What it was really like inside the Abbey
Surrounded by candlelight and the glow of gold, you could feel the expectation, writes the BBC’s Sean Coughlan. …
There was also the most eclectic collection of people in the congregation. There were hundreds of charity workers, US First Lady Jill Biden, President Macron and rows of celebrities, such as Joanna Lumley, Maggie Smith, Stephen Fry, and hello, it’s Lionel Ritchie.