King Charles III has been officially crowned as the new monarch of the United Kingdom.
Today's Coronation ceremony saw Charles crowned as King in a historic moment, marking the first change of monarch since 1953.
The service, which began at 11am, continued until 1pm after the King was “anointed, blessed and consecrated” by the Archbishop of Canterbury shortly after midday.
Archbishop Justin Welby first anointed the King with holy oil. King Charles sat in King Edward’s chair, under which was the Stone of Destiny - a historic symbol of Scotland's monarchy.
The Scone sandstone relic left Edinburgh Castle for the first time since 1996 last week to be transported to London for the enthronement of King Charles III and it will be returned after today.
Following the presentation of regalia, the Archbishop anointed the King. He placed St Edward’s Crown on Charles’s head and said "God save the King" as trumpets sounded and gun salutes fired across the UK to mark the historic moment.
After the King was enthroned the Archbishop of Canterbury declared his loyalty. The Prince of Wales gave homage to his father, the King, pledging his loyalty.
The Queen Consort was then crowned with Queen Mary's crown - the first time in recent history a Queen Consort has used an existing crown for coronation.
When the service ended, the newly crowned King and Queen will embarked on their coronation procession back to Buckingham Palace in the Gold State Coach.
The procession which stretches to just 1.3 miles followed the route of Parliament Square, along Whitehall, around Trafalgar Square, through Admiralty Arch and down The Mall, arriving back at Buckingham Palace at 1.33pm.
Charles and Camilla will receive a royal salute from the military in the palace gardens at 1.45pm and this will be followed by a balcony moment when the couple will be joined by other members of the royal family to watch a flypast at around 2.15pm.
Guests for Westminster Abbey began to arrive early this morning at security checkpoints in Victoria Tower Gardens between 7.15am and 8.30am.
Heads of state, overseas government representatives, Government ministers, first ministers, former PMs, foreign royals and members of the royal family arrived between 9.30am and 10.45am.
With the King and Queen procession setting off from Buckingham Palace at 10.20am and arriving at Westminster Abbey at 10.53am.
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