‘There’s nothing more special’: royalists camp out to see the coronation

Many are already camping to get a good spot before thousands expected to line the Mall arrive to catch a glimpse of King Charles

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“There’s nothing more special than the coronation,” says John Loughrey, among the first group of avid royal fans who have already arrived to camp out at the Mall ahead of King Charles’s coronation.

Thousands of people are expected to line the Mall and the areas around Buckingham Palace to catch a glimpse of the coronation procession on Saturday, before 2,000 guests attend the ceremony at Westminster Abbey.