Right Royal Campers

I am not a royalist, by any stretch of the imagination. And, if I could, I would happily pass over today's events. But it's such a media circus that the only way to cope is to embrace it. So yesterday I went and joined the many journalists, cameramen and photographers from around the world to watch in wonder at the many people who have been camping outside Westminster Abbey. It felt like I was watching people in a zoo, and personally I think they are all nuts, but there's denying there was a great atmosphere:

And today I have been persuaded to join the masses in Hyde Park... the promise of more great photo ops!