THESE are the approximate timings for the Coronation Day ceremonial events in London:
6am: Viewing areas open along the procession route.
7.15-8.30am: Guests for Westminster Abbey begin to arrive at security check points in Victoria Tower Gardens.
9am: Congregation to be seated inside the abbey.
9.30-10.45am: Heads of state, overseas government representatives, Government ministers, First Ministers, former PMs, foreign royals and members of the royal family arrive.
9.45am: The Sovereign’s Escort of the Household Cavalry begin to gather ready for the procession from Buckingham Palace.
10.20am: The King and Queen Consort’s procession sets off from the palace.
10.53am: The King and Queen Consort arrive at Westminster Abbey.
11am: Charles and Camilla enter the abbey through the Great West Door and the service begins.
12pm: The King is crowned. The Archbishop of Canterbury places the St Edward’s Crown on Charles’s head. Trumpets will sound and gun salutes will be fired across the UK.
1pm: The service ends and the newly crowned King and Queen begin their coronation procession back to Buckingham Palace in the Gold State Coach.
1.33pm: Charles and Camilla are expected to enter Buckingham Palace through the Centre Arch.
1.45pm: The King and Queen Consort receive a royal salute from the military in the palace gardens.
Around 2.15pm: The King, Queen Consort and members of the royal family appear on the palace balcony to watch the flypast.
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