Royal fans slam coronation guests for gross habit in Westminster Abbey – but did you spot it?
CORONATION guests turned out in their finest to witness King Charles make history today.
However, royal fans have been quick to criticise those attending the landmark occasion after they spotted several attendees performing a bad habit - but did you spot it?
Watching the arrivals, one viewer took to Twitter to complain about the behaviour of several guests at Westminster Abbey.
The royal fan wrote: “Anyone notice that lots of guests are chewing gum? What's the deal with that? #Coronation
“Now I've noticed it I can't stop spotting more and more people sitting in the abbey chewing.”
Another outraged onlooker agreed, adding: “Why so many people are chewing gums? Sacrilege :) What happened to British manners? #Coronation”
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“Chewing gum, really! At the coronation. Not a basketball game,” a third tweeted.
Meanwhile another simply wrote, “Stop Chewing!”
It comes as...
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- George, Charlotte and Louis are set for a starring role in the procession
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Charles, 74, and Queen Camilla will be crowned in a spectacular ceremony expected to be watched by 350million people.
The first guests including stars Lionel Richie and Ant and Dec are already beginning to trickle into the Abbey where the country will hail its new King today.
The big day will officially kick off at 10.20am as Charles and Camilla leave Buckingham Palace in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach.
They will be joined by 200 members of the Armed Forces, mainly from the Sovereign’s Escort of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
Other members of the royal family will make their way separately to the service, which starts at 11am.
Prince Harry will be among the group after he accepted an invitation for his dad's big day - although Meghan Markle is remaining in the US for Archie's birthday.
But the Duke of Sussex has been relegated to the third row amid a fallout with his dad and brother after the release of explosive biography Spare.
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He will sit with Princess Eugenie, her husband Jack Brooksbank, the Queen's cousin Princess Alexandra, Princess Beatrice and her husband Edo Mapelli Mozzi.
The King and Queen Consort are expected to be crowned at midday to a rousing cheer of “God Save the King!” as a fanfare of trumpets blares out.
The coronation procession at 1pm will ramp up the day's pomp and pageantry as the couple leave Westminster Abbey.
In scenes similar to his mother's coronation, Charles and Camilla will make the journey back to Buckingham Palace in the 260-year-old Gold State Coach.
Famously uncomfortable, the four tonne gilded coach is suspended on leather straps and can only be pulled by eight horses.
The Queen used the carriage for both her processions and later described the bumpy ride as "horrible".
Perhaps with this in mind, the route has been limited to 1.3 miles in comparison to Her Majesty's own five-mile procession.
Charles and Camilla will be followed by other royals - including Princess Kate, Prince William and their three children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
Princess Anne has been given the role of “Gold-Stick-in-Waiting”, meaning she is ceremonially in charge of her brother's safety.
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Prince Edward, Sophie Wessex and their two children Louise and James are also in the procession along with the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Princess Anne’s husband Sir Timothy Laurence.