Royal Air Force (RAF) Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Wigston has said 'it's 50/50' as to whether a flypast scheduled to fly over The Mall and Buckingham Palace after 2.15pm will take place if there is rain and low cloud. It's special, there's a lot of memories.' 'We all stood up for 'God Save the King'. Linda Old came to look at Buckingham Palace after watching the coronation in Hyde Park. In Ancient Greece, an astronomer named Ptolemy claimed that shooting stars would occur when the gods opened up the sky to watch the humans below.
While it peaked early this morning, the Eta Aquariid shower will continue until May 28.Īccording to the Greeks and Romans, the arrival of comets, meteors and meteor showers were signs that something good or bad had happened or was about to happen. The meteor show favoured the Southern Hemisphere and appeared low in the sky for northerly latitudes, such as the UK, in the early predawn hours. Meteors are pieces of debris, sometimes as small as a grain of sand, that enter Earth's atmosphere at speeds of up to 70 kilometres per second, vaporising and causing the streaks of light that delight skygazers. It occurred as the Earth passed through dust left over from Halley's Comet, which is only visible from Earth every 76 years.Īppropriately, Halley's Comet is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, which tells the story of the Norman Conquest by William the Conqueror - Charles's ancestor who was crowned in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day in 1066. The Eta Aquariid meteor shower was forecast to peak - with up to 50 meteors per hour - from midnight until dawn. In what some may herald as a good omen, a meteor shower lit up the skies early this morning ahead of King Charles' big day.
WHILE the weather might not be on-side, at least the stars have put on a show for the Coronation. When a fan on the Mall asked him about the weather yesterday, he replied simply: 'Rain is a blessing. This period covers the key events of today's coronation - with Charles and Camilla's procession setting off from Buckingham Palace at 10.20am today - before the service at Westminster Abbey at 11am.īut the King himself didn't seem fazed by the prospect of wet weather. The Met Office has warned of a 60 per cent chance of light rain from 9am until midday, then an 80 to 90 per cent chance of heavy rain until 2pm. The crowds got a front row seat at the first Coronation in 70 years and were able to watch the soldier's quick-thinking tuba performance as they were one of 5,000 servicemen and women to take part in the processions to and from the abbey. Similar scenes were seen outside Westminster Abbey, as excited crowds waving union jacks flags remain undeterred by the likelihood of the heavens opening up. Thousands of people who have camped overnight in the Mall are wearing rain ponchos and carrying umbrellas ready for King Charles' long-awaited coronation. Will you be braving the rain to head out and watch the coronation? Email 5,000 members of the armed forces took part in the procession from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace It wouldn't be a classic British celebration without a spot of rain – and the King's big day followed a long tradition of rainy Coronation days in Britain in the last century. It was captured on camera while broadcasters Sky, ITV and the BBC all competed for viewers as they streamed the parade live to be watched by millions of people around the world. The moment happened as the royal family made their way back to the Palace after a two-hour service in front of global leaders, other royal families and hundreds of community figures, where they will later appear on the Palace balcony.
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The soldier, who was one of dozens playing an instrument as he processed down the Mall, had to take the unusual step of upturning the tuba after it became full - making it impossible to play. Keen-eyed royal fans were left smiling after a soldier had to pause and tip rainwater out of his tuba while marching back to Buckingham Palace after the King and Queen's Coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey on Saturday.
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