Pupils at a primary school began their celebrations of the King’s crowning a day early with a recycling coronation event.

All the flags and bunting used to decorate Downs CEP School in Walmer were made from recycled materials such as newspapers.

This was done by the children in honour of King Charles III’s commitment to saving the planet.

Head teacher Natalie Luxford welcomed civic and church leaders to the event on Friday.

Lord Charles Northbourne, aided by governors’ chairman Anna Colin, planted a tree to mark the occasion.

The school closed early and hundreds of children and their parents picnicked in the grounds with homemade coronation cakes.

As a souvenir the pupils were all given a packet of coronation wildflower seeds to take home and plant in their family gardens.

People throughout Kent and the UK celebrated as Charles and his wife Camilla were crowned King and Queen at Westminster Abbey yesterday.

The ceremony was watched by almost 19 million people on television in the UK.