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Your journey across genres begins here! 🌍📺✨ / @banijayhistory / @banijayscience / @banijaycrime / @banijayengine / @banijayhomeandgarden / @banijayreality / @banijaybluelight / @banijaywild / @banijayadventure / @banijayfood / @thelaughtrackofficial Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess Transcript 0:00 [Music] coronation procession quick the seven regiments of the British Army's household division have a job like no other everyone happy go their sworn duty is to protect the Monarch and the royal family the defense of the realm that's essentially our number one job what brother they're both Frontline soldiers and masters of tradition not closing up by The Far Side you definitely know they're coming don't you oh yes W get off the horse we go behind closed doors during one of the most challenging periods in its illustrious history it's a bit crazy trying to speak to everybody when there's so many people on the streets but you know that is London following them on overseas operation and getting ready for war the idea is to rev the troops up 1:07 till they are seething with anger at the same time as delivering the biggest 1:12 national celebrations in [Music] Generations including the king's 1:18 coronation we've got to get a move on the gold State coach is in danger of stopping and that's mission fail and his 1:24 first trooping of the color to some people it will seem absolutely ridiculous but there is nothing that 1:29 fills you with as much [Music] pride this is the King's 1:37 [Music] 1:44 Guard the seven regiments of the household division face one of their most pressurized periods in decades as 1:52 they prepare for King Charles's coronation which is now just under a week 1:58 away on the day the king's escort and personal bodyguard will be the household 2:04 Cavalry major Ed vanderland is the officer chosen to ride alongside the 2:10 king's Carriage there's really no bigger event than the coronation itself so for me it is a huge 2:18 Honor by the front return 2:25 swords for Ed being the king's escort is a family 2:31 [Music] tradition The Old Man spent a full 2:37 career in that house car naturally gave me an inclination to look at it at the front when you move off from that 2:43 movement walk on okay back in the day if you had a family link that was almost a golden ticket into a regiment but I 2:49 think now it is more of a meritocracy today Ed will try to live up to the family name by Leading his troop to 2:56 Buckingham Palace you slow down everyone going to Cone Ro for a time honored 3:02 ceremony which officially marks the countdown to the coronation it's the issuing of a 3:09 ceremonial flag or standard which will be presented in person by King Charles 3:15 the standard reflects all the Bassel oners that the regiment has been through you have it sort of 300 odd year history 3:21 so there's history literally woven into the fabric it has the new c3r Cipher on it 3:27 so it reflects the new king and we'll be carrying that standard the 3:32 coronation to receive this honor from the King Ed will be wearing his ornate 3:37 household Cavalry uniform so this is some of the ceremonial uniform that we 3:43 wear for the big state events this is an officer trunic hence the ridiculous amount of gold uh braid that's on it his 3:48 ceremonial dress is worth over £30,000 I'm accountable for this kit so 3:54 if I lose it don't tell the wife but um yeah then I pay for it so um 4:00 yeah so it's quite yeah bit of pressure our helmet the key thing is about the 4:05 onion on the top so you want it to be nice and tight in the middle a nice tight onion and then running down nice 4:11 and straight down the back of the helmet you don't want a big fluffy plume or anything like that cuz that looks looks unsm smart our carasses you call these 4:17 the the fish scales the idea behind these that in battle if someone's trying to get you with a sword that the sword will get caught in the in the scale 4:24 itself and and not not go upwards our cross belt and cou box so this back back 4:29 in the day the house Cav you could put sort of key messages in there to to ride forward to whichever Commander needed it 4:35 I think even this carou box that is thousands of 4:42 pounds to the untrained eye Ed looks like he's unnatural on a horse but Horseback Duty Preparations 4:47 appearances can be deceptive I learned to ride a horse about 2 months 4:53 ago yep feels a bit [Music] unreal this is the first major parade 4:59 that I'm going to be involved with so I'll be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit [Music] 5:11 apprehensive Ed and the rest of his troop set off for their date with the 5:16 [Music] king I think it's a mix of emotions 5:23 really exciting obviously this is my first s major parade I sort of try and just break it 5:29 down into different manageable chunks and I'll focus on the next thing rather than kind of panic