Celebrities Jay Blades, Joanna Lumley, Stephen Fry and Emma Thompson lead the guests arriving at Westminster Abbey for the King’s Coronation. Stephen Fry was also among the first celebs to arrive at Abbey this morning for the Coronation of King Charles III.
They will soon be joined by other famous faces including Amanda Holden. QI Stephen Fry, 65, was one of the first famous guests to arrive this morning. He was pictured queueing to enter the church while donning a black blazer, cream double-breasted waistcoat, white shirt and purple tie.
Other celebs seen arriving include Lionel Richie, Nick Cave, Dynamo and popular TV duo Ant and Dec who joked he initially thought their invite was a ‘wind up’. They are among the hundreds of invited guests who must be seated inside the abbey by 9am hours before the arrival of King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla.
As Ant and Dec joined soon after, Ant said: ‘It’s quite a privilege to be invited to a Coronation a wonderful day.’ Dec added that it was ‘surreal’ and joked when he got the invite he thought it must be a ‘wind up’.
Metropolitan Police and military police officers patrolled the route from Victoria to Westminster from the early hours on Saturday. Royal fans with Union flags and crowns could be seen on trains and in tube stations from just after 4:30am. Some were seen carrying tents, chairs and sleeping bags.
He laughed: ‘I thought surely it’s our time to be wound up and this is it! But it was for real and here we are, I can’t quite believe it.’ Hundreds of police officers, soldiers and coronation event staff could be seen on the roads close to Westminster Abbey.
