It was a Tuesday lunchtime when Joe Holmes spotted an email in his inbox telling him 'Congratulations!'—he had won a ballot to attend the celebrations for King Charles's coronation.
The Ticketmaster email said he had won a ballot for a pair of standing tickets for the coronation concert, so 20-year-old Holmes excitedly texted his sister Hollie to tell her they would be in the crowd for the historic event.
