To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video

King Charles and Camilla have left Buckingham Palace and are now heading towards Westminster Abbey where they will be crowned.

Their majesties, escorted by The Sovereign’s Escort of the Household Cavalry, left the palace in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach to make the short journey across London.

The national anthem played and crowds shouted God Save the King as he started on his journey to Westminster Abbey.

The streets are lined with around two million people and 7,000 British troops.

Crowds cheered as the King and Camilla turned out of the Palace and headed down the Mall.

Royal fans had been waiting for days to see the King and despite the rain that started to fall as the couple headed down the Mall didn’t let it dampen their spirits.

The Diamond Jubilee state coach is the most modern of the royal carriages and has electric windows and air conditioning.

The coach was originally meant to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s 80th birthday, but its construction was delayed.

Coronation of King Charles III latest

The historic Coronation of Their Majesties King Charles III and Queen Camilla will take place in Westminster Abbey today (May 6).

• Coronation timetable: Full schedule for crowning of King Charles III
• How being the champion of the underdog helped make Charles a thoroughly modern monarch
• Best places to stand to watch the coronation procession revealed

For all the latest royal updates, visit Metro.co.uk’s dedicated coronation page.

Instead, it was made to mark 60 years of her reign in 2012. The coach is more than 16 feet (five metres) long and weighs more than three tons, needing six horses to pull it.

The King’s Guard turned out the forecourt and gave a Royal Salute as The King, The Queen Consort and other Members of the Royal family also left the palace.

The trip is less than a mile, and the route will be filled with pomp and grandeur.

The 33-minute journey to Westminster Abbey began with the tri-service Guard of Honour outside Buckingham Palace’s gates giving a royal salute, as the King and Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Coach first emerged, and the national anthem was played by a military band.

Huge Union flags and others from Commonwealth nations flew from poles in The Mall and Charles and Camilla’s route was lined by guardsmen in their distinctive red tunics and bearskins.

The Sovereign’s Escort was led by the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment band, 48 horses and musicians with two drum horses Atlas and Apollo leading the way, playing eight marches along the route.

Following were four divisions from the Household Cavalry with the King’s coach in the middle – two from the Blues and Royals taking the lead and Life Guards behind the carriage with the farriers carrying their axes at the rear.

Crowds had been building up in the capital since dawn with the streets around the procession route – The Mall, Admiralty Arch, Trafalgar Square, Whitehall and Parliament Square – thronged with people.

Earlier, the King and Queen made their first appearance of coronation day when they travelled the short distance from their Clarence House home for final preparations at Buckingham Palace.

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5video

This is a breaking news story, more to follow soon… Check back shortly for further updates.

Got a story? Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at [email protected]. Or you can submit your videos and pictures here.

For more stories like this, check our news page.

Follow Metro.co.uk on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news updates. You can now also get Metro.co.uk articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here.

Source: Read Full Article