHEN YOU HAVE THE MILE STACKED WITH PEOPLE CHEERING.
KIRSTY: I SHOULD SAY ATTICUS IS A HORSE.
[LAUGHTER] PEOPLE MAY BE THINKING, WHO IS ATTICUS?
>> HE IS THE HORSE I HAVE BEEN WRITING FOR THREE YEARS.
HE SPOOKS EASILY.
WE TOOK HIM FOR A GALLOP THIS MORNING WITH THE OTHER HORSES PRETTY WAS GOOD AS GOLD WHICH WAS GOOD NEWS FOR ME.
KIRSTY: IT WAS GLORIOUS, THIS ROYAL SALUTE IN THE PALACE GARDENS.
FOR ALL OF THE TROOPS TODAY, EVEN JUST SEEING INSIDE THE PALACE GARDEN IS AN EXTRAORDINARY THING, BUT TO STAND ON THE LAWN AND HAVE THE KING AND QUEEN COME OUT, WAS THAT THE HIGHLIGHT?
>> YES, I THINK THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT FOR ALL OF US ACTUALLY.
THE GENESIS CAME FROM THE SERGEANT MAJOR.
THE IMPORTANT THING WAS 4000 OR 5000 TROOPS ON PARADE, FEW OF WHOM WHO WILL GET TO SEEK THE KING IN A MOMENT LIKE THAT BECAUSE HE IS BEHIND THE BATTLE PROCESSION.
THE IDEA IS THAT EVERYBODY ON PARADE GETS TO SEE THE KING TO GIVE A ROYAL SALUTE AND GIVE THREE CHEERS.
FOR ALL OF US, I THINK THAT WAS AN AMAZING THING.
KIRSTY: WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU BOTH FOR TAKING THE TIME THIS EVENING.
YOU HAVE BREAKFAST.
IT HAS BEEN A LONG DAY.
WE CALLED YOU OUT OF A PARTY TO COME HERE.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AS WELL.
GOING CELEBRATE.
CONGRATULATIONS.
WONDERFUL.
GO AND CELEBRATE.
SPIRITS WERE HIGH AND THE FESTIVITIES IN FULL SWING AS THE CROWDS GATHERED ON THE MILE TO AWAIT THE BALCONY APPEARANCE OF THE NEWLY CROWNED KING CHARLES THE THIRD AND QUEEN CAMILLA.
IT WAS LAST JUNE AT THE JUBILEE WE SAW SCENES SIMILAR TO THIS.
TODAY, A DIFFERENT MOMENT AS THEY COME TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO KING CHARLES III.
WE ARE HOPING WE SHALL HAVE THE ROYAL FAMILY, THE KING AND QUEEN APPEARING ON THE BALCONY AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE ACCOMPANIED BY OTHER WORKING MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY AND THEY WILL ENJOY A FLYPAST.
THERE WE HAVE KING CHARLES III AND QUEEN CAMILLA, THE IMPERIAL STATE CROWN, WAVING TO THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THRONGING THE MILD HAVE BRAVED THE RAIN AND ARE HERE TO WITNESS AN HISTORIC MOMENT.
WE SEE THE PAGES GETTING A MOMENT THAT WILL STAY WITH THEM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
QUEEN CAMILLA IS JOINED BY THE TWO LADIES IN ATTENDANCE WHO HELPED WITH HER TRAIN AND THIS MORNING AS SHE WAS GETTING READY.
THEY WAVED TO THE CROWD AND THE CROWD WAVES BACK.
HE DOES LOOK RELAXED.
HE IS TAKING IT ALL IN.
IT MUST BE QUITE A SCENE TO BE ON THE RECEIVING END.
THE FIRST OF THE AIRCRAFT IN TODAY'’’S FLYPAST, WHICH HAS BEEN SCALED DOWN BECAUSE OF THE BAD WEATHER, IS NONETHELESS ENJOYABLE.
HELICOPTERS FROM EACH OF THE SERVICES.
THE NAVY, THE ARMY, THE ROYAL MARINES, AND THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.
ACTUALLY, HIS MAJESTY IS THE FIRST MONARCH WHO CAN FLY A HELICOPTER.
IN HIS NAVAL DAYS, HE WAS REPORTED TO BE A VERY GOOD WESSEX HELICOPTER PILOT.
