live from washington, this is bbc news. king charles crowd in a sacred and solemn century centuries old at westminster abbey. camilla was the first queen consort to be crowned since the late queen elizabeth the queen mother in 1937. in the us, police say there are multiple dems in a shooting at a shopping mall in texas. i'm helena humphrey, great to have you with us. and historic day in the united kingdom as

king charles and queen camilla are crowned at westminster abbey marking the beginning of a new era for the british monarchy. tens of thousands of people descended on london for a day of ceremony, tradition, and pageantry, despite the wet weather. first reporters from role correspondent nicholas witchell. may 6th, 2023. coronation day. in the abbey church at westminster, where these things have been done for nearly 1,000 years, a congregation to represent the britain of today had come together, with honoured guests from the wider world. the flags of the realms, the 1a other nations of which the british monarch is also head of state, were borne in procession. god save the king!

at buckingham palace, the military detachments were drawn up. the only blemish the weather. as predicted, it left a lot to be desired. the king and the queen consort left the palace in steady rain. at the abbey, the king's family were taking their places, the duke of sussex making a brief visit to london, without his wife, and the duke of york making a brief appearance in public, wearing the robes of a knight of the garter. attended by prince george, who was one of the pages, and dressed in his robes of state,

the king entered the abbey for his crowning. to hubert parry�*s anthem, i was glad. # vivat. the prince and princess of wales took their places with princess charlotte and five—year—old prince louis. the king was welcomed to his coronation by a chorister. your majesty, as children of kingdom of god, we welcome you in the name

of the king of kings. in his name, and after his example. _ i come not to be served but to serve. will you solemnly- promise and swear... the king swore the traditional coronation oath to govern the peoples of the united kingdom and his other realms and territories according to their laws. i solemnly promise so to do. there was a special composition from the ascension choir. and then the most sacred moments of the service... # zadok the priest... ..the anointing of the monarch, for which the king was divested of his robe and jacket and moved to the coronation chair which had been screened from view to be anointed

with holy oil. the king knelt before the altar before being dressed in robes of gold to receive the coronation regalia. the orbs, sceptres and other items some of which were presented by representatives of other faiths. and then the moment of the king's crowning. god save the king! god save the king. the prince of wales pledged his loyalty.

faith and truth i will bear unto you as your liege man of life and limb, so help me god. god save the king! god save king charles. the family watched. harry in the third row from the front. i now invite those who wish to offer their support to do so. the congregation in the abbey recited the homage of the people. i swear that i will pay true allegiance to your majority and to your heirs and successors, according to law. so help me god. and then the queen was crowned, the culmination of the transformation of the former camilla

parker—bowles. # god save our gracious king... the coronation was over, king charles and queen camilla made their way out of westminster abbey. waiting in the rain the gold state coach and the parade of more than 4,000 members of the armed services which stepped off for buckingham palace. prince george had rejoined his brother and sister after his page boy duties, the family making their way to the palace, past the waiting crowds. on to the palace balcony for the first time as king, came charles ii! with queen camilla. they were joined by the pages and the working members of the royal family. through the clouds came the red arrows in a curtailed coronation fly past.

finally, on the balcony it was just the king and queen. charles, a crowned monarch now, committed to the service of his people. nicholas witchell, bbc news. well, let's get you up now with some breaking news coming out of the us state of texas, where there are multiple victims, including children, after a shooting at a shopping mall. according to local media the suspected shooter is now dead and there is no longer an active threat. this is the footage from the scene in alan, texas, just north of dallas. we we we do not have exact numbers of the death of those injured. this is what police had to say a short time ago. 50

this is what police had to say a short time ago.— a short time ago. so this is auoin a short time ago. so this is going to — a short time ago. so this is going to be _ a short time ago. so this is going to be very _ a short time ago. so this is going to be very short - a short time ago. so this is going to be very short and | a short time ago. so this is i going to be very short and you understand we can't take any questions, but at 3:36pm this afternoon one of our offices was on an unrelated call at the outlet mall, he heard gunshots, went to the gunshots, engage the suspect and neutralised the suspect stopping also then called for ambulances. we have a multiagency response helping us work the scene. they helped us work the scene. they helped us evacuate them all, we have set up reunification areas. i have talked to the governor, the governor has alleged all the governor has alleged all the support that the state has so we appreciate that, i hope goes without saying that our deepest sympathies are with the families of the victims, this is a tragedy. people will be looking for answers, and we just are sorry that those families are experiencing that loss. we will have another briefing. the budgie was going to talk injust briefing. the budgie was going to talk in just a moment. but we will have another briefing in about two hours. we anticipate having it here, but

