📷 Thousands of members of the Armed Forces took part in a rehearsal for the Coronation through the streets of central London overnight ⬇️
Major General Chris Ghika, commander of the army in London and the Household Division, said the preparations were an enormous logistical task, but was “very pleased” with the overnight rehearsal.“Bringing thousands of people into central London, bridging them in by train, bringing them to the place where they’re going to parade, putting them on a professional route, and then dispersing them all over again fter it’s all over is some challenge.
“The idea is to build the spectacle gradually. So you have a small procession, the enormous coronation service itself in the abbey, and then a very big procession back.” The Diamond Jubilee State Coach is led in a procession as it leaves Buckingham Palace in central London Buckingham Palace remained mostly silent with soldiers quietly maintaining protocol until a regiment playing the bagpipes brought the area to life shortly after 2.30am.
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