AND NOW, FOR THE BIG MOMENT, THE SPECTACULAR SIGHT WITH THEIR SIGNATURE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE SMOKE.
WHAT A MOMENT TO TOP OFF THIS HISTORIC DAY WHICH THIS HUGE CROWD WILL SURELY REMEMBER FOR A LONG TIME TO COME.
>> ♪ [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] KIRSTY: THOSE WERE THE SCENES THIS AFTERNOON.
IT IS WORTH A REMINDER THE CORONATION CELEBRATIONS ARE FAR FROM OVER.
TOMORROW NIGHT, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, WINDSOR CASTLE WILL PLAY HOST TO A SPECTACULAR CORONATION CONCERT FEATURING A HOST OF MUSICAL FAVORITES ALONGSIDE WORLD-CLASS ENTERTAINERS AND PERFORMERS.
CLARA JOINS US NOW WITH AN EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK AT THE STAGE.
>> GOOD EVENING AND HELLO FROM WINDSOR.
WHAT A DAY.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
THE CELEBRATIONS ARE FAR FROM OVER.
CHECK THIS OUT.
IT IS THE STAGE FOR THE CORONATION CONCERT TAKING PLACE LIVE FROM 8:00 P.M.
TOMORROW.
YES, YOU CAN SEE 10THS ON THE STAGE -- TENTS ON THE STAGE PROTECTING THE INSTRUMENTS.
WE ARE HOPING FOR A LOVELY SUNSHINE TOMORROW.
THE STAGE IS HUGE.
THE SCREEN AT THE TOP IS SIX METERS HIGH, ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF 21 STATE CROWNS ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER.
THE STAGE IS THE SAME WIDTH AS FIVE GOLD STATE COACHES PARKED AEND TO END.
THEN THERE IS THE INCREDIBLE BACKDROP OF WINDSOR CASTLE.
THE WHOLE AREA WILL BE FOR 20,000 EXCITED TICKETHOLDERS TOMORROW EVENING.
THERE IS A BUZZ AT WINDSOR CASTLE.
GOOD EVENING.
I'’’M FEELING GREAT.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING 24 HOURS BEFORE YOUR PERFORMANCE?
>> FEELING INCREDIBLE.
FEELING REALLY GOOD.
THE RAIN EARLIER WAS FRUSTRATING.
APART FROM THAT, IT HAS BEEN AN AMAZING ATMOSPHERE.
>> YOU WILL HAVE A 70-PIECE MILITARY ORCHESTRA.
>> WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO DO SOME REHEARSAL SO I GET TO HEAR IT AGAIN.
FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD SO FAR, IT SOUNDS INCREDIBLE.
VERY EXCITED.
>> THIS IS NOT YOUR FIRST RODEO.
YOU HAVE PERFORMED FOR THE ROLES BEFORE.
HOW DOES THIS EXPERIENCE COMPARE?
>> THIS IS THE BIGGEST ONE.
THIS GOES DOWN IN HISTORY.
I'’’M SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE.
MY FAMILY, MY FRIENDS, MYSELF, WE ARE SUPER PROUD TO HAVE THIS MOMENT.
>> HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE TO HAVE A LOOK AROUND WINDSOR CASTLE YET?
>> I HAVE NOT.
BACKSTAGE IS GREAT.
WE HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AROUND REALLY.
MAYBE LATER.
TOMORROW NIGHT AFTER THE GIG, THEY MIGHT LET ME LOOSE.
>> GET THE WORK DONE FIRST.
I WILL LET YOU GET ON WITH REHEARSAL.
HAVE AN AMAZING PERFORMANCE TOMORROW EVENING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAS THE HONOR OF PERFORMING AT THE CATHEDRAL EARLIER ON.
>> HOW ARE YOU?
WELL DONE.
>> I WAS WATCHING YOU EARLIER WHEN I WAS AT HOME.
YOUR FACE WAS FULL OF PRIDE, CONCENTRATION, AND DELETE.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE FOR YOU?
>> THE PIECE THAT I SANG WAS WRITTEN BY A WELSHMAN AND THE WORDS WERE BY A WELSHMAN AS WELL.
IT WAS AMAZING TO BE SINGING WELSH.
THE SECRETARY OF THEN PRINCE CHARLES TRANSLATED THE WORDS.
I WAS THE FIRST ONE TO SING.
THE CHOIR TO EACH SIDE OF ME.
