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How to watch the coronation on TV; ceremony starts at 3 a.m. Pacific on Saturday

Live coverage begins on TV networks between midnight and 2 a.m. on Saturday.
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Christ Church Cathedral music director Donald Hunt leads a dress rehearsal on Thursday for Friday night's gala coronation-eve celebration ahead of Saturday's coronation of King Charles III. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST

TV networks will begin their live coverage of the coronation of King Charles III between midnight and 2 a.m. Pacific time on Saturday.

Some of the repeat broadcasts and highlights shows on Saturday:

• CBC, CTV, Citytv, CBC News Network: 7 a.m.

• CNN: 5 p.m.

• KCTS/PBS: 6:30 p.m.

• CTV News Channel: 9 p.m.

Coronation schedule on ­Saturday, approximate times:

• 2:20 a.m. Pacific (10:20 a.m. in London): Procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey

• 2:53 a.m. Pacific (10:53 a.m. in London): King Charles III arrives at Westminster Abbey

• 3 a.m. Pacific (11 a.m. London): Coronation ceremony begins

• 5 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. London): Procession begins to Buckingham Palace

• 6:15 a.m. (2:15 p.m. London): Royal greetings from Buckingham Palace balcony; fly-past of military planes