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breaking news to bring you related to buckingham palace. police say they breaking news to bring you related to buckingham palace. police say they have breaking news to bring you related to buckingham palace. police say they have arrested breaking news to bring you related to buckingham palace. police say they have arrested a breaking news to bring you related to buckingham palace. police say they have arrested a man breaking news to bring you related to buckingham palace. police say they have arrested a man outside breaking news to bring you related to buckingham palace. police say they have arrested a man outside the palace. it is early tuesday night. hours before the rehearsal is due to kick off. right in front of buckingham palace, a reminder of the important role the security services will play making sure everything goes according to plan. a man is detained by police after a suspected
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shotgun cartridges were thrown into the palace grounds. cordons were put up the palace grounds. cordons were put up in the area and a precautionary controlled explosion carried out. it is being treated according to the met police as an isolated mental health incident. once the security incident concludes, the military rehearsal gets under way.
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to the delight of those who made their way especially to watch and their way especially to watch and the surprise of people who just happened to find themselves surrounded by thousands of service personnel. forthose surrounded by thousands of service personnel. for those who are very brave members of the public stay up all night, we call them an overnight rehearsal. ., ., :: :: :: all night, we call them an overnight rehearsal. ., ., i: i: i: 3, all night, we call them an overnight rehearsal. ., ., :: :: :: j~, rehearsal. from about 2000 8pm last niaht, ou rehearsal. from about 2000 8pm last night. you had — rehearsal. from about 2000 8pm last night, you had thousands _ rehearsal. from about 2000 8pm last night, you had thousands of _ rehearsal. from about 2000 8pm last night, you had thousands of troops i night, you had thousands of troops from the army and everyone was forming up and heading out to their various points on the procession ready to step off. it is very rare to get all regiments of the household division together with all their colours. that's a really special occasion and very unique moment in our history.
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there are two processions, one taking the royals from buckingham palace to westminster abbey known as the kings procession. we are the very front horse of the entire _ we are the very front horse of the entire king's procession from buckingham palace to westminster abbey— buckingham palace to westminster abbey and back again. it's
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absolutely incredible, not only once in a career— absolutely incredible, not only once in a career opportunity but once in a lifetime — in a career opportunity but once in a lifetime opportunity. the return back is known as the coronation procession. both will be scrutinised in exacting detail. tonight, it must be rehearsed, finessed and made ready for the big day. as well as the military,
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the carriages set to be used are all part of the rehearsal. on the way to the abbey, the royal party will travel in the diamond jubilee state coach. used for the first time at the state opening of parliament in 2014, it has electric windows, air conditioning and shock absorbers, making for a very comfortable ride. it is an important day for everyone involved. lots of care and preparation has been taken to ensure every movement and formation in the king's coronation is perfect.
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up until now, rehearsals have had to take place outside of the capital. tonight, troops can practice moving around the actual monuments. marching band plays. every step carefully observed under the watchful eye of senior officials on the lookout for any potential problems. marching band plays. under the cold night sky, the band marches on. marching band plays.
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the procession then reaches westminster abbey. the moment of arrival, rehearsed exactly as it will be on coronation morning. the steps of the diamond jubilee state coach
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are carefully unfolded to allow the king and queen consort to safely dismount. man shouts orders. the route travels along some of the busiest roads in central london. man shouts orders. they cannot simply be closed off every time there's a need to practise the drills. man shouts orders. you're on the streets, you're going to be parading on on saturday and, therefore, for each person on parade, they're looking for the small details, the small markers, the ground that they've got to march across, the distance they are from
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the people in front and behind, and they'll be focusing rather more on that than the crowd behind the crowd barriers. the entire route is mapped out exactly using a pace stick, keeping everything at the correct distance. at ease! while the ceremony is happening inside the abbey, personnel will form up on whitehall and the mall. wheel around, bend around... they'll set off as soon as the king and queen leave westminster abbey and join
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the rear of the procession. the ceremony inside the abbey is set to last two hours, after which the newly crowned king and queen will return back to buckingham palace. the timekeepers with stopwatches at the ready expect it to be not long after 1:30. next time these soldiers walk down the streets, they, officials hope, will be lined with crowds, all aiming to get a look at the royal couple.
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well into the early hours, they march on. tonight, the streets are empty. come morning, they will be full once more.
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number one division, prepare to halt! halt! number one division. . . march!
