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Reason behind Prince William and Kate's late arrival to Coronation finally explained

Millions of people across the UK tuned on on Saturday to watch the historic crowning of King Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla.

As the pair turned up to Westminster Abbey in their golden carriage, many people where questioning where Prince William and Kate were, reports the Mirror.

The order of service that was issued by Buckingham Palace stated that the couple were meant to be seated with their children before Charles and Camilla.

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However, things didn't seem to go according to plan as the Prince and Princess of Wales arrived after the monarch.

Prince Louis and Charlotte were with their parents, meanwhile Prince George joined seven other pages of honour and helped his grandfather in the procession.

The official order of service said: "Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales and Prince Louis of Wales arrive at the Great West Door and are conducted to their seats in the Lantern. All remain seated.

"Their Majesties The King and The Queen arrive at the West Gate. A fanfare is sounded. All stand."

However, the Prince and Princess of Wales were seen standing behind the King, and only took their seats as he was walking into the church.

This also meant that the camera panned in to watch the King and Queen waiting in their carriage awkwardly for around five minutes.

King Charles and Queen Camilla travelling in the Gold State Coach. (Getty)

Royal biographer Omid Scobie, one of the authors behind Finding Freedom, believes the delay could have been caused by the royal children.

He wrote in Harper's Bazaar: "The room for error was nil. And thankfully, due to the weeks of rehearsals that the royals took part in ahead of the coronation, the day went ahead smoothly.

"In fact, apart from Prince William and Princess Kate joining the procession late (children were to blame, a source tells me), and Camilla’s ladies in attendance - sister Annabel Elliot, and queen’s companion the Marchioness of Lansdowne - accidentally creating an unfortunate wedgie moment out of her silk Bruce Oldfield dress on the way into the Abbey, very few hitches took place."

The possible blunder in timing was also spotted by royal-lovers, who took to social media to question what was going on.

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One wrote: "Prince William, Kate, and their 2 younger children were supposed to have arrived 5 minutes ahead of him, but instead they were a minute late; so he couldn't get out of the carriage until Prince William and Kate enter the building."

Another joked: "Best laid plans lol William & Kate are late !! #MercuryRetrograde."

A third wrote: "Commentators said that William & Kate were late and Charles was not pleased."

The weekend of festivities has now come to a close, with royals, politicians and faith leaders taking part in the post-Coronation Big Help Out drive.

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