if we don't we will let you know where it is.- if we don't we will let you know where it is. hello, i'm jonathan — know where it is. hello, i'm jonathan boyd, _ know where it is. hello, i'm jonathan boyd, fire - know where it is. hello, i'm jonathan boyd, fire chief i know where it is. hello, i'm jonathan boyd, fire chief of jonathan boyd, fire chief of the allen fire department, lake chief_ the allen fire department, lake chief harvey said they also don't — chief harvey said they also don't have a lot of information for you. — don't have a lot of information for you, what they do have is we immediately implemented our active _ we immediately implemented our active attack integrated response and form some rescue iaskforce — response and form some rescue taskforce with the police so we could _ taskforce with the police so we could quickly get to the victims _ could quickly get to the victims here at the site. we transported nine victims to area — transported nine victims to area trauma trauma facilities, those — area trauma trauma facilities, those are _ area trauma trauma facilities, those are the ones that the allen— those are the ones that the allen fire department transported, there may be others _ transported, there may be others that were transported in private — others that were transported in private vehicles, but those are the ones — private vehicles, but those are the ones we know of. all right, thank— the ones we know of. all right, thank you _ the ones we know of. all right, thank yon-— thank you. well, that was law enforcement _ thank you. well, that was law enforcement they're - thank you. well, that was law enforcement they're speaking thank you. well, that was law i enforcement they're speaking in alan, texas a little while ago. they did mention in the press conference they will be updating people shortly and you can see there on your screen that we are nowjust can see there on your screen that we are now just awaiting more news from law enforcement and local authorities on the

ground there in alan, texas, about this developing story and we will continue to keep you up—to—date with all the latest and what authorities have to say at the press conference as soon as we do hear from them. but health officials have been speaking and they have been saying the victims are between the ages of five and 61 years old. us president biden has also been briefed on this incident and shoppers who were at the shopping mall described the scene at the moment that the scene at the moment that the gunfire broke out. we heard some pens _ the gunfire broke out. we heard some pens go — the gunfire broke out. we heard some pens go off. _ the gunfire broke out. we heard some pops go off, like - the gunfire broke out. we heard some pops go off, like ten. - the gunfire broke out. we heard some pops go off, like ten. 1. some pops go off, like ten. i looked up and said is that gunfire? and they said no, we don't think so, and then 20 more pops go off and then there is a guy across francesca's and full outfitted, assault rifle, just shooting at people, so the managerjohnson matthew is a

super helpful, you should all run back, locked the doors, and we were in there for an hour, we were in there for an hour, we are out now, don't know. sage we are out now, don't know. saw bodies going _ we are out now, don't know. saw bodies going down. definitely sure — bodies going down. definitely sure some people being shot, it was right— sure some people being shot, it was right outside our door. it was — was right outside our door. it was horrible.— was horrible. just horrible. let's turn _ was horrible. just horrible. let's turn back _ was horrible. just horrible. let's turn back to - was horrible. just horrible. let's turn back to our - was horrible. just horrible. let's turn back to our top | let's turn back to our top story now, the coronation of king charles ii! and more than 2000 people were inside westminster abbey for the service and daniela relph met with some of them. from early morning they queued to take a seat. many never expected to find themselves here today but their charity and community work secured them an invitation. there was a sprinkling of celebrity too. friends of the king and queen and supporters of their work. this was a unique experience for them all. it's kind of a surreal morning. you don't think you're ever going to make it to a coronation. no, it's fantastic. there's not many people who get

to say they've been invited to a coronation. this isjust, it's wonderful. very, very excited. very excited indeed and hoping that the rain stays off. - it is unbelievably special and to see the people out here as well, i'm amongst royalty and the greats of tv. like, really?! little old me from hackney? cor blimey! by the time the service was over, most of the guests had been in their seats for around five hours. they left clutching their orders of service, a treasured memory of the day. it was amazing, it was stunning. i loved all the bits, i loved all the musical bits, the hymns. i didn't expect us, the congregation, to take part in it as much as we did. sometimes it was a bit like cricket, we didn't understand everything that was going on, but you thought, well, i'm in forthis, long—haul, it seems interesting. four hours and we thought it was too short. _

