Summary of the day … King Charles III and Queen Camilla have been crowned at Westminster Abbey. In a lavish and archaic ritual not seen in Britain since 1953, the king was anointed with holy oil and swore the oath of kings, before the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, placed St Edward’s Crown on his head, to a cry of “God Save the King!” In front of 2,300 guests including more than 100 heads of state, the king also vowed to maintain the Protestant religion in the United Kingdom, and to preserve the rights of the Church of England, as set out in an act of Parliament. Tens of thousands crammed into the Mall and along a procession route from Buckingham Palace to the Abbey, many camping overnight to secure a good view on the mile-long parade, which involved 7,000 troops and 19 military bands, the most at any state occasion since the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. But there were accusations of police heavy-handedness after a number of anti-royalist protesters, including the head of the UK’s leading anti-monarchy campaign group Republic, were arrested before the beginning of the procession. Graham Smith had been collecting drinks and placards for demonstrators at the main site of the protest when he was detained by police on the Strand at about 7.30am. Up to 2,000 people gathered in Trafalgar Square beneath a statue of Charles I, who was executed in 1649, chanting and holding yellow placards reading “Not My King”. One sign read: “Don’t you think this is a bit silly?”. Anti-monarchy protesters along King Charles’s procession route booed the king as he passed. Prince William kissed his father after paying homage to him during the service. Harry, Duke of Sussex, arrived alone at the coronation ceremony after his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, and young children opted not to attend and remain at home in California. The king’s younger son, who stepped back as a working royal in 2020 and later moved to the US, has not been seen in public with the royals since the publication of his memoir Spare earlier this year, in which he was highly critical of his father, his stepmother, Queen Camilla, and brother, the Prince of Wales. The public were controversially invited to pledge allegiance to the monarch, but the wording was changed at the last moment after days of criticism. A planned flypast had to be scaled down at the last moment due to adverse weather conditions. The king and queen and other members of the royal family were cheered by a crowd outside Buckingham Palace when they made a balcony appearance. A summary of today"s developments King Charles III and Queen Camilla have been crowned at Westminster Abbey. In a lavish and archaic ritual not seen in Britain since 1953, the king was anointed with holy oil and swore the oath of kings, before the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, placed Saint Edward’s Crown on his head, to a cry of “God Save the King!” In front of 2,300 guests including more than 100 heads of state, the king also vowed to maintain the Protestant religion in the United Kingdom, and to preserve the rights of the Church of England, as set out in an act of parliament. Thousands crammed into the Mall and along a procession route from Buckingham Palace to the Abbey, many camping overnight to secure a good view on the mile-long parade, which involved 7,000 troops and 19 military bands, the most at any state occasion since the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. But there were accusations of police heavy-handedness after a number of anti-royalist protesters, including the head of the UK’s leading anti-monarchy campaign group Republic, were arrested before the beginning of the procession. Graham Smith had been collecting drinks and placards for demonstrators at the main site of the protest when he was detained by police on the Strand at about 7.30am. Up to 2,000 people gathered in Trafalgar Square beneath a statue of Charles I, who was executed in 1649, chanting and holding yellow placards reading “Not My King”. One sign read: “Don’t you think this is a bit silly?” Anti-monarchy protesters along King Charles’s procession route booed the king as he passed. Prince William kissed his father after paying homage to him during the service. Harry, Duke of Sussex, arrived alone at the coronation ceremony after his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, and young children opted not to attend and remain at home in California. The king’s younger son, who stepped back as a working royal in 2020 and later moved to the US, has not been seen in public with the royals since the publication of his memoir Spare earlier this year, in which he was highly critical of his father, his stepmother, Queen Camilla, and brother, the Prince of Wales. The public were controversially invited to pledge allegiance to the monarch, but the wording was changed at the last moment after days of criticism. A planned flypast had to be scaled down at the last moment due to adverse weather conditions. The king and queen and other members of the royal family were cheered by a crowd outside Buckingham Palace when they made a balcony appearance. The Metropolitan police said 52 arrests had been made around the coronation for affray, public order offences, breach of the peace and conspiracy to cause a public nuisance. Three people were arrested in the early hours of the morning in the Soho area of London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit public nuisance. The local council, Westminster, said it is “deeply concerned” by reports that volunteers who work on women’s safety were arrested. Among items seized were a number of rape alarms, the force said. The Met said it “received intelligence that indicated groups and individuals seeking to disrupt today’s coronation proceedings were planning to use rape alarms to disrupt the procession”. The Tory MP Lee Anderson has drawn ire for telling anti-monarchy activists to “emigrate”. The deputy chair of the Conservative party was commenting on the arrests of protesters from the Republic group before the coronation on Saturday morning. Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber’s coronation anthem will be heard in Sunday services across the country this weekend as the sheet music has been sent to thousands of churches. The theatre impresario’s song, Make A Joyful Noise, was performed publicly for the first time on Saturday during the coronation. Following the ceremony, the music was distributed to 6,000 churches to allow them the chance to perform it during their own services on Sunday and over the coming weeks. During the coronation, the opening and closing fanfare of the piece was played by the fanfare trumpeters of the Royal Air Force – while the chorus was sung by The Choir of Westminster Abbey. The Coronation Orchestra, which includes musicians from eight of the world’s leading orchestras, provided accompaniment during the world premiere of the song. Westminster council "deeply concerned" by reports women’s safety volunteers were arrested On the three people arrested in the early hours of the morning in the Soho area of London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit public nuisance, a council said it is “deeply concerned” by reports that volunteers who work on women’s safety were arrested. The Metropolitan police said that at around 2am on Saturday three people were stopped by officers and arrested in the Soho area of central London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit public nuisance. Among items seized were a number of rape alarms, the force said. The Met said it “received intelligence that indicated groups and individuals seeking to disrupt today’s coronation proceedings were planning to use rape alarms to disrupt the procession”. The three people – a 37-year-old woman, a 59-year-old woman and a 47-year-old man – were taken to a south London police station, where they were questioned. The 47-year-old man was also further arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods, police said. All three have since been released on bail pending further inquiries. Councillor Aicha Less, cabinet member for communities and public protection at Westminster City Council, said: “We are deeply concerned by reports of our Night Stars volunteers being arrested overnight. “This service has been a familiar and welcome sight in the West End for a long time and volunteers have extensive training so they can assist the most vulnerable on the streets late at night. “We are working with the Metropolitan Police to establish exactly what happened, and in the meantime, we are in touch with our volunteers to ensure they are receiving the support they need.” Night Stars is a part of the council’s night safety campaign. The Tory MP Lee Anderson has been condemned for his anti-democratic remarks after he told anti-monarchy activists to “emigrate” instead of exercise protest, while others expressed support for his opinion. Jonathan Harris, a Lib Dem councillor in West Northamptonshire, called him an idiot for his remarks. He tweeted: 30 p Lee - Idiot on display. You took the rights away for British people to live and work across the EU, and forget that great democracies are built on and absolutely allow the right to peaceful protest. Home secretary Suella Braverman later praised the police. She tweeted that she was “incredibly grateful to the police” for all their hard work. But Labour’s Jess Phillips, who is a shadow home office minister, wrote: “Our nation and our King is not so fragile as to not be able to take harmless protest of a different view.” Labour former minister Chris Bryant said: “Freedom of speech is the silver thread that runs through a parliamentary constitutional monarchy.” It is not the first time Anderson, the MP for Ashfield, has proved controversial, having previously called for the return of the death penalty and claiming people on Universal Credit were not in poverty. He has been dubbed “30p Lee” for claiming that meals could be prepared for that sum and suggesting people using food banks could not budget. He also recently clashed with Metropolitan police commissioner Mark Rowley over the force’s handling of protests, telling him to “leave his ivory tower” to deal with demonstrators in Westminster. Under the controversial new Public Order Act, protesters who have an object with the intention of using it to “lock on” are liable to a fine, with those who block roads facing 12 months in prison. Crowd control and security screen measures have been installed on the Long Walk in Windsor ready for the BBC coronation concert on Sunday evening. Thousands of people will queue for security screening here before entering the private grounds of Windsor Castle to attend the coronation concert. Three people were arrested in the early hours of the morning in the Soho area of London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit public nuisance, the Met police said. These arrests were made after police received intelligence that indicated groups and individuals were planning to use and throw rape alarms in order to disrupt the coronation procession. A statement from the Met said: There was particular concern from military colleagues that this would scare their horses involved in the procession and, as a result, cause significant risk to the safety of the public and the riders. The three people – a 37-year-old woman, a 59-year-old woman and a 47-year-old man – were taken to a south London police station, where they were questioned, the police said. Among items seized during the arrest were a number of rape alarms. The 47-year-old man was also further arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods. All three have since been released on bail pending further inquiries. Deputy assistant commissioner Ade Adelekan said: The intelligence we received led us to be extremely worried about the potential risk to public safety. We are aware of and understand there is public concern over these arrests. However, the matter is still under investigation. The organiser of a King Charles spaniel parade on the day of King’s coronation said the march was a “fitting way” to honour Charles. Jenny Matthews, owner of Love My Human – a pet groomers boutique on King’s Road in West London, led a parade of more than 150 dogs to celebrate Charles becoming King and to mark the first coronation in over 70 years. Matthews said onlookers were in “wonderment” and that hosting the spaniel march was “a no brainer”. “It was fitting to honour King Charles today with a lot of King Charles spaniels,” the 53-year-old told the PA news agency. “I heard comments saying ‘Oh my goodness, and there’s more’. “I think everyone was charmed by it.” Spaniels, young and old, were seen parading through King’s Road passing luxury boutiques and some donned royal attire to mark the historic event. As the soft drizzle in London gave way to a downpour, Charles was crowned king in Westminster Abbey, and the feeling came over many of us, if not all, that some things are the more marvellous for being a bit silly and unfathomable. No, republicans did not celebrate; they took their placards and their yellow T-shirts to Trafalgar Square, where their voices could (almost) be heard against a backdrop of marching bands and pealing bells. But the choral singers of Britain celebrated, and