King Charles coronation: Crowds grow outside palace to witness the historic event

Latest on coronation of King Charles III: Crowds are growing outside Buckingham Palace and guests are arriving at Westminster Abbey for coronation of King Charles III.

People who camped overnight for a view of royals awoke to cloudy skies that gave way to sun and some light rain.

Fans carrying flags and cl in colors of Union Jack were arriving by train in London hours before ceremony that begins when Charles and Camilla, queen consort, depart from palace in a gilded horse-drawn carri.

royal couple will be chauffeured on 1.3-mile (2-kilometer) route through central London to Westminster Abbey for two-hour ceremony.

church buzzed with excitement and was abloom with fragrant flowers and colorful hats. Invited guests streaming into abbey including recognizable celebrities such as Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, Lionel Ritchie and Nick Cave, and ors including judges in wigs, soldiers with gleaming medals attached to red tunics and members of House of Lords in ir red robes.