This is the moment King Charles and the Queen Consort arrived in York today. Follow the royal visit here:
Bell-ringers at York Minster say it's"exhilarating" to welcome the King and Queen Consort to York Minster today for the traditional Maundy Thursday service.In total, 13 people have been positioned high in the Minster tower ringing the bells.
"We’ll be ringing the bells before the service, a quarter peel, which is about 60 minutes of ringing - a method called 'grandsire cinques'. Mr Hull is part of a team which rang the bells when the King came to York Minster last year to unveil the statue there to the late Queen Elizabeth II.Meanwhile, York Minster bell-ringer Elva Ainsworth says they had practised"really hard", but had not been able to train for the last couple of days.
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