‘There’s nothing more special’: royalists camp out to see the coronation

John Loughrey, one of the royal supporters camping out near Buckingham Palace. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian

“There’s nothing more special than the coronation,” says John Loughrey, among the first group of avid royal fans who have already arrived to camp out at the Mall ahead of King Charles’s coronation.

Patrick O’Neil: ‘It just gives me something to focus on and is something that helps me, and it’s helped my mental health.’ Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian