George, Charlotte and Louis' Coronation procession places confirmed with hours to go
05.05.2023 - 23:11
/ ok.co.uk
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are set to join the historic grand carriage procession after King Charles’ Coronation. Prince William and Kate Middleton’s children will be given a starring role in proceedings after watching their grandfather being crowned during the momentous ceremony at Westminster Abbey on Saturday.
After the service ends, King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla will travel back to Buckingham Palace in the 261-year-old Gold State Coach, followed by three other carriages carrying working members of the royal family. The 1.3 mile route will see the carriages travel through Parliament Square, along Whitehall, around Trafalgar Square, through Admiralty Arch and down The Mall, arriving back at the palace at 1.33pm.
The Earl Marshal, the Duke of Norfolk, the man in charge of organising the historic occasion, described the return procession as a “glorious display of pageantry”. Seven thousand troops will be on ceremonial duties, with 4,000 taking part in the procession itself, escorting the King and Queen from Westminster Abbey at 1pm.
Anne, Princess Royal will ride on horseback behind Charles and Camilla as Gold Stick in Waiting and Colonel of the Blues and Royals, to the rear of the Gold State Coach. In the first carriage behind the Gold State Coach will be the Prince and Princess of Wales with nine-year-old George, Charlotte, eight, and five-year-old Louis.
It is not the youngsters’ first experience of a royal carriage procession, with the trio waving to crowds from a landau during the Platinum Jubilee celebrations last year. The next carriage will contain the King’s youngest brother the Duke of Edinburgh with his wife the Duchess of Edinburgh and their children Lady Louise Windsor and
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