The royal family revealed a surprising first look inside Westminster Abbey hours before King Charles III’s coronation ceremony.
The British family’s official Twitter account shared a 40-second glimpse of the decorated London royal church Friday evening, simply writing: “Westminster Abbey is prepared for the #Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.”
The impressive clip shows off gorgeous floral arrangements within the empty constructing with the Great West Window in the gap.
The foliage formations are product of rosemary, birch, bay and hazel and wild broom, based on the Day by day Mail.
Because 8,000 guests attended Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 coronation, only the processional route was decorated with florals.
“The Abbey was so filled with people, and everybody wearing scarlet robes, that there was no place for flowers,” florist Shane Connolly, who made Charles’ arrangements, told the Day by day Mail.
Two thousand guests are expected to attend Saturday’s event, leaving loads of space for decorative arrangements.
The in-season plants will probably be donated to Floral Angels — a charity that Camilla, 75, is a patron of — which repurposes arrangements into bouquets to send off to care homes, hospices and shelters.
The celebration will include “key elements related to the hallowed religious service,” but reflect the 74-year-old king’s vision of a trimmed-down modern monarchy, Buckingham Palace said.
The “scaled back” affair remains to be estimated to cost between $63 million and $125 million, based on the BBC.
The celebration is predicted to be dearer than Elizabeth’s coronation, which might have cost $57 million today.
Weekend festivities include the “king’s procession” and a concert in Windsor Castle featuring “American Idol” judges Katy Perry and Lionel Richie.
The ceremony is predicted to begin at 11 a.m. local time (6 a.m. ET) at Westminster Abbey.
Within the meantime, supporters can suck on Charles’ “sausage fingers,” as an e-cigarette company debuted its “coronation collection” of vapes that mirror his infamous chunky claws.
Or fans can get inspired by these coronation menus.