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on the day, there will be a long wait while the service continues, possibly in the rain and in full view of the crowds who will be lining the streets. eyes forward and wait for the command. commands given. i think the important thing is that everybody involved puts a huge amount of work into it and the professionalism and skill of the young men and women of the armed forces delivers what i hope will be
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an amazing parade on saturday. king charles and queen camilla will travel back to buckingham palace in the gold state coach, just as queen elizabeth ii did in 1953. trumpets sound bells pealing commands given
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it is the most spectacular—looking coach, notoriously uncomfortable though, with the late queen describing riding in it as "horrible". at 260 years old, it does not have mod cons and definitely no shock absorbers to smooth the ride. the returnjourney is a much grander affair, involving around 4,000 military. marching band plays.
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bagpipes skirl. as well as looking spectacular, the processions will sound extraordinary as well. the processions will sound marching bands from all three armed forces will provide the stirring soundtrack guaranteed to get the crowds�* feet tapping. marching band plays.
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i am immensely proud because i've been heavily involved in the planning of the event since november. so, it means an awful lot and i think, you know, just seeing the scale of the event over last night and seeing 7000, 8000 service personnel in london delivering that event was incredible, but i am also looking forward to seeing how the nation reacts on saturday because it is going to galvanise the nation and hopefully everybody will appreciate what unites us and not what keeps us apart.
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marching band plays commands given the late queen's procession back to buckingham palace took around two hours and was much, much longer than king charles' will be. she travelled around much of central london, including regent street and piccadilly circus. marching band plays
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on saturday, as rehearsals practised tonight, the king and queen will return the way they came, with the journey back expected to take around 33 minutes. marching band plays as the commander—in—chief with the armed forces, the monarch has a special link with military and, so, after the profession is finished, they will form up at buckingham palace. there they will be joined by king charles and queen camilla, who will receive a royal salute. marching band plays
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a successful rehearsal. now, onto the main event. as the sun rises over london, the armed forces return to their accommodation. they know, come saturday, the drills practised tonight will be recorded in history forever. marching band plays hello there. things are looking better for part two of the coronation weekend.
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and we should see more sunshine around throughout sunday and it should feel a lot warmer as well. there'll still be a few showers dotted around, maybe the north and the east, but then it's all downhill again as we head into bank holiday monday. another frontal system working in off the atlantic will bring rain and that will be followed by plenty of showers. and i think sunshine will be quite limited. so this is monday's rain on the pressure chart. this is today's rain slowly pushing northwards and eastwards into the north sea. gradually, it will eventually turn a bit drier. there'll be a legacy of cloud and some showers, but clearer skies towards the south and certainly across the north and west. so it's here where temperatures will fall into single digits. but another mild night to come, much of england and wales, 10 to 12 celsius. so we start at sunday off a bit of a murky start with some cloud, but the sunshine should break that cloud up quite quickly and we should see it brightening up nicely and into the afternoon, many places will stay dry. the shower risk will be central, eastern scotland, central eastern england. and then later in the day it
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will turn windier and cloudier with some rain for northern ireland. but temperatures will respond. it's going to feel warmer, particularly in england and wales could see up to 20, 21 degrees, 18 degrees in the central belt of scotland. but like i mentioned, it doesn't last. although it will be a dry night for central and eastern parts, it'll turn wetter and windier out west, but milder as well. some warmer air moving in with this rain, temperatures dipping into single digits across eastern england under those clear skies. so this is the pressure chart then for bank holiday monday. we've got the weather front spreading from west to east across the country. more isobars on the chart so it will be blustery as well. it could start briefly dry and bright across the far south east, but soon the cloud, the wind and the rain will arrive here as well and it stays wet, as you can see. could see some brightness in scotland, northern ireland, but that will set off some showers and these could turn out to be heavy and thundery as well. so with more breeze, more cloud, more rain around, it's not going to feel quite as warm on monday. temperatures generally for most of us around the mid—teens. and as we push off out of monday
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into the rest of the week, low pressure always nearby, it does remain fairly unsettled. these weather fronts will enhance shower activity, could see showers or even longer spells of rain at times. a bit of brightness, too. and although temperatures will start at around average, as that low pressure continues to bring north—westerly winds, it'll turn a little bit fresher for all of us.
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this is bbc news life in london. despite the rain, huge crowds came to buckingham palace to greet the royal party. a moment in history as this in edward's crown was placed on the king was knackered by the archbishop of canterbury at westminster abbey. gad archbishop of canterbury at westminster abbey. god save the kinu. god westminster abbey. god save the king- god save — westminster abbey. god save the king. god save the _ westminster abbey. god save the king. god save the queen. - camilla was the first queen consort to be crowned since the late queen elizabeth the queen mother, in 1937. a personal moment between king and heir, william wishes

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