Leo Varadkar expresses hope king will visit Ireland ‘in due course’
More than 11,000 police officers are on patrol for the coronation, the biggest ceremonial event staged in the British capital for 70 years.
Some 2,200 official guests have been invited to attend the coronation at Westminster Abbey, where the service begins at 11am. The formalities begin at 10.20am, when Charles and Camilla set off in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach from Buckingham Palace on the 2.09-km trip to Westminster Abbey accompanied by several hundred cavalry.
King Charles and Queen Camilla are long-standing friends of Ireland and King Charles has visited regularly in the past two decades, supporting good bilateral relations, co-operation, peace and reconciliation.
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