Two very different lists of names: While King Charles's staff check off coronation RSVPs, foodbank volunteers draw up a waiting list

The coronation of King Charles III will be a "scaled-back" event in light of the cost of living crisis affecting millions of Britons. (Reuters: Phil Noble)

The Evelyn Estate is just half an hour's drive from the gold-trimmed gates of Buckingham Palace, but it feels like a world away.

While at the palace they're polishing the silver, tending the tulips and preparing the King's fine coronation robes, at the Evelyn community centre they're unpacking donated food that more than 100 families rely on.