They disembarked from their three-ton carriage at the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey, flanked by church officials and followed by a retinue of support staff dressed in red uniforms. On either side of the route to Westminster Abbey were around 1,000 other soldiers, sailors and Royal Air Force personnel. Massive crowds lined the royals' route to and from the ceremony over the course of several hours.Ĭharles and Camilla began their procession toward the coronation from Buckingham Palace through Central London in a golden carriage led by eight horses.Ībout 200 members of the British military were mounted on horses as part of the procession, largely drawn from what's known as the Household Cavalry Regiment. LONDON - King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, were officially crowned king and queen during a coronation ceremony Saturday at Westminster Abbey, the first coronation there since that of Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II, back in 1953. Britain's King Charles III wearing the Imperial state Crown, and Britain's Queen Camilla wearing a modified version of Queen Mary's Crown wave from the Buckingham Palace balcony after viewing the Royal Air Force fly-past in central London on Saturday.

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