Pádraig Hoare: Meeting honorary Corkonians in London on coronation day

Crowds near Trafalgar Square take shelter from the rain ahead of the coronation ceremony.

The swishing of helicopter blades waking people from their slumber from just after 5am gave an indication that this was no ordinary day in London. 

However, venturing out around Tottenham Court Road on the way to Westminster Abbey to catch a glance of Britain's King Charles III around breakfast time, you’d swear nothing of national importance was about to take place, and that the national security operation was a bit over the top.