The eyes of the world will be on Westminster Abbey on Saturday as the King and Queen Consort take part in their much-anticipated coronation ceremony, and Britons from all walks of life have been making their own preparations.
From official dress rehearsals by the armed forces to a sand sculpture and an unusual toast to Charles, we look at the best of the images from the past few weeks.
Six of the eight Windsor Grey horses which will pull the Gold State Coach take part in a coronation rehearsal in Hyde Park (Yui Mok/PA)
Celebrity TV chef Ainsley Harriott joins Coronation Big Lunch organisers in East Sheen, south-west London (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)
Sand artist Claire Eason puts the finishing touches to a 90ft by 65ft sculpture of Charles on Bamburgh beach in Northumberland (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Beefeaters model their new uniform with Charles’s cipher for the coronation at the Tower of London (Yui Mok/PA)
A service to mark the arrival of the Stone of Destiny at Westminster Abbey (Susannah Ireland/PA)
Commonwealth flag carriers during a rehearsal at RAF Odiham in Hampshire (Andrew Matthews/PA)
A night-time rehearsal in central London on Wednesday evening (James Manning/PA)
Royal fans camp out to reserve their places on The Mall (James Manning/PA)
