Boris Johnson and wife Carrie were booed as they arrived at St Paul's Cathedral for the National Thanksgiving Service to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The couple were jeered by onlookers as they walked up the steps of the cathedral.
It came as guests began to file into the historic building ahead of Friday's service. Many had their photographs taken outside the Great West Door, where members of the Royal family also entered the cathedral for the event.
The Guard of Honour arrived in front of St Paul’s Cathedral ahead of the National Thanksgiving Service to the sound of trumpets and drums and cheers from the crowds outside. Guests from the world of politics include former prime minister Sir Tony Blair and his wife Cherie along with Gordon Brown, Theresa May and David Cameron, and their spouses.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have seats in the second row of the congregation for the Service of Thanksgiving, with Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie and their husbands, and Lady Sarah Chatto, the daughter of Princess Margaret, and her family. Harry and Meghan are seated behind the Earl and Countess of Wessex who are in the front row with their children, Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor and Viscount Severn, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
Across the aisle, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, who have ornate chairs, have seats alongside them for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Royal and her husband, Vice Admiral Tim Laurence.
The Prince of Wales is set to represent his mother after the 96-year-old monarch pulled out of the high-profile occasion at St Paul’s Cathedral in London. She suffered “discomfort” following a busy first day of festivities including a double balcony appearance and a beacon lighting.