too much there is nowhere to hide in front of his 5:36 majesty he has a plan to keep his nerves in check but he's not sure if his horse 5:42 got the memo he was just a little bit Twitchy in the for court of ban 5:47 [Music] Palace so his mag the king you presents the standard to us in the qu angle of 5:54 Bucking Palace which was a hugely moving moment for us you very intimate 6:01 the king then touches the standard which gives it royal [Music] 6:06 descent you can hear just sort of the odd crack of the of the gravel as a as a horse as whove moved slightly but other 6:11 than that it was sort deathly silence in there so so really [Music] 6:17 moving the new standard is paraded back to Cavalry HQ to be received in a 6:23 private ceremony pring Center 6:31 at the back of our minds is the fact that in a few days we are going down the mile with Millions if not billions of 6:36 people watching either in person or on TV will so we're going from a very small 6:43 intimate parade to the largest parade that we will see in any of our [Music] 6:57 lifetimes at ARF podium Garrison major the time is 12:58 ever 7:03 Garrison sergeant major Vern Stokes is organizing the biggest parade the country has seen for a 7:10 generation and time is not on his side zero g major start the clip track 7:17 over in today's Final dress rehearsal he has one last chance to maneuver 4,000 7:23 troops around the problematic corner at Trafalga Square 7:30 [Music] 7:36 quick the previous rehearsal was marked as Mission failure okay this needs to be 7:43 pretty Swift to get everybody in as the gold State coach played by a brown 7:48 minibus was forced to stop what we can't do is have a 7:53 constantiner effect and slow down the gold State coach and therefore the king that doesn't have the ability to stop 7:58 and start it's just to heavy for the horses to do that one by one every regiment 8:05 successfully navigates the corner but ver takes a deep breath as 8:11 bringing up the rear are the foot guards who struggled during the last 8:20 rehearsal not better the mile long parade of 4,000 8:28 troops makes around the awkward corner and to Vern's relief the king's Carriage 8:34 is still moving this is now the rear The Possession just coming into view shortly so so far so good the first hurdle on 8:41 this second rehearsal is is is good good signs okay when all five of you mark time you speeded the time up and now 8:48 you're a step ahead of the band but Vern now has a daunting new challenge getting 8:54 the whole parade through the gates of Buckingham Palace Gardens in under 7 minutes 9:01 [Music] 9:08 minutes every second counts if the newly crowned King is to be seen stood waiting Intense Parade Rehearsal 9:14 for his own troops and today they're already running 2 minutes late 2 and 1 9:21 half minutes left we stopped down there but they've got all that space to move 9:26 into they stopped completely down there this lot they so that's just the mount 9:32 that's here massive so then doing that everybody's oh it's failed it's not 9:40 working three CH for his majesty the king I can see a lot of shattered 9:46 soldiers that have worked their socks off today hey but it's been a really useful day 9:53 and we've learned a lot from it I don't have too many of those we might have to get stunt shelter 10:00 in for you for the rest of the week I've got some very good tweets a little bit Croy now but it's not the first time it's ever happened my voice will hold 10:07 out it has to burn sore throat will be put to the test when he takes the whole 10:12 parade to the capital for that one and only dress rehearsal in Just 2 days 10:23 time with just 4 days to the coronation tonight as the nation sleeps the Capital 10:29 will close down to allow Vern Stokes one final chance to get 4,000 troops 10:36 Marching In Perfect Harmony the overnight rehearsal is really the opportunity for us to rehearse every 10:42 aspect of what we want to deliver on Coronation Day so apart from daylight uh everything else should be exactly the 10:49 [Music] same it's not just Vern who's feeling 10:55 the pinch in nights Bridge the king's 11:00 personal escort is also Under Pressure I can do this but it's really 11:07 unelegant um you don't mind breing through the having only learned to ride a horse two months ago has a hell of an 11:13 opportunity to get the final bits right before the day itself tonight's rehearsal is Ed's last chance to be 11:20 match fit for the biggest day in his career so tonight's the it is the gold State coach that be the first time um I 11:28 would have ridden alongside that going be quite quite an 11:33 experience it's Ed's job to protect the king's fouron carriage made from guilt 11:39 wood and covered in a thin layer of gold leaf it's transported British monarchs 11:45 since 1760 and its value is beyond 11:50 measure I'll be lying if I said I wasn't a little bit apprehensive yet God forbid but should there be an incident on the