Penny Lancaster refused to look at King Charles as she opens up on working at Coronation

Penny Lancaster appeared through video hyperlink from the house she shares with , the place she chatted withand Ed Balls about working at

The presenters quizzed the previous mannequin about whether or not she bought distracted when working on the historic occasion.

Penny defined she refused to take a look at King Charles and once they handed her within the golden carriage as a result of she did not need to take her eye off the ball.

Talking about how proud she felt to be a part of the occasion, Penny started: "Properly, it was essentially the most fabulous day and naturally, tremendously proud and honoured to have been given that chance together with the Metropolis of London Police, who I'm a Particular Constable for.

"In fact, we volunteer our time to assist with the duties of policing and we're stationed on Whitehall proper on 10 Downing Road, simply behind New Scotland Yard."

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GMB: Penny Lancaster spoke to Kate and Ed through video hyperlink (Picture: ITV)

As photopgraphs of Penny appeared on display, Ed requested her: "Have been you tempted to show round and truly have a look at the King? Did you keep centered in your duties?"

"I used to be very centered on my duties," Penny replied. "On the finish of the day, I would not need to have the wrath of the police drive down on me."

Detailing why she refused to take a look at the monarch, the Police Constable continued: "God forbid I would flip round to look and at that that one second somebody decides they'll interrupt the procession and launches themselves over the barrier and I'm not there to help."

"So that you did not even take a tiny peak on the carriage behind you?" Ed probed additional.

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Penny Lancaster labored on the Coronation this weekend (Picture: ITV)

Penny went on: "In a roundabout way behind me, however after all, you'll look type of barely left or proper.

"It went previous me twice so you'll get a glimpse of them approaching, however as they bought nearer, then it was eyes on the group.

"Both aspect of me had been navy from the Royal Air Pressure."

"We labored very intently with the Met," Penny added. "They had been in full safety.

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Penny mentioned she wasn't allowed to take a look at King Charles as he glided by within the carriage (Picture: ITV)

"So that they had their armour and battens and handcuffs. Whereas myself and the officers that had been on on the route itself had been in arms, very good tunics.

"We did not have that sort of safety, so there have been two limitations, the group [were] behind two limitations with the Met officers throughout the crowd.

"And we had our horses, it was properly coated, and naturally, our essential message to us was to be good and look good and to be alert and simply to tell our inspectors and officers within the crowd if we noticed something suspicious."

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV.

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