Operators are working hard to put carpet on the lawn this Wednesday. Westminster abbey and while the topcoat is being applied to the lanterns at the entrance. Meanwhile, hundreds of police officers find ground for miles. metal fences along their route this Saturday carlos and Camilla On their way back from Buckingham to the abbey and palace. Traffic is crazy: choosing the bus before the subway is a bad idea. tides tourists crowded streets and the most outstanding monuments. London has put these days before the coronation into a stalemate. monumental chaos.
The historic event is expected to attract roughly the same number of people. Visitor who came to town to attend the celebrations Platinum Jubilee Queen II last year. Elizabeth’s: about 2.6 million. “Things like this really do bring rebound, don’t they? And they’ve brought Great Britain back onto the world stage,” Patricia Yates, head of the British tourism board, told the media a few days ago. visit England.
But many Londoners will take advantage of Monday’s declaration as a national holiday to avoid the crowds. “I’m leaving London to escape the coronation,” a professor from the London School of Economics explains to this paper.
It’s almost impossible to step in front of Buckingham Palace, where someone threw what they suspected to be a rifle cartridge to the ground last night. The walking area has been significantly reduced as some booths have been placed on one side where famous guests can follow the events on Saturday. At the other end, televisions have tents set up to perform their live broadcasts. Neil and Dorothy are a couple in their seventies who were invited to the first meeting. garden party It’s a tradition of the season that goes back to Queen Victoria and celebrates the public service of people who add value to their communities. Dorothy is a Northamptonshire Councilor.
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The Mall that connects Buckingham to Trafalgar Square. unconditional already booked good place in the front row To follow the activities of Saturday. Judy, 60, is German but has lived in London for 23 years. She tied a chair to one of the metal railings and hung a flag, She. To mark the territory. He sleeps at home at night and makes them respect his place. Of course, it will be at the mall on Friday night.” grandeur and situationThe British are the best. First of all, I’m here for the show,” she says.
Lucy, 51, a Bristol resident, is a regular at such celebrations and has planted a tree. tent to spend these days until Saturday. “I’ve been to most of the monarchical celebrations. It’s a nice way to have a good time with my family and friends, you meet people, there’s a lot of stuff. good atmosphere“This is the woman who will be watching the show with her 17-year-old son and her 74-year-old mother,” he says. Windsor.
Julia, 60, who also owns a tent, is from Basingstoke, Hampshire. She declares herself “very pro-Carlos”: “I think it will do very well. It shrinks the royal family and adapts it to modern times.”
The atmosphere is much more tense near Westminster Abbey, which has been closed to the public since 25 April. protest by citizens BrexitGathering in the same place every week,selfish liars“They promised a better life, more money, better deals with the rest of the world, and look what we’ve become,” says the group’s leader. steve bray. “We have the most corrupt government in history,” adds the incumbent prime minister, Rishi Altarwas not selected at the polls. “He has no authority.”
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As Bray speaks, the police begin to arrest some people who join the march against oil and gas extraction. Pete Richards, one of the protesters, oppressive drift Referring to the government, public order law The law passed in Parliament this Wednesday giving police more power to fight protests. anti-monarchy group RepublicPlanning actions on the day of his coronation, he denounced receiving an “intimidating” letter from the Executive informing him of the privileges of the new law: penalties prison for people who have and may block roads or buildings arrested protesters suspected of trying to cause chaos.
London has been the scene of protests for months, with the increase in the cost of living with the strikes of those working in public services, especially health, education and transport. Airport security guards this week bush.
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