carriage the sovereign's escort of the 11:57 House of cry will essentially form a ring a steal around the carriage and prevent any threats coming towards the 12:04 monar further down the pecking order is cavy Soldier Alex lockart who is also 12:10 facing his first ceremony on Horseback tonight is leading up to the biggest thing I've been involved in so I'm 12:16 looking forward to it probably a little bit nervous as well but you know I think that's a good thing shows that you care Drill Training and Inspections 12:22 that you're ready for it so at the end of the day you're in the eye of the public so any mistake you know it's not 12:29 it's not missed all my family are very excited as well my little girl she's 4 years old I 12:35 don't think she fully understands it yet but she she just calls me the blue Soldier where we're blues and Royals we 12:41 wear blue oh mate so TI in your own time 12:48 Denver tonight's dress rehearsal must run like clockwork someone to help me put this 12:54 every soldier's conduct and performance will be under close scrutiny is it 12:59 really tight is it God Rey can you shut this K 13:08 box breae in it's doable it is doable you reord it 13:18 [Music] is there we go thank you very much 13:25 right there we go hey works thank you my friends oh yes extremely 13:34 TI at their HQ in Windsor the Cold Stream guards are also 13:40 getting ready for the big day tonight will be as close as it will be on the day so it's important that we do a h 13:46 like this on the m just so on the day we can be as good as possible do tonight they'll be wearing their bare 13:54 skins on the 600 p.m. train to watero but first they must pass an inspection 14:01 by commanding officer Fred Wells that needs to come up a little bit youve got a chalk 14:08 Mark it's a huge pressure to be commanding the Battalion it'll be the biggest parade that I've ever taken part 14:14 in I think it's the biggest ceremonial occasion that the country's ever witnessed so I'll be feeling the 14:19 pressure on the day to make sure it's perfect for the king you started sweating already this 14:28 is a bad sign what are you going to be like after several several hours of this the guards have just returned from two 14:35 months combat training in Kenya everyone will have lost a lot of weight in Kenya 14:40 and we need to make sure that our tunics are still looking Immaculate for for the parade pair of retro boots there get 14:47 this from a vintage fancy dress shop help each other out look each other over as well as yourselves to make sure that 14:54 you're in good order [Music] 15:00 having passed Fred's [Applause] 15:07 inspection the Cold Stream guards along with 4,000 troops from every regiment in 15:13 the British army are heading to the capital for the final rehearsal to make sure they reach Perfection on the big 15:22 day pretty packed I think we probably need a few more carriages to be honest 15:30 see how tonight goes but uh there's a lot more practice obviously to be done make sure that we get it perfect for 15:37 day as long as everyone's kits all right at the other end I just don't want to get to the other end of my boots are all 15:42 scratched [Music] 15:50 up the hordes of passengers coming through the gates tonight at waterl 15:55 station are definitely not heading to an office Park 16:01 [Music] 16:07 this is a first for all of us I've never heard of large bodies of 16:14 troops going anywhere by train other than going to war here' got literally 16:20 thousands of troops congregating in order to march to Wedington Barracks well it's an incredible 16:26 challenge to get all of those hard forces personel in cuz they're not just coming from one one location they're coming from in five different locations 16:33 from across the south of England so that's quite a challenge getting the morning to watero in the controlled space shared with the public as well 16:40 we're very early into the night so uh we got quite a bit left to do it's quite a buzz in the air I think people are 16:46 people are thrilled to be doing something totally out of the norm we 16:52 just need to get going now Fred's soldiers will join the rest 16:57 of the foot guard regiments at Wellington Barracks before taking their Parade Overnight Parade Rehearsal 17:02 start positions C guards and AR guards 17:13 sh by the right quick [Music] 17:29 it's a real privilege to be part of the overnight rehearsals when you're marching past Big Ben in Westminster and you see the clock 17:35 illuminated there's something quite surreal about that it's pretty epic to 17:40 lead the Battalion from water station to Wellington Barracks visibility with the 17:46 bear skin is not great at the best of times but when it's dark it's even worse I wanted to look left and right to see 17:52 you know the amazing sight of the river Tams trying to remain smart and rigid I 17:57 stayed facing my front but it's very special to do it and doing it in the 18:03 real