The Coronation of King Charles III took place on Saturday 6th May 2023 and despite the heavy rain an impressive procession of nearly 7,000 armed forces personnel marched from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace. Please enjoy these small insights into the procession from two viewpoints on the road at Whitehall and then also at Buckingham Palace for the troops arriving.
At Whitehall:
00:00 Coronation Bells - The Bands of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth and Collingwood step off
01:07 Coronation Bells - The Massed Bands of the Household Division
03:01 The Bond of Friendship
03:32 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
04:10 The Sovereign's Escort
At Buckingham Palace
05:20 Under the White Ensign - British Army Bands Sandhurst and Colchester
05:40 Scarlet and Gold - British Army Bands Tidworth and Catterick
06:07 The Bands of HM Royal Marines Portsmouth and Collingwood
06:24 The Massed Bands of the Household Division
07:19 The King's Guard

The Coronation Procession is formed of 8 processional groups, each representing a different part of of the armed forces (as noted above with the time stamps) and each having a combined band to march them.
This coronation procession is the first time click track technology is being used within the ears of bass drummers and drum majors to allow all of the bands to march at exactly the same time and play the same music without there being a delay from the band in front or behind causing troops to et confused and out of step like has previously happened on large scale processions with multiple bands like this. As a military music enthusiast it is interesting to note the seamless transitions between the bands passing the spectator playing the same march with only the texture of the sound changing relative to the type of new band that is now approaching!

To watch the entire procession uninterrupted pass through Admirality Arch at 3AM during an over night rehearsal a few days before the main event please follow the link below:
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