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King Charles III leaves palace on journey to coronation

LONDON: King Charles III left Buckingham Palace on Saturday for the final mile of a seven-decade journey from heir to monarch, headed to Westminster Abbey to be crowned in a ceremony steeped in 1,000 years of tradition.

More than 2,000 guests, thousands of troops, tens of thousands of spectators and a smattering of protesters converged around the abbey for the ceremony.