Dozens of fans have already started to get ready for the coronation (Picture: REX/ PA)
Royal fans have set up a camp outside Buckingham Palace a week before the King’s coronation.
Sky London and Carol Foster were among the royal devotees who have begun waiting for Charles’ coronation next weekend.
Millions of people from all over the world are expected to line the Mall in central London as the King is crowned on Saturday.
The super fans set up a group of tents together and were well supplied with deck chairs and snacks.
Some fans have already started lining the Mall (Picture: Akira Suemori/Shutterstock)
Sky London (left) and Carol Foster (right) are going to camp out all week (Picture: PA)
Sky London (left) and John Loughrey (right) want to get the best view of the King as he comes along the Mall next Saturday (Picture: Matthew Chattle/Shutterstock)
Fans have already set up camp in central London(Picture: Maureen McLean/Shutterstock)
Work is underway to make the coronation a day never to forget for Royal superfans (Picture: Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/Shutterstock)
Asked why he had set up camp a full week ahead of the coronation, Mr London said: ‘There’s a saying, the early bird catches the early worm.’
He added: ‘We intend to hold this place, we don’t want anybody else to take it.’
Mr London is a seasoned royal camper.
He said he had camped outside the Queen’s funeral, the Jubilee, and the births of all three of the Prince and Princess of Wales’ children.
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It was at the birth of George that he met Ms Foster.
The pair have been friends ever since, meeting up to celebrate their own birthdays, as well as the birthday of Diana, Princess of Wales.
Asked what she was most looking forward to about the coronation, Ms Foster said: ‘Seeing everybody dressed up, the pomp and ceremony.
‘I’m looking forward to seeing what Catherine and Camilla are wearing.
‘It’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing.’
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Millions of people from all over the world are expected to line the Mall in central London as the King is crowned on Saturday.
