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Some 4,000 troops gathered to show their support for the king and queen? reporter: absolutely. monumental, majestic moment. we ve not seen anything like this. the beauty of this moment, not only about the troops, but the people now. not just the 1 million people we re seeing, but the millions of people watching this at home. if they re doing it from these soggy locations or watching it on the sofa, hopefully so champagne in hand. this is the most important thing we re waiting for. i wish i could say it s king charles and queen camilla we re only waiting for, but we re also waiting to see if harry is there. we re looking at the mile. we think about the royal wedding. we think about the jubilee.
Where are you all from? from tanworth, which is the in midlands i think near birmingham. and you were telling me urural that you stayed out all night to be here. yep, we got here at midnight. was it worth it? absolutely. did you get a glimpse of the king and the queen? and how did that feel? fantastic. reporter: so not a wasted effort. you re happy. why is it important for you to come out and witness this coronation in the rain? there are actually two reasons. reporter: go on then. one, our parents were here for the queen s coronation and saint james palace, so we stayed on the opposite because they re not here and tradition. and secondly can t keep us away from london. reporter: okay, family tradition. one last person. we ve got a veteran over here. it s not just about celebrating
Anderson Cooper leads CNN s special live coverage of The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla along with analysis and reporting across the United.
Thousands of bands. if they get it right, they ll be proud of themselves. there s a gathering of family inside. they re preparing for the balcony moment and the flyover. then there s a private lunch. then the royal photograph will be taken. here they appear. let s watch. the king has the same pages as he did during the coronation. prince george there on the left. this is the robe he went to the coronation in. there are several robes involved. camilla s outfit has been made for her. her robe is new. it s a recycled one charles is wearing. present arms.
Moment where they go back and have their coronation celebration lunch and just think, in just the space of the war, the platinum jubilee, the qu queen s funeral, and now this coronation, the new reign, charles is now the king. but has such key roles for the future kings. that key moment, i think, perhaps if we look back to what we saw in that ceremony, the kiss between, the emotion of father and son. the emotion on charles face, that s what i keep coming back to. this is a family. so you had all of that pomp and circumstance where that was william s role to do that. but then charles suspect awe frad of showing husband emotions. that s a big difference from his mother. i just think to me, that was a really poignant moment. all those little things like
Welcome back to london and this spectacular display of pomp and circumstance. a royal procession featuring king charles, queen camilla, making its way back to buckingham palace. they are joined by 4,000 troops from the armed forces from commonwealth countries and british territories around the world. i m here with max foster and christiane amanpour. matthew chance is alopg the route on the mile. how is the crowd reacting to this historic day? the rain has stopped temporarily. reporter: it hasn t deterred anyone here. you can see we re about 20 rows back. was it worth coming? it s great fun. it s been amazing. we re going to see the kung in a minute.
Anderson Cooper leads CNN s special live coverage of The Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla along with analysis and reporting across the United.
They felt about the ceremony. many people watching under cover. it was certainly something that people i spoke to really enjoyed. they joined in with a homage to the king. they found that prince william kissing his father was a poignant moment. mixed feelings on whether they want to see more than just the king and queen and how extended that family will be. we had a parade of the army veterans. there s another parade in the next one. i hope i can show you the next one. we ll have about 150 king charles spaniels. a parade of king charles spaniels, that s quite an event. i hope we re covering that event live. it s just one of many events happened around the uk.