place makes people stand a bit taller knowing that this is our one chance to 18:08 get it right ahead of Saturday the coronation procession is 18:15 one of the biggest in British history it's a mile long with over 4,000 troops 18:22 250 horses and 19 military bands so I'll start the proceedings for the coronation 18:29 procession I March near the gold State coach and near the near the king they've all moved into position for Vern to give 18:37 the command coration posession 18:43 [Music] 19:00 [Applause] so we try and rehearse every single 19:06 concept to time to prove the fact that it's going to work on Coronation Day you 19:12 wouldn't know any difference apart from the absence of the king and the Queen at the moment the rehearsal is falling 19:18 short there was a few things that went wrong some people went the wrong way around the Queen Victoria Memorial at 19:23 buing and Palace gate the commonwealth flags were flanking possession group 2 they should have gone and embedded 19:29 themselves into the Street Liners to keep the full width of the mile available for everybody was behind them but they got a little bit confused and 19:35 they were too far forward the error has a dramatic effect on some of the division's 19:41 horses sometimes the new horses cuz they're not used to the parades they may be more um likely to Spook or kick out 19:49 so then when we were forming intersections from our division we didn't have the room to fully do their 19:55 maneuver the regiments have had their one shot to rehearsing the entire 20:00 procession and in 3 days time the world will be watching and there will be no 20:06 room for 20:12 failure behind the public glare of delivering the biggest ceremonial events in a 20:19 lifetime the household division actively trained for the real and present danger Royal Escort Strategy 20:24 of going to war in their dual role the King's Guard offer a critical Lifeline to the 20:31 Ukrainian Army by FASTT tracking new officer recruits here in the UK 1 two 3 20:38 4 five six items here just hanging around why we don't want anyone to know 20:43 we're here Irish guards officer Jack North is teaching life-saving skills to 20:49 a platoon this area is a company one platoon okay for security purposes their 20:56 identities must be protected it wasn't more than 12 months ago we were on state 21:01 ceremonial duties as the Irish guards uh myself receiving the the new colors from 21:07 the the now Prince of Wales fast forward it's 12 months time and the present day and we're in the middle of Sal plane 21:14 really highlights the uh the versatility of the household 21:19 division when you get into this building here you'll be in a really good position to provide fire support onto this 21:26 building Jack is preparing the recruits for one of the most Savage forms of 21:31 combat Urban Warfare once two platoon have launched onto building 72 you will 21:38 launch onto building 79 in just one week's time Jack's recruits will face 21:44 the brutality of War for real the platoon Commander's main effort is getting into this building okay when 21:51 they head to the Ukrainian front line to help recapture Russian occupied 21:57 cities [Music] we need to back to Ukraine as soon as 22:03 possible because uh we have a lot of knowledge how to use tactic how to use 22:09 different weapon systems Sensei is a 34-year-old it 22:15 engineer turned Woodby officer he's completed nine out of 10 22:20 weeks of the platoon Commander course and is training to command up to 30 22:25 troops in preparation for the urban combat he'll face back 22:30 home I have no um military experience I was it engineer at International IT 22:38 company so really I had nice job we waiting and fighting uh for 22:45 finish this total hell in our land each 22:51 night a rocket attacked our country uh it affected all our life economic budget 22:58 usual life a lot of fam has been broke my girlfriend my family my young brother 23:06 really um I'm here in Ukrainian Army to protect 23:11 them tonight sensei's platoon will begin their final Urban combat 23:21 exercise so this is Shu and Street um not a particularly Ukrainian name but uh they've been given the 23:28 mission to clear and Destroy any enemy in these buildings along here we tried our best to kind of add a lot of rubble 23:34 burnt out vehicles that try and represent what they could face within uh within Ukraine at the 23:41 minute these training exercises are designed to give the recruits the upper hand when they return to Ukrainian 23:48 cities to fight for real 23:55 [Music] 24:01 Urban combat aims to remove the enemy from 24:08 buildings and hold them from a counter attack it's critical that Sensei and his 24:15 fellow recruits demonstrate strong organizational and communication 24:21 [Music] skills how's it going it's for 24:28 very hard Mission because attack is a really it's 24:37 terrified because a lot of guys we need to understand where we are need