'We all look out for each other, we all watch each others tents, people bring us food, it's just really nice.' Come Saturday, this is going to be packed. She said: 'I've been doing this now since 1981 and the crowds just get bigger and bigger and bigger at each event. With rain and thunder forecast in the coming days, many are likely to get very wet but vowed not to let Britain's spring weather dampen their spirits.įaith Nicholson, 61, from Althorne near Chelmsford, has been attending royal events for more than 40 years. Many are sleeping in tents – one man has had two stolen already – but some are just sleeping on the floor. One couple jetted in from New Zealand for a trip that will cost them £5,000 and are camped near a group of women nicknamed 'The Golden Girls', who met for the first time at the Platinum Jubilee last year and agreed to reunite in the same spot for the Coronation. On the route to Buckingham Palace today, MailOnline has met people from all over the UK and across the globe, including the United States, Canada and Commonwealth nations. Royal fans from across the globe have descended on London, with some sleeping on The Mall since the start of the week to get a prime spot.
Patriotic campers swathed in Union Flags and stocked up with tinned all-day breakfasts, booze and bunting are settled in for Saturday – many of whom also camped out for the Queen's funeral in September last year.Īway from The Mall, houses, streets and schools across the country are decked out in red, white and blue as they prepare to celebrate the new King - with hundreds of thousands of people still to arrive in the capital before Saturday. An army of royal fans are descending on The Mall in London in a 'Glastonbury for royalists' as they camp out for days in the run up to the Coronation on Saturday to soak up the festival atmosphere and party with like-minded superfans.Īt the heart of a royal frenzy today is a sea of tents – dubbed 'King Charles' Camp' – where fans who travel to London over the next 36 hours will join those already along the procession route to secure their spots to watch the procession in the historic first Coronation for 70 years.
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