♪ ♪ >> announcer: this is "nightline." >> byron: tonight, the coronation countdown. the crowning of king charles just hours away. >> it is by far the biggest event. >> byron: the spectacular pop. queen camilla by his side. >> members of society don't like him because they see him as a homewrecker. >> byron: harriet facing his family for the first time. >> he needs to be there to support his dad and also for harry to remain relevant. >> byron: the royals' own reckoning. >> we are seeing they are seeing

the real battle lines being drawn. >> byron: superstar medium dj. his musical journey, collaborations with artists like kid cutting on on the pursuit of happiness. >> i don't want that. >> byron: stepping out from out of the shadow of his father, iraqi. >> my father's living presence and what he has done with the culture has definitely shaped me. >> byron: and those infamous cakes. >> announcer: nightline we will be right back. ♪ ♪

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osteo bi-flex. find our coupons in sunday's paper. ♪ ♪ >> byron: good evening. thank you for joining us. we begin tonight with the coronation of king charles the third. something that has not been seen in britain in 70 years and millions will be watching around the world. abc's james longman is outside of buckingham palace where things will get going shortly. so what should we expect? >> yeah, in just a few hours time, king charles will be crowned king. the history of this nation will be on full display, to the world. charles and camilla will leave here from buckingham palace but they will head to at westminster abbey for the coronation service. some 2,000 guests will be in attendance. the ceremony will take about an hour and a half and essentially this is our constitution playing out in pageantry. it is also a solemn occasion.

he is invested in head of the church in engnd marchle huge job he has waited for a lifetime. >> byron: thank you so much, james. much of the world will be watching. shakespeare once famously noted an those uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. many changes in controversy for controls after the pomp and pageantry of the ceremony ends. it is an historic moment. golden carriages. priceless jewels and ready for the coronation of bridgeman's king charles iii. >> the point of the coronation is that it is a tradition but it marks a moment of joy. >> byron: prince williams and princess kate talking with excited fans around the parade route. >> how are the kids doing?

>> really well. >> byron: the king greeting others who were shocked to see him in person. >> charles is no stranger to being at the center of large-scale events but the coronation is by far the biggest event that he has ever been the focal point of. >> byron: charles has been awaiting to be crowned king his entire life. a stark difference from the 1953 coronation of his then 27-year-old mother, queen elizabeth ii. >> is king, the oldest king to ever be crowned in this country. one of the shortest reigning kings as well. but that said, his moment. >> byron: for charles puffer coronation, it is not without controversy. the crown jewels. >> majesty, power, which is displayed so lavishly. it has become this lightning rod for debate. >> byron: to the fractured family drama with his two sons. >> there's a lot of feeling perhaps that the fallout with harry has brought williams and

charles closer together. >> byron: and from the monarchy. >> that youth have very different attitude to the older generation especially about the monarchy. i think we are seeing those real battle lines being drawn. [applause] >> byron: a studying force longtime love camilla. the 75-year-old queen consort will also be crowned. next to her husband of 18 years. >> members of society, older members like him because they see him as a homewrecker, someone who broke a marriage up. >> byron: charles and diane's wedding in 1981 was a fairytale. their marriage was far from perfect. camilla cast a shadow. in 1983, the british tabloid reported on an extremely intimate conversation between the two the camilla gate. recently resurfaced and as a plot line in the crown. >> i do love you. >> i love you, too. >> byron: 2005 more than seven

years after diana's death and camilla married. >> did you get down on one knee to propose? >> you should be interpreters of the love story because the story is not about, you know, fairytales. it is about real life. i think they captured it a lot. >> byron: before she died, queen elizabeth expressed her wish that, will be known as the queen consort. writing about it in the blockbuster memoir. he told anderson cooper he and william asked her father not to married camilla. >> we thought it was going to cause more harm than good. and that if he was now with his person, that surely that is enough. going that far when you don't necessarily need to. >> byron: harry will face his family for the first time since releasing his tell-all book. his wife meghan and young children staying behind in california to celebrate son

archie's fourth birthday. >> it is believed it vital for harry to be at the coronation. he needs to be needs to be there to support his dad. also for harry, to remain relevant. he needs that platform for himself now. >> byron: reports of tensions between harry and his brother william also persisted. >> william is worried that any conversations he has with harry might be repeated in the press. likely to be repeated in the book. they are going to have to navigate their way through this new terrain. >> byron: some role waters -- waters, after they and their wives briefly appeared to gather outside windsor. but the fab four as they are as they are known i know more. >> and i think it is no surprise that meghan is not at the coronation. it is still a very raw, the situation. from every move scrutinized as their decision to quit as royals

in 2020. from their high-profile interview with oprah -- >> in those months when i was picked, all around the same ti time, so we have in tandem the conversation of you won't be given security. it is not going to be given a title. and also, concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he is born. >> byron: to this six part documentary on netflix. >> happy to he like to my brother. never willing to tell the truth to protect us. >> i was being fed to the wol wolves. >> marrying into the monarchy initially assumed by some as a transformative moment in britain in the [indistinct]. >> i do think that treatment of meghan and meghan and harry's by the royal family is being watched very closely by the commonwealth. they are looking to see how issues such as race relations