a good 24:42 communication with our commander and a lot of things to 24:48 do really hard they launch on to the wrong 24:54 building with the first part of the exercise over Jack demands the recruits 24:59 raise their game there was a lack of understanding as to where lead section 25:04 was for quite some time I think that mainly was due to the pon Commander just being a little bit too far back from the 25:09 situation as in just a few days time they'll be putting Theory into practice 25:15 when they return home to fight for their [Music] 25:25 country the biggest National event in a lifetime is now just a few days Ceremonial Uniform and Personal Stories 25:35 away today the King's Guard top brass have gathered next to Buckingham Palace 25:40 to welcome a very special 25:46 visitor to ensure coronation preparations are fully on track the King's sister is coming to meet the 25:53 household division princess Roy is the most senior of all of the colonels of the seven 26:00 regiments of the high division so she came to see a handful of us to check 26:05 that things were in order for the coronation itself the Princess Royal is introduced 26:11 to the senior members from each regiment involved in her brother's coronation we 26:17 read about them in the papers we see them on TV but actually meet any member of the royal family up close and 26:23 personal is a real honor all practicing in these different places the princess Ro's a delight to 26:30 chat to she really understands the Army and understands what soldiers do and has 26:36 a real Affinity with the troops of the household Division and fresh back from 26:43 Kenya yes we we were track tracking it Loosely KN this is moving in the 26:49 distance princess an was very interesting in the fact that we had come straight back from Kenya and recognized 26:56 the huge respons osy we have of maintaining our dual role of being excellent field soldiers and excellent 27:05 ceremonial soldiers and for us it's a a huge morale boost one last 27:17 one every King's Guard Soldier must fulfill both sides of their 27:24 [Music] Duty for Irish guards officer Jack North 27:30 it means pushing his Ukrainian recruits to Breaking Point to make them combat 27:35 [Music] ready they've been engaged in urban combat throughout the 27:42 night you want to keep putting the pressure on them because it'd be easy to just sit here and let them do whatever 27:49 they like but I'm there to add elements of difficulty there's about to be an 27:54 attack launched onto their position that's just about to go off in 20 seconds so we need to 28:00 [Music] 28:06 move they received an overwhelming Force what we're hoping now they start to withdraw uh and then call for 28:14 support so their job is to slowly withdraw through the building and trying 28:19 to cause as many casualties as possible always very hard however we are 28:25 still keep alive and uh so yeah keep 28:30 going glad it kind of commos in the way that we were kind of hoping it would it's a marked 28:38 improvement Sensei got on well he's an incredibly intelligent individual he's able to really understand a problem and 28:46 then provide a effective plan we're really leaning on him heavily to help bring on the other individuals which is 28:52 great you know you kind of almost have an embedded instructor within their within their peers the Ukrainian Roots 28:58 have finally completed the FastTrack platoon Commander 29:07 course absorbing one year's worth of vital combat knowledge in just 10 29:17 weeks yeah I think emotions running running pretty high this is the the culmination of the course so we've got 29:23 uh some certificates to give out [Music] [Applause] 29:29 there'll be a Ukrainian choir to sing for them to send them off and a priest as well that's going to 29:35 sort of bless them before they head back to Ukraine it's a chance for the UK 29:42 instructors to say goodbye and it's also an opportunity for them to celebrate the fact that they've passed a difficult course and they've shown that they are 29:48 capable of doing the job back over in Ukraine speaking on behalf of all of the British instructors here we wish we 29:55 could be on the ground with you in Ukraine fighting ourselves side by side so please keep going and we'll be 30:02 thinking of you from here so well done and slav [Music] [Applause] 30:08 [Music] you Sensei and his fellow Ukrainian Officer Training 30:14 recruits must now deal with the cold reality of heading home to defend their 30:22 country go well okay my dream we have a peace in Ukraine 30:28 no war no Rockets no missiles when I meet with my girlfriend and 30:35 family hug kisses of course B nice food 30:41 when war will finish I propose and for sure I um she will say 30:49 [Music] 30:56 yes heading off back to their their home country to go and fight a war I'm really really proud of the guys the effort they 31:02 put in the willingness to learn at the end where they're going some of