Scots and visitors from further afield have spoken warmly of King Charles III as they turned out to see him coronated on a six-metre tall screen in Edinburgh.
An estimated 1,500 people flocked to the Ross Bandstand in the capital's Princes Street Gardens to watch Charles formally ascend to the throne eight months after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.Spectators watched in revered silence as Charles was led into Westminster Abbey and anointed with holy oils before being dressed to take the throne.
Most chose to sit within the bandstand auditorium, with some 256 folding chairs placed in front of the screen for those who were unable to climb the steep stone steps that seated hundreds of others on Saturday morning.
Scores more sat on the grass or stood on the paths around the theatre, and dozens poked their heads through the fenceposts on Princes Street to take in the event from above.
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