are handled by the monarchy. >> byron: prince william has defended his family agait racis. >> we are very much not a racist family. >> byron: the royal family confronting uncomfortable moments in recent years. protesters reading william and kate in jamaica in spring. commonwealth countries has failed to remove king charles as their head of state by 2025. >> they are doing -- >> that is something we never shared in. so for us in jamaica, the monarchy is a harsh reminder for the unfortunate past. >> there is no better example of the first thing you will see in the coronation. in the flipside of that, you also have poverty. the legacy of the empire is deep poverty in the black and brown -- and wealth in the white part of the world. >> byron: they visited canada. reflecting on bridgeman's mistreatment of the indigenous people there. >> we must find new ways to come

to terms with the darker and more difficult aspects of the past. acknowledging reconciling and striving to do better. >> byron: barbados was the latest country to sever its ties to the crown. declaring itself a republican 2021 and removing the queen as its head of state. charles attended the transition ceremony. >> from the darkest days of our past and the appalling atrocity of slippery -- slavery >> byron: the king has never formally apologized for the role in the transatlantic slave trade trade. today, king charles meeting with leaders in the commonwealth. dignitaries trickling in. like first lady jill biden and since our honoring the king in his historic moment offerwi be

country's biggest security operation ever. authorities bracing for some protests. but also thousands of excited fans along the parade route. >> what else can i say? >> byron: a brighter spotlight on the next generation, prince george, nine years old is serving as the pageboy to his grandfather. >> if that monarchy is going to have a long-term future, it is going it is going to be on georgia's shoulders. >> byron: the prince and princess will be there, too. >> louis will behave, you think? >> byron: on coronation day in the injured halls of westminster abbey, one king, charles, taking on the role he has prepared for his whole life. swearing an oath for his future on the same throne.

>> prince of wales kneels in front of him and makes homage to his father. you know that one day you will be where your parent is. and dedicating a whole life to what your father is doing and how he is doing it and being ready to take over in a heartbeat. >> byron: estate with abc news for complete coverage of the coronation starting at 5:00 a.m. eastern. up next, steve a oak, the musical journey of the superstar dj and what is the deal with those? moderate to severe eczema still disrupts my skin. despite treatment it disrupts my skin with itch. it disrupts my skin with rash. but now, i can disrupt eczema with rinvoq. rinvoq is not a steroid, topical, or injection. it's one pill, once a day. many taking rinvoq saw clear or almost-clear skin while some saw up to 100% clear skin. and, they felt dramatic and fast itch relief

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>> byron: steve seale queues hits and artistry have kept the dj on the edm charts for decades. to live off went behind the cr ses withrt >> reporter: inside new york city, beating and your test. >> are you ready? 123. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the fans packed in, eyes focused on steve aoki, working in the crowd, his energy nonstop and infectious we joined steve backstage for a few quiet moments before his

said. >> i prefer having low heart rate and zen as possible before i entered the stage. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: a steve aoki show is an exciting mix of stunning visual effects, smoke machines, flying confetti, champagne popping and of course, those infamous cakes. >> race your hands if you are ready for some cake. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: and this is 19. aoki relentlessly tours. sometimes hundreds of shows. in 2014, he set a guinness world record for most traveled musician, 161 shows and 41 countries. >> i hate the complacent life. i don't want that.

i want to always like to be disciplined and find that edge to, you know, do more. ♪ ♪ >> byron hits like my drop wasted on me on me ♪ >> reporter: and pursuit of happiness. streamed more than half a billion times he has been doing this for almost three decades. seven studio albums, two grammy nominations, and collaborations with everyone k-pop sensation bts, linkin park and the backstreet boys to kid cudi ♪ ♪ the 45-year-old is now considered a legend in the world of edm. the hard-core punk scene was in

full swing when steve, to the university of california santa barbara. his apartment known as the pickle patch and fans playing live in his living room. from the music to clothes, punk was popular. steve heavy into a subset of the genre called straight edge hard-core. >> some of the ideologies of hard-core is pma, positive mental attitude. just really couldn't think for a kid in the portland, really aligned themselves. >> absolutely. >> reporter: he formed a band with three of his college buddies he met in ceramics class, forming his record label dimock before moving back to los angeles all while trying to live up to his famous father's larger-than-life legacy. rocky aoki, the founder of the japanese restaurant chain benihana. known for his obsession with work, his love of speed on the water and in the air. 1981 he wrote the first balloon to successfully cross the pacific ocean. >> my father's like, living

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>> more openings, i think -- >> wait minute. wait a minute. ms. travis. [laughs] there's somebody saying -- i am michael james scott. at the genie from disney's "aladdin" on broadway. now, i have come here to grant a wish. >> oh, my god. yeah. [laughter] >> byron: she was soon transported to new amsterdam theater for her broadway debut in the state's "aladdin." >> would you kindly tell this beautiful young lady about her future? >> i, that you want to know about love. >> byron: a start was born. a lifelong wish fulfilled. ♪ ♪ [cheers and applause] good for her.

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