Members of the Household Cavalry lined the Mall in the early hours of Tuesday morning as they took part in the very first rehearsal of the King’s Coronation Procession.
Buckingham Palace was seen illuminated in the the background as large numbers of military personnel on horseback prepared for the important section of the ceremony on May 6.
On the day, King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla will make their way back from Westminster Abbey via Parliament Square, along Whitehall, around Trafalgar Square, through Admiralty Arch and down The Mall back to Buckingham Palace.