LONDON — King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, will be crowned at Westminster Abbey in London on Saturday — continuing a tradition that dates back more than 1,000 years.
They began their procession toward the coronation service at Westminster Abbey through Central London in a golden carriage led by six horses as thousands of cheering people lined the streets.
About 200 members of the British military are mounted on horses as part of the coronation procession, largely drawn from what’s known as the Household Cavalry Regiment. On either side of the route to Westminster Abbey there are around 1,000 other soldiers, sailors and Royal Air Force personnel.
Charles and Camilla 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.
While bells rang outside, trumpets and singing filled the inside of the Abbey to mark the procession of Charles and Camilla through the nave and past a large choir before taking their seats at the start of the formal ceremony.
In his first spoken part of the ceremony, Charles said that he has come to “serve, not to be served” and to follow the example of the “king of kings.”
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