you could have gone on for longer? yeah, probably could have gone on for longer. - i mean, just meticulously- planned, beautiful celebration of the king. when it is the first coronation in 70 years, nobody is too famous for a selfie. those who had a seat in the service were eyewitnesses to history. daniela relph, bbc news, westminster abbey. well the coronation service is essentially a christian ceremony involving ancient rituals dating back hundreds of years, but today diversity and inclusion were important elements, more so than in any previous coronation with contributions from jewish, buddhist, seek representatives. aleem maqbool has more on the red significance of today's events. for a church of england cleric, there is no bigger task than conducting a coronation. so how was the archbishop ahead of it? i'm fine! i'm looking forward

to it, really. as were the first women bishops to have a role in the coronation. to have been asked to be a part of it, notjust to look on but to actually take part in it, is going to be indelibly imprinted on my mind and that of my family, and actually of jamaica. which is where the bishop of dover was born. she, archbishop welby and other bishops involved chose to get to westminster abbey on foot. the chief rabbi was walking there, too. in a sign of the type of occasion this was, to accommodate his observance of the jewish sabbath, he had a sleepover at stjames's palace so he didn't have to use a car. and though the new multi—faith elements of the day were evident from the start, it was clear this was a deeply christian service, inspired as it is by the biblical description of the anointing of king solomon. but to have catholic, methodist, pentecostal

and greek orthodox leaders participate broke the mould. may god pour upon you the riches of his grace. and so did non—christians presenting items of regalia to the king, like lord narendra patel. i was privileged to be asked to play that part. having rehearsed it several times, i was still extremely nervous. what if i dropped the ring? it would be straight to the tower! just before leaving the abbey, the newly crowned king was greeted by different faith representatives. this was certainly more diverse than any coronation before, but there might be questions about where the large constituency in this country that belongs to no religion fits in an event like this. nevertheless, the man at the helm today was relieved. i'm very happy. it was smooth, it was on time. everyone did the right thing and it was a service of worship and notjust a series of theatrical moments.

but a service of worship the like of which has never been seen before. aleem maqbool, bbc news, at lambeth palace. well, joining me from toronto is richard burford, a royal commentator who obesity also served as private secretary and advisor to several of the monarch's representatives in canada. welcome back to the programme. great to have you with us once again. we spoke to you a lot yesterday previewing the events, of course you had the events, of course you had the time now to watch it, to digest it, what did you make of it? what stood out to you? did anything surprise you?- anything surprise you? well, i think reading _ anything surprise you? well, i think reading the _ anything surprise you? well, i think reading the liturgy - anything surprise you? well, i think reading the liturgy and l think reading the liturgy and seeing the film from 1953 but actually seeing it in the sharpness and the colour of today's modern technology and actually hearing the music and the words being spoken in the order in which they're now presented, i think it was hard to really anticipate the impact

of it. it really felt really very moving at points. i think even the king and queen looked quite moved, possibly odd, a little bit up comfortable with the moments of the crowning and wearing such a heavy crown, it was really something to see. it's very other worldly to see something like this in the modern era in which we live. we know it's a ceremony that is based in, you know, the middle ages or the dark age s and come forward in the present time. i thought the archbishop did an extraordinaryjob of reordering the elements, they made a lot more sense, seeing them actually come alive, and the music was simply sensational and i don't think it will soon be forgotten. d0 and i don't think it will soon be forgotten.— and i don't think it will soon be forgotten. do you think it was a big — be forgotten. do you think it was a big departure - be forgotten. do you think it was a big departure from - be forgotten. do you think it i was a big departure from 1953? there was that effort that we know from the king to try and brings this ceremony in to the modern age, do you think he succeeded and also in terms of how he tried to weave in multi—faith elements,

diversity, inclusion and so on? i think it was a first step in bringing this ceremony into a new century. i think that it was quite moving to hear the king speak as he did at the beginning making it clear that he had come to serve, not to be served. and hear him in his own voice pray. i think there's some moving moments and to see the very wide range of people who participated from so many backgrounds, and particularly to see women bishops in the church of england which would have been unthinkable in 1953. so it's obviously a relative of what we saw in 1953 but it is really new territory and it is, i think, a departure for what this reign may bring which is a transitional reign to a new era and i think the king has really set things off on the right foot by including so many people in this ceremony as we heard in the previous piece who are have from much more humble circumstances rather than just

