King Charles III and Queen Camilla set the seal on their historic coronation day with a Buckingham Palace balcony appearance dressed in lavish robes to acknowledge the nation.
Charles and Camilla in lavish robes and wearing their crowns returned with a wave to cheer the crowds, who filled The Mall after braving downpours to see a colourful ceremonial military procession not seen for 70 years.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and their children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis joined the monarch as did the pages of honour.
The royals watched a flypast from the balcony, which was scaled down to include only helicopters and the Red Arrows due to the poor weather.
The family spent a little under 10 minutes on the balcony before going back inside, but the King and Queen re-emerged moments later to loud cheers.
Camilla then called for their pages to help them rearrange their trains.
They went back into the palace shortly before 2:40 pm (1340 GMT), with the King lingering for one final wave.
The newly-crowned King and Queen return to Buckingham Palace in the Gold State Coach with other members of the Royal Family, following the #Coronation Service at Westminster Abbey. pic.twitter.com/llqslnARYL
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Coronation flypast scaled down due to bad weather
Meanwhile, a flypast to mark the King’s coronation in London was scaled down due to “unsuitable weather conditions”.
More than 60 aircraft from the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force had been due to take part.
But the event only involved helicopters and the Red Arrows aerobatic display team, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
The King and Queen were expected to watch the flypast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
The display over The Mall and Buckingham Palace was originally meant to last for six minutes, but the scaled-down version will last for less than half of that time.
The MoD said it would last for two minutes and 30 seconds.
Thank you @rafredarrows for an extraordinary finale to an extraordinary day! 🫡🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/EGgjBRx55A
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) May 6, 2023