them might not make it the team 31:09 know that but they're they're very yeah very [Music] 31:20 proud good morning and thank you for joining us here at an expectant Buckingham Palace on this defining day 31:27 for King and the country in the capital a nation prepares 31:33 for the biggest National Party in Generations the eyes of the world are 31:39 firmly focused on London I think at this stage there's nothing I can personally 31:45 do to fix anything that could possibly go wrong now because we've done our rehearsals we know what we've got to do 31:51 after 6 months of Planning by the household division the day of the king's coronation has finally arrived 31:58 [Music] as the guards commute into 32:04 London the household Cavalry prepare their horses for the big day my alarm 32:10 was about half full so a little bit earlier than normal I think you know you've got the adrenaline going so you're just ready to get up and crap on you don't want to be late for Trooper Alex lockart it's the most prestigious day of his career today we'll be on Horseback for about 6 hours AG it's quite a long time but I'm sure the day will fly by before we know it will all be over I'm just putting on all the tack now it's bit tricky sometimes as you can see it's just falling off he doesn't spook that easily he doesn't bite or anything as well at the end of the day it's an animal so no matter how many times you train it's you're always going to get a reaction so some point even from the best of qus so I have about 15 minutes to get 33:06 changed you get changed and then you have to work your way down in all your full State kit and your boots walking down the stairs isn't isn't the easiest of tasks where the boot comes up quite high on the knee um there's not much flexion so you kind of find yourself walking down in a quite an awkward manner sometimes you can catch both of your Spurs together and you there's nothing you can do about it you just you you just fall [Music] over oh hoping to stay upright is Trumpeter Andy Jackson my role will be to sound the raw salute as the king gets out of the cage and goes to Westminster Abby someone's going to do it it's a front and center rle that I never thought I would get the opportunity to do hopefully I'll be riding the straight 34:05 line no promises in 10 minutes time Andy will be center stage and a key player more than anything the weather Gods need to be kind if it rains my horse will get cold wet and miserable he'll Shuffle more and the trumpet mouthpiece is going to be freezing so hopefully the rain will keep off [Music] it's the 6th of May 2023 and the culmination of 6mon ceremonial preparation for the King's Guard in under two hours time King Charles and queen Camila will ride from here to be crowned at Westminster Abbey in a service laced with ancient Legacy and studded with [Music] symbolism thousands of members of his Majesty's armed forces are preparing to escort him to and from the 35:05 ABY at 10:45 a.m. 400 million people are watching as King Charles is taken from Buckingham Palace to his [Applause] coronation riding on the back back wheel of the king's Carriage major Ed vanderland leads the sovereign's escort you can see straight into the carage you can see the Expressions on his Majesty's face he's responsible for protecting the king and delivering him safely I think it's fair to say I probably one of the best seats in the House although would caveat is probably not the most comfortable also not feeling so comfortable is one of Ed's team fighting to keep his horse from causing a PR disaster he were sort of veing left and right just that sight of the crowds with coupled with a noise just overwhelmed their horses did get a bit 36:06 excited yeah I mean that's always a problem with large crowds the public was so noisy supporting the king as he made his way to Westminster Abby it's just an incredible experience the king is delivered to Westminster [Music] Abbey we did arrive a a couple of minutes early but um it's better to be early than to be late as the world watches the 2-hour service the king's guard's moment of History has arrived all 4,000 troops now Gather in line ready to escort the newly crowned King back to Buckingham Palace inside Wellington Barracks Fred wells's Cold Stream guards prepare for Procession Day: Guard's Final Test 37:01 their Landmark moment we're just about to go out on PR so this is a big moment now can't second left on the stairs when the king comes out and steps into his carriage and can then step off uh with all of us marching ahead of him I'm not going to lie little bit of nerves are kicking in now I mean we're probably minutes from stepping off we know there's quite a crowd outside and we'll all be a little bit damp our bare skins will be a bit wet get cover off three rounds here we go at 12:30 precisely Fred leads his soldiers out of Wellington Barracks to take their Parade start position Street guards and IR guards by