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royal family so relatable are these sort of ups and downs of family life. i think people can understand that. at the same time, i think yesterday was a joyous day of celebration. it was wonderful to see members of the royal family there along with so many other heads of government and heads of state. there were representatives of 203 countries in westminster ab abbey. it was a fantastic day for the uk on the global stage. the worldwide audience would have been massive. a lot of people watching in the u.s. and in countries all over the world. so i think it's an incredibly special day, which the international appeal of the british monarchy, which is unmatched and unrivaled by any monarchy. >> you don't feel that international appeal really has been diminished because the queen was so well thought of. charles has to arguably go a ways to try and earn that. then again, the drama, forgive me, all families have their drama -- this is quite a drama and it's not been discreet at
idea of what we can expect in terms of the coronation, who will take part. just talk us through. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, isa. i have to say, first of all, we've seen a couple of the headlines this morning and the papers here are calling this king charles' day of destination. we know they've waited over 70 years for this moment, and we'll see an ancient ritual take place behind us here at westminster ab abbey. the great west door, you might see over my shoulder a rain cover being erected. rain is expected a little bit later on today. hopefully everyone will be in the abbey by that point because the doors open here at 7:30. we're expecting around 2,300 attendees. just to talk you through very quickly through the ceremony itself, ilsa, three things perhaps for our viewers to watch out for. the more port parts of the ceremony will be the anointing of king charles, the most sacred part of this service, anointed with holy oil by the silver spoon, the coronation spoon
from the team for personal business. a club source says he missed the monday training session to attend promotional events. according to multiple reports he is in saudi arabia. on monday the minister of tourism tweeted welcoming the world cup winner to the country and he posted a promotion for saudi tourism a few dareew days. three days until the coronation of king charles and we've had a first glimpse of the ceremony. ♪ rehearsals are taking place in the early hours of wednesday morning. fans watched as hundreds of soldiers march to westminster ab abbey. and tune in for special live coverage on saturday.
>> and bells will be tolling any moment now and at some places already all across england. i want to bring in now cnn's max foster who is our royal correspondent, senior royal correspondent. max, thank you for joining us. listen, what can we expect today as far as what's going to happen ceremonially and also prince charles is expected to speak as well. >> bells tolling at westminster ab abbey, st. paul's and westminster. we will be hearing gun salutes as well. you can hear the bells tolling, westminster abbey is very close to us here. let's listen in for a moment. so they take different patterns depending on the event and this will be an extended version basically because it's such a significant event. the bells tolling at st. paul's,