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Stunning footage has emerged from inside the cockpit of a Red Arrow that took part in the King’s coronation flypast.

The group of jets flew over Buckingham Palace sending out streams of red, white, and blue, as the coronation display was scaled down as the last minute.

Bad weather meant the fleet of 60 planes was chopped down to helicopters and a flypast from the Red Arrows.

Looking down the nose of the scarlet jet, streets and skyscrapers unfold as the plane speeds towards its destination.

And from either side of the cockpit, the formation appears almost in touching distance – with white plumes already stretching out behind them.

As they follow the river West into London, these soon transform into the iconic red, white and blue the display team are known for.

Skimming below the potent cloud cover, the incredible jets hold a steady path towards Buckingham Palace.

As Hyde Park and the Serpentine – just by the Palace – appears below them, the pilot turns the camera towards himself and gives a confident thumbs up.

Fly-past complete, the nine Hawk T1As banked elegantly to the right on their way out of the capital.

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The King and Queen smiled and waved to the crowds as the aircraft flew overhead.

The RAF acknowledged it was ‘disappointing that the poor weather prevented all of our aircraft participating in the flypast’.

In a social media post, the RAF said: ‘The safety of spectators and our pilots and crew always comes first and the conditions weren’t right for the other planned aircraft to join the flypast today.

‘We are hoping for clear blue skies in June for The King’s birthday flypast.’

Footage from Royal Navy helicopters showed how poor the weather was in the skies above London.

Rain streaked the windshields of the aircraft as they flew low over the heart of the capital.

The flypast involved 16 Juno, Wildcat, Merlin, Apache, Chinook and Puma helicopters and nine Red Arrow Hawks.

The King and Queen set the seal on their coronation day by twice appearing on Buckingham Palace’s balcony to acknowledge the nation.

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