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The Independent UK
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Holly Patrick

Watch: Celebrities and dignitaries arrive at Westminster Abbey ahead of King’s coronation

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Watch as celebrities and dignitaries arrive at Westminster Abbey for King Charles III's coronation on Saturday, 6 May.

Public figures, including Emma Thompson, and members of royal families from the UK and abroad are among the 2,000 guests who will watch the ceremony conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

US president Joe Biden will not be in attendance, but it has been confirmed that his wife, First Lady Jill Biden, will be there.

Almost all of the UK royal family will be at the coronation, apart from the Duchess of Sussex and the Duchess of York.

Dame Emma Thompson arriving ahead of the coronation ceremony (PA)

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is also in attendance at the ceremony.

He arrived at the church entrance in a grey Jaguar just before 8:45am.

Sadiq Khan arrives at Westminster Abbey for coronation

The Duke of Sussex will be at the ceremony to watch his father and the Queen Consort being crowned, while his wife Meghan will stay at home in California with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

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