the trumpet players and the embroiderers, the gilders and the girdlers, the umbrella-makers and the manufacturer of Goddard’s silver polish. Which sorcerer conjured this preposterous vision for the nation? This almost-fairytale? Practically speaking, we know his name: he is the Duke of Norfolk, a bespectacled aristocrat who looks, in mufti, like he might run an upmarket car showroom in Sheringham. But facts take you only so far. The true necromancy seemed, somehow, to come from elsewhere; a place both unknown and utterly indescribable, though I will try my best. British expat Michael Vincent was part of ceremony preparations for the late Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953, when he was 18 years old. Vincent, 88, told PA that he had been one of the “test groups” and had marched in a practice procession almost exactly 70 years ago. “My aunt came down to see me march past,” he said. “I was playing the tenor drum because I couldn’t carry a tune so I had the easy job, just twirling the sticks. “You just did what you were told in those days. It was historic but we didn’t really think of it that way.” Vincent, now US-based, added: “I was always going outside the norm with my life, I’ve been very lucky. Most of my family have lived to be 100.” If you have been out and about doing non-coronation things, here are the highlights of today’s ceremony. Here are some images from today’s ceremony. The British national anthem has been met with resounding boos at Anfield, with Liverpool fans drowning out the music with heckles before their fixture against Brentford hours after King Charles’s coronation. Liverpool supporters could also be heard chanting “Liverpool, Liverpool” in what has become somewhat of a tradition whenever the national anthem is played at the ground. The club said it was asked to play God Save the King by the Premier League to mark the king’s coronation, despite strong opposition. Liverpool said how spectators chose to react to the anthem was a personal choice, while the team’s manager, Jürgen Klopp, said he did not have an opinion on the subject. Stella McCartney will deliver a spoken word performance with a conservation theme at the Coronation Concert to celebrate the crowning of the King and Queen. The speech by the fashion designer, who has championed a vegan lifestyle and sustainable design throughout her career, will reflect her and the King’s “shared passion for environmental sustainability”, the BBC said. Classical-soul composer Alexis Ffrench and London-based singer-songwriter Zak Abel will also be part of the segment as they perform a rendition of a 1980s hit alongside a house orchestra, band and choir. A visual display will accompany the performance, with images spanning across the large screen at the top of the stage as well as being projected onto the facade of the castle. The performance will also be interspersed with footage of drone displays taking place above the Eden Project in Cornwall, an eco visitor attraction, and the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. The section is due to end with a ‘Did You Know?’ video, which will reveal “little-known information” about Charles’ relationship with the natural world, the BBC has said. The broadcaster added the stage has also been designed and built almost entirely of rental stock to make it as sustainable as possible, with the majority of the lighting being LED to improve energy saving. Take That, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie are also among the star-studded line-up as well as Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli and Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel. The concert, produced by BBC Studios Productions, will be broadcast live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds from 8pm on Sunday. When the official coronation invitation was unveiled last month, featuring a bee, bluebells and an image of the Green Man, an ancient mythological figure symbolising rebirth, it suggested the new monarch’s investiture was perhaps going to break away from tradition. Further hints came via the meat-free coronation quiche recipe, news that the anointing oil was to be vegan, and Charles’s decision to ditch the customary silk stockings and breeches. The Princess of Wales was even rumoured to be swapping a tiara for a flower crown. It wasn’t until Saturday morning, when Charles and Camilla set off down the Mall in their spectacular carriage, Camilla’s diamond necklace glinting through the gilded windows, that it became clear the jolly Green Man was purely symbolism, the idea of a “modern monarchy” still a bona fide oxymoron. A Royal Air Force (RAF) officer aboard one of the planes forced to withdraw from the coronation flypast has said the preparations were “good operational practice”. The Voyager aircraft, recently used in British evacuation efforts in Sudan, announced at about 1.55pm that conditions were unsuitable for flying over Buckingham Palace and the Mall because of a low cloud base. It had taken off earlier from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire before holding a position over the North Sea, off the coast of Norfolk. More than 60 aircraft from the Royal Navy, British army and RAF had been due to take part in the flypast, but only helicopters and the Red Arrows ultimately took part in the display, which lasted for about two and a half minutes. Sqn Ldr Mike Willers told the PA news agency: “We launched; we sat in the holding pattern and we did everything to leave the pattern on time for the flypast. “We formed up with the [A400M] Atlas and we were always just waiting on a weather call with the warm front that was pushing through from the south-west. “Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t suitable for us to safely conduct a flypast, and ultimately we need to keep our people and assets safe, and everybody on the ground safe.” The bronze statue of Charles I on horseback on the corner of Trafalgar Square had been boxed off for the day, with armed police stationed above it. The symbolism was not lost on the protesters from the Republic organisation, those latter-day parliamentarians, who had chosen that spot on the coronation procession route to voice their opposition to the monarchy. They had come for the day dressed in spring yellow, in contrast to the uniform red, white and blue of the hats and waistcoats and umbrellas of the crowds around them. As the royal procession passed on its way to Westminster Abbey, they made sure that the three-word opinion of perhaps a quarter of the British public was heard above the clatter of the Household Cavalry, at a volume unfamiliar from previous state occasions: “Not my king!”