Royal fans refuse to let rain spoil coronation day

Crowds who gathered to watch event did their best to shrug off the miserable weather

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For all their recent scandals, one thing you can say about the royal family is that they rarely allow external forces to rain on their parade – but for the crowds who gathered to watch King Charles’s coronation, it couldn’t be avoided.

Outside Westminster Abbey’s ornate west door, press, TV crew and photographers waited for hours in the rain to catch a glimpse of the dignitaries, politicians and – finally – members of the royal family as they arrived in their finery.