IT WAS THRILLING.
>> A GORGEOUS PERFORMANCE.
YOU HAVE HAD QUITE THE 24 HOURS.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DAY LIKE THIS BEFORE?
>> YES, I THINK PEOPLE ARE GETTING FED UP WITH ME NOW.
I WAS WALKING FROM WESTMINSTER TO VICTORIA SEEING ALL OF THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE WITH ALL OF THE CROWNS AND DRESSING UP.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAIN, STILL SMILING.
WHAT A DAY FOR THEM AS WELL.
IT IS BRILLIANT.
IT IS NICE TO BE HERE.
I WILL BE SINGING A DUET WITH MY GOOD FRIEND ANDREA PACELLI.
>> HOW EXCITED ARE YOU TO REIGNITE?
>> SO GREAT.
HE IS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT SINGING.
OPERA OR HOW THE VOICE WORKS.
YOU MIGHT GO TOUCH YOUR THROAT AND SEE HOW IT WORKS.
IT IS INCREDIBLE TO BE ON THE STAGE WITH HIM AGAIN.
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU TOMORROW EVENING.
IT IS GOING TO BE INCREDIBLE TOMORROW.
WE WILL SEE YOU THEN.
KIRSTY: THANKS SO MUCH.
THERE ARE OTHER GREAT GUESTS PERFORMING IN INCLUDING LIONEL RICHIE AND KATY PERRY.
PLENTY MORE TO ENJOY ON THIS SPECIAL WEEKEND.
FOR NOW, PROBABLY WORTH TAKING A MOMENT TO APPRECIATE ALL THAT WE HAVE WITNESSED TODAY TO TURN THE PAGE IN THE HISTORY BOOKS.
THE SERVICE UNDERPINNED BY THE DAZZLING PRESENCE OF ANCIENT CROWNS AND GOLDEN ROBES BUT ALSO WITH A DISTINCTIVELY FRESH APPROACH, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE SPECIALLY COMPOSED NEW MUSIC OR GOSPEL CHOIR BUT BECAUSE WE SAW IN SO MANY PEOPLE TAKING PART ALL OF OURSELVES REFLECTED BACK, THE FACES THAT WATCHED ON IN THE ABBEY OF DIFFERENT AGES, NATIONS, AND NATIONALITIES UNITED IN GOODWILL FOR THE NEWLY-CROWNED KING AND QUEEN.
AT THE HEART OF THINGS, YOUNGSTERS FROM A BLENDED FAMILY PLAYING THEIR PART, BEHAVING THEMSELVES, AND HELPING THEIR MAJESTIES ENJOY AN EXTRAORDINARY DAY.
WE SAW RECYCLED DRONES DRONES THAT SHOWCASED SUSTAINABILITY.
WE WATCHED THE AWE-INSPIRING DISPLAY OF MILITARY GATHERED IN THE GARDEN SALUTE THEIR COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND LET OUT A CHEER LOUD ENOUGH TO BRING AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH.
NOTHING SEEMED TO DAMPEN THE SPIRIT OF THE MASSIVE CROWD THAT FLOCKED TO CEMENT THEIR BOND WITH THEIR KING.
IT IS TRULY A DAY THAT WILL LOVE LIVE LONG IN THE MEMORY NOT JUST FOR THE MONARCH PUT ALL OF US WHO WATCHED.
THANK YOU TO THE HARD-WORKING TECHNICAL AND PRODUCTION TEAM WHO PUT TOGETHER TODAY'’’S MARATHON BROADCAST.
ESPECIALLY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> ♪ >> YOUR MAJESTY, AS CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD, WE WELCOME YOU IN THE NAME OF THE KING OF KINGS.
>> ♪ >> THIS IS THE ROYAL THRONE.
THESE ARE THE LIVELY ORACLE'’’S OF GOD.
>> WILL YOU CAUSE LAW, JUSTICE, AND MERCY TO BE EXECUTED IN ALL OF YOUR JUDGMENTS?
KIRSTY: I WILL -- KING CHARLES: I WILL.
>> ♪ >> GOD SAVE THE KING!
>> GOD SAVE THE KING!
>> I, WILLIAM, PRINCE OF WALES, PLEDGE MY LOYALTY TO YOU.
>> ♪ >> ♪ >> HIP HIP -- >> HOORAY!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> ♪
