Fans brave the rain to cheer on the King

 

Royal fans watch the start of Britain's King Charles III coronation ceremony on a screen in Hyde Park. Emilio Morenatti/AP

As the rain drizzles down outside Buckingham Palace, the royal fans have come prepared for the "typical British weather."

"There's just a lovely atmosphere – even if it is raining," says Anita Brook, 50, holding her Union Jack umbrella.

"Our first royal event was for the Silver Jubilee in 1977 – I remember the street parties and just fell in love with it. My mum is a massive royalist so we just always loved the royal family – we grew up with this."

Brook travelled to Buckingham Palace with her friend Kashmir Carmichael, 50, from Oxfordshire, in central England.

Wearing a Union Jack poncho, Carmichael remembers when the late Queen Elizabeth visited her school as a child.

"When the Queen came to our school we were so excited. Since she has passed, our favourite royals have to be William and Kate. We haven't missed a royal event since their wedding."