Coronation Watch-Along

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Is anyone else watching alone and fancying a thread to chat about the coverage?

Royal blue maybe?

And bloody Ant and Dec??

@MrsFinkelstein Ah thank you

Oh. I missed the 180! Bless them, lots of reassurance during the coronation hopefully

Just joining late to the party! I am alone I guess as DD prefers to be on tick-tock than watch with me. Are we on bbc or itv or flicking between?

Will the horse with the drums on its back have its ears protected?

Ah yes it is. And you can hear the crowd more, which is nice.

What's going on with the horses? And why can't claire balding explain? She must know more than most!
They seem to keep walking side ways or nuzzling each other. I know nothing about horses, I thought they were trained for this kind of stuff but I don't understand why they keep doing sideways.

I like that big brown drummer horse (does the horse wear earplugs?)

Imagine being a police officer on duty and saying “but I never saw anything as I had to stand with my back to the procession”.

Why we’re there no people near that huge area of railings? Such a shame when there will be people crowded in other parts unable to see.

This! Another one with decades of horse experience here and they are not distressed.

It was bought by the Reuben brothers so I believe it will be a Waldorf Astoria hotel, no idea how long it will take them to do though given they can't change the outside (I would have thought).

Switching between channels here, missed that about Admiralty Arch !

And bloody Ant and Dec??

They are there due to the work with the Prince's Trust from what I remember.

I think so too.
I've not seen so many spooked in other Royal processions.

Yep much preferring ITV coverage for both sound and picture quality

The horses are fine and well cared for. Probably just a bit frustrated, a lot of waiting around then a slow walk. It’s noisy and probably quite exciting.

It looks very different to the funeral of the Queen.

Don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade and I wanted to watch this but with all the pointless celebs being there and Camilla grinning like a Cheshire Cat I think I’ll switch off.

Commentator on BBC said Charles chose the blue over the usual red.

All the banners are blue as well eg the ‘happy and glorious’ sign on Admiralty Arch.

They didn’t say why he chose it though?? Feels like a political statement

Sky news have split screen so much better, royals arriving

The drum horses usually have big ears of cotton wool stuffed in their ears 🙂

I only watch to see the celebs / family.

I’m sure the horses are just fine. They are looked after well, and have rehearsed this many times over.

Why have we missed the foreign royals and their dresses?? How annoying

Who is doing the ITV commentary though? I usually prefer the BBC presenters.