Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly pose for selfies with a guest at Westminster Abbey after the couple admitted they were stunned to receive invitations to King Charles’ coronation
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly posed for photos with a guest at the King’s coronation on Saturday morning as they prepared for the start of the festivities.
The presenting duo work with King Charles at the Prince’s Trust and were invited to the event in their role as goodwill ambassadors for the cause.
They were among the hundreds of guests who had to be seated in Westminster Abbey at 9am and couldn’t believe they had been invited.
While waiting for proceedings to begin, the stars looked cheerful as they took a selfie with another invitee.
Ant and Dec smiled broadly as the man held out his phone and snapped the photo.
Selfie time! Ant and Dec posed for photos with a guest at the King’s coronation as they prepared for the festivities to begin Saturday morning
Smiles: The presenting duo work with King Charles at the Prince’s Trust and were invited to the event in their role as goodwill ambassadors for the cause.
It comes after Ant and Dec joked that they were going to be recruiting for the next I’m a Celeb series, as they talked about how “proud and privileged” they felt to be among those invited to King Charles’s coronation .
They burst out laughing at the fact that they would be in the abbey this morning with dignitaries and world leaders.
Speaking in an ITV interview when they arrived excited, they were asked, “How do you feel about not being the most important people in the room?”
“It feels great to be honest,” Ant said. “You know, I watched all the coverage last night, I’ve been, leading up to… people have been crowned in Westminster Abbey for thousands of years…
‘You are part of history! It’s fantastic. So we’re just glad we were invited.’
Dec added that it was “surreal” and joked when he got the invite that he thought it was supposed to be an “excitement.”
He laughed, “I certainly thought it’s our time to be liquidated – and this is it! But it was real and here we are, I can’t quite believe it.’
Meanwhile, a plethora of other celebrities, including Dame Emma Thompson, posed for the cameras.
When she arrived in a vibrant red floral coat, she gave a playful thumbs up.
Excited: It comes after Ant and Dec joked that they would be recruiting for the next I’m a Celeb series, talking about how “proud and privileged” they felt to be among those invited to the coronation
Looking fabulous: When singer Katy Perry arrived, she donned a lilac suit and matching statement hat
Singer Katy Perry arrived dressed in a lilac suit with a matching statement hat.
Hundreds of policemen, soldiers and staff from coronation events were seen on the roads near Westminster Abbey.
Metropolitan Police and military policemen patrolled the route from Victoria to Westminster from the early hours of Saturday.
Royal fans with Union flags and crowns were seen on trains and in subway stations from just after 4:30 am.
Some were seen with tents, chairs and sleeping bags.