excited, a bit nervous. obviously a big day ahead but can t wait, actually. the commissioner of london s metropolitan police sir mark rowley says security for the coronation will be the biggest operation in the force s history. this is an immense operation, and in fact, tomorrow, saturday, it would be the biggest single deployment we have done in london, ever, for this operation. there will be well over 11,500 officers involved. our other main story this hour: in england, the conservatives suffer significant council losses in local election results. and the world health organization says covid 19 no longer represents a global health emergency , a major step towards ending the pandemic. welcome to bbc news. i m christian fraser, live at buckingham palace where final plans are being put in place for the coronation of king charles tomorrow. my colleague katty kay is outside westminster abbey where the coronation ceremony will take place. we will bring you all the build up to th
these occasions, do you overdressed or overbearing it s the stuff to people from that that sort of thing? i get all of that, the debate about with a coronation class and the fact that we don t you have the final bill at the moment. for what it is going to be and whether it would be upwards of £100 million. i understand all of that but on the other hand, when you re actually in the coronation service, to turn up in a rather dowdy outfit, if you are going to go to the coronation and you re going to be one of the very few people, comparatively, compared to the queens coronation, who received an invitation. i think at that moment the onus is on you slightly to examine it s up just a tad. so, going is something less than the best you can get for coronation anyway wassup we will see tomorrow. i had an interesting conversation with the bishop of durham when i was speaking to him, we had a great chat about the