their right while the old stream guards take up their place near the rear of the parade Brigade major James Shaw moves 38:04 into his exclusive spot so I'll be leading their majesties back from westmin Abby to Bucking Palace so I'll be at the front of the parade around a mile in front of the gold State coach with 4,000 troops behind me with James up front Vern is back at Westminster ABY to officially start the coronation procession I waited for the service to finish we had a flag operator telling me that their majesties were just emerging from the ABY giving me a signal then to start the procession and at that moment there I gave the word of command coration procession quick [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] bar I'm very pleased to say that everybody step top at the right [Music] 39:03 time but the Roar from 100,000 Spectators overwhelms one officer's horse one horse did get spooked but that's why the barriers are there and the rider of the horse actually did really well stay on his b skin fell off I think in holding it maybe the bare skin was by the horse's eye did exactly what he should have done he reacted accordingly and yeah rejoined the procession T ver and the entire division's relief even the dreaded corner at Trafalga square is negotiated perfectly as we turn left under ad Mor AR and you can see Bucking Palace in the distance everyone Rose a few inches and their chest swelled with with enormous [Music] Pride going up the mount I won't lie we were all extremely wet everything was absolutely sick [Music] 40:12 through Trumpeter Andy Jackson is riding his White Horse directly behind the king's Carriage my horse could at any moment decide he's not happy with something that's absolutely my biggest fear it was a point where he took personal offense to a flag but I managed to keep it under control and not go crashing into cour major Li bird in the standard which would have been a career ending move [Music] probably it wasn't the most relaxed rides and there was a point I was just praying for Bucking Palace to get a bit closer in the moment you're concentrating a lot because every time there was that wave of noise the horses reacted to it [Music] after perfectly executing the 3,000 41:03 steps from Westminster Abbey the parade files into Buckingham Palace Coronation Day Reflection 41:08 Gardens I was at the rear of the gold State coach as close as I was to the newly uh Crown King and Queen it was a really proud moment for me being able to be that [Music] close with the whole parade assembled in front of the king Vern initiates an iconic coronation moment that will echo down the line of History three for his majesty the king and her majesty the queen it was so loud the echo was almost louder than the three chers which I had to wait for for that to dissipate before I then went on to the next chair I remember looking directly at the king and he was overjoyed and you could see a immediately what it meant to him that Roar was incredible and I was a 42:03 bit worried that my voice wouldn't carry to the back of the garden cuz it it's vast the three cheers for me is a special moment and it will stay with me for Life the noise was deafening from the public the cheers from the people that had filled them out it wafted over buing the [Music] palace very strange 6 months of hard work gone in 6 hours of delivery I think what we deliver in terms of State ceremonial pumping ceremony it brings together a nation it makes everybody reflect on what binds us together and not what drives us apart after delivering a coronation the world will never forget the household Cavalry right back into barracks [Music] with soggy back sides but full of Pride definitely buz in yeah um time to 43:04 celebrate now I think mugs please do not break any of these mugs yes sir and then from there get take so drinks or I'll call it you want one I haven't finished writing school what two and a half months ago now um to be on a coronation I can't really put it into words not too far behind getting married and having children the atmosphere has been building down here for the whole week I could not be proud of to be asili with with these guys so yeah unbelievely happy how's everyone feeling pretty a yeah you should be just lastly look guys I'm incredibly proud of all of you it's a really really well done today yes this is the start of the season I know haven't got much time off but enjoy what you can try and Sak in some of the wider atmosphere in the country so well done enjoy a drink there's a mug Happy Days [Music] 44:01 next time a trooping the color Heatwave causes Havoc for guards on Parade I woke up 2 minutes later in an ambulance going to Beed two traine tank soldiers face a make or break final test what are you doing and a class of Cavalry rookies come on D struggle to learn to ride t you are doing nothing on top of this horse right now [Music]

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