the great and the good and the peers of the realm. i’m peers of the realm. i'm curious. _ peers of the realm. i'm curious, what - peers of the realm. i'm curious, what was your| peers of the realm. i'm curious, what was your sense of how canadians have been reacting to the coronation. just talking about north america, we know that back in 1932 we saw something like 32 million americans actually sit down to watch the ceremony. what were people doing there? have they been kind of catching up have they been kind of catching up digitally, i guess, watching some of the social media? how have they been reacting?- have they been reacting? well, i think there's _ have they been reacting? well, i think there's been _ have they been reacting? well, i think there's been a _ have they been reacting? well, i think there's been a huge - i think there's been a huge reaction, certainly by the canadian media who covered this in exhaustive detail throughout the day. i think many canadians will have watched this morning or maybe through the day depending on the tile zone they live, this is a country with five time zones. so it's very difficult to rally around something like this, but i mean i think it's hard to be — it's ijthjh to failed to be moved by it. at the same time for a country's part of the new world like canada, which is grappling with indigenous culture and other many different types of culture, it does seem a little

discordance with that because this is such a deeply christian, anglo conservative based in very early times. i think there'll be mixed views about it. i think things would have done differently. a lot of people spent that time in the outdoors and taking parts in activities and catching up on this over the weekend and through media coverage. find this over the weekend and through media coverage. and on that broader _ through media coverage. and on that broader point _ through media coverage. and on that broader point talking - that broader point talking about countries, you know, within the commonwealth, how do you feel that they were represented in this ceremony? and do you think they will be happy with their representation in this ceremony as well? yeah, i think commonwealth - in this ceremony as well? yeah, i think commonwealth countries were particularly the realms were particularly the realms were very well represented in a very different way, much more meaningful way with a from session coming into the abbey of the 14th commonwealth realms with the use of their flags, with the use of their flags, with their governor—generals being greeted at the end, and with their participation in the

military march back to the palace. that was not in the numbers that was in 1953 but still quite a significant part of it and again the use of theirflags will of it and again the use of their flags will have been particularly meaningful. for canadians to see the royal ijththkthkjhian mounted police so close to leading the king's gold coach back to the palace was an extremely important thing because it's such an iconic symbol here. commonwealth realms are looking at this in different ways. obviously the discussion about the monarchy is much broader. the government of canada here made a number of announcements here today, in time with the coronation, to increase the visibility of king charles on money and coinage and things like that which has not been done. canada is still firmly going to be in the monarchist camp for a while.— camp for a while. right. all riuht. camp for a while. right. all right. there, _ camp for a while. right. all right. there, richard, - camp for a while. right. all right. there, richard, the l right. there, richard, the royal commentator who's joined us there from toronto and also served as a private secretary as the several of the monarchs in canada. thanks for as the several of the monarchs in canada. thanks for sharing your thoughts today.- in canada. thanks for sharing your thoughts today. thank you. you are watching _ your thoughts today. thank you. you are watching the _ your thoughts today. thank you. you are watching the bbc - your thoughts today. thank you. you are watching the bbc news. thanks for your company. you

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hello there. it is a shame we had so much rain on saturday but things are looking up for sunday, it is going to be the best day of the coronation weekend. it is going to be drier and warmer, possibly the warmest day of the year so far but by the time we get to monday, back into cloud and wet weather. this is the cloud that will bring the rain from the atlantic on monday. in between two weather systems for sunday, hence that drier theme, in between this band of wet weather coming in from the atlantic and the wet weather we had earlier moving out to the north sea. so, dry, by the time we get a sunday morning, temperatures 9—11 c, it could be cloudy with a bit of mist and fog around, the sunshine will get to work on that lengthy spells of sunshine developing.

towards the end of the morning the odd shower breaking out across scotland, drifting in two eastern parts of and, likely to stay dry with many places having a dry day the sunshine. it will be warmer, 19 in glasgow, 18 in belfast, top temperature around 21 in the southeast of england. it should be dry at windsor for the evening concert. in northern ireland in the evening breeze will be picking up, blowing in cloud and rain and overnight on sunday night, that wet weather pushes way further east. in western parts, very mild, cool towards the east, and on bank holiday monday, the morning could be dry for a while at least, and bright across east anglia and southeast. before that, rain, heavy at times, pushes eastwards across england and wales. clear weather following that, but the sunshine and showers which could be heavy, and temperatures lower on bank holiday monday, typically around 16 celsius.

once those tangle of weather fronts sweep away overnight we will be dominated by that area of low pressure in the atlantic for tuesday. around the base of that area of low pressure, stronger wind, and that will bring in some showers. sunshine on tuesday in the morning but more shoppers arriving as we head into the afternoon, some of those heavy and thundery once again. temperatures around 16—18 degrees. it will be mixed for much of the weekend with some sunshine and some showers. should be drier towards the end of next